How do I get a 24-25 inch waist?

mirrormirror77 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

So, OP, you're about 36-27-36 in inch measurements. That seems like very lovely proportions, to me.

Some of us are not constructed in such a way that we'll have a tiny waist. At a quite-low weight for me (BMI under 20), my waist is about 26.5 inches/67.3 cm, and my chest and hips are narrower than yours (chest 34 inches/86 cm, hips 35 inches/89 cm).

You are 20, and I am 63. Please let me try to persuade you that one of the greatest life-gifts you can give yourself is to appreciate the beauty and usefulness of the body that nature has given you. Value it by eating nutritiously (and enough), maintaining a healthy weight, and getting regular exercise (strength and cardiovascular). Those things will maximize both your inherent physical beauty, and the amazing things your body can do for you as you move through your life.

Chasing arbitrary measurements or benchmarks, or "looks" sold by photoshopped celebrities . . . that's a formula for unhappiness. You are the perfect you, even as you may choose to have certain self-improvement goals.

Normal girls my height and weight have 25inch waists! I wonder how they did it!

You are a normal girl your age.

All of us have different genetics. Among other things, that gives us different physical builds.

There are other women my age who have 25 inch waists, too. That doesn't make me abnormal, make me 'less than', or take anything at all away from me.

This isn't about age. It's about confidence and self-valuing.

This isn't the Victorian age where women wore tight corsets to get tiny waists and suffered the consequences. Don't be Scarlet O'Hara. It's not worth worrying over.

mirrormirror77 wrote: »

apullum wrote: »

First of all, if you are actually eating 1100 calories per day, then you are undereating. However, if you are not using a food scale to weigh all solid food, then you're eating more than you think you are.

Second, you are within the optimal BMI range for your height. This means your potential options are:
1) fat loss, which would happen VERY slowly and require meticulous logging;
2) recomp to build muscle and cut fat;
3) being okay with the fact that there is no reason why you need to reach that specific waist measurement.

With either option, it is entirely possible that your genetics simply do not support the arbitrary waist size you've chosen.

I use a food scale
Fine then, I will accept it >< my bust is a D cup btw, normal girls my weight can’t get that XD

I'm going to approach this delicately as I see you are only 20 years old, so you have a lot to learn. Trust me, I look back at things I've said and done at your age and I cringe. That being said...

There are women your weight who have a smaller cup size than you, there are women your weight who have a larger cup size than you, and there are women your weight who have the same cup size as you. Guess what else they have in common? They're all "normal".

You may not mean to, but you seem to have this aura of competitiveness against other women or "girls" as you put it. Oh, I may not have the 24 inch waist, but at least I have a D cup! Is there a trophy you get for that? Who exactly does it benefit? There are women out there who are your weight, with your cup size, and the 24 inch waist. Are they better than you? No.

Learn to love the body you're in. Maybe with enough time at a deficit you will have a 24 inch waist, maybe by incorporating strength training you'll have a 24 inch waist in the future, or maybe the 24 inch waist you once had while you were still developing is a measurement you'll never see again. In any case, you're still a normal woman and no lesser than just because you haven't achieved what you believe are some sort of body measurements that are indicative of perfection.

Worry about your health, not your vanity darling.

A lot of people have already mentioned that you can’t change your body shape (ie ruler, apple, hourglass) without some help from shapewear or surgery. I would add that a small waist is almost an illusion- it’s a ratio rather than a specific measurement.

I think the best thing you can do is work on your overall health and fitness. What good is a 24 inch waist if the rest of your body has suffered for it?

Posture can help your waist look smaller as can wearing clothing styles to help create an illusion such as wrap dresses, belts around your waist and high waisted items.

Remember there’s more than one way to be gorgeous- petite or willowy, curvy or slender and as cliched as it sounds being healthy is way more beautiful than a weight, measurement or size

mirrormirror77 wrote: »

missysippy930 wrote: »

Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.

missysippy930 wrote: »

Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.

Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?

Mostly, they couldn't. I know: I was alive then, old enough to be aware.

Unconfident, anxious, or vain people worried about it. Confident people went on with happy life in the bodies they had. Mean girls said unkind things about others whom they felt didn't measure up.

Some things don't ever change.

mirrormirror77 wrote: »

missysippy930 wrote: »

Body build is hereditary.
Back when I your age, 36-24-36 female measurements, were considered perfect. That was over 50 years ago.
Learning acceptance of that which you cannot change will come.

Yeah so I was like, how could ppl achieve that?

Until I believe the 1960's or so (I could be wrong, I wasn't around then) women often wore girdles.

Clothing was more structured with little or no stretch. It makes figures look different and required different foundation garments.