How do I get a 24-25 inch waist?

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  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    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.
  • kbmnurse1
    kbmnurse1 Posts: 316 Member
    I can't.
  • etherealanwar
    etherealanwar Posts: 465 Member
    Like others have mentioned, waist size is genetic and there is not much you can do about it. I had to come to terms with this myself! So I decided to lift in order to create the illusion of a smaller waist by building up my legs/hamstrings as well as shoulders.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    edited April 2019
    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.
    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?

    Its one of those things that not everyone can achieve (like thigh gaps). It just depends on your genetics.

    My waist as an adult has never been smaller than 26” (66.04 cm). I don’t think it’s possible for me to get any smaller with the way my body is built. Even now my waist is 27.5” (69.84 cm). I would like to cut a bit of fat for vanity reasons, but I don’t think anyone would look at me and think my waist was big.

    As for waist size changing throughout the day, around TOM, when constipated...all normal. It’s just how bodies work.

    I think instead of focusing on something that isn’t possible for you to achieve in a healthy way, you should focus on finding confidence and learning to love the body you have.

    Ha. When I'm close to being underweight, my waist is about 65cm. But then I have a really sharp edge at the top of my pelvis bone, which not only looks ridiculous but is also very uncomfortable to sleep on. Think wearing trousers that are too wide in the waist, but made from bone.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    ceiswyn 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.
    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?

    people were just smaller. heights, frames, etc. over the decades/centuries, humans are on average getting larger.

    Why was this wooed? It's pretty much true. Over the last 150 years, the average height of people living in the West has increased by almost 4", almost certainly due to improved nutrition throughout life (and particularly in childhood). I don't have data on other measurements, but it would be surprising if the frame weren't a little larger generally.

    The average woman (age 20-74) in the US in 1960 was 63.1 inches. The most recent stat for women 20+ was 63.6 inches. (CDC data in both cases).

    The "ideal" proportions of 50 years ago were not different from today because women were materially shorter. They were different because tastes and styles were different.

    The "ideals" were just as silly, arbitrary, and unrealistic for women then, as current ones are for women now. The ideals 50 years ago may've been a little closer to the average woman's measurements then, because women were less overweight, on average.

    Average height may be only 1/2 inch increase but weight has gone up significantly, during the same time. That adds inches somwhere. According to the CDC, the average American woman’s waist size is 38.2 inches. OP hoping to achieve a 24-25 inch waist seems unrealistic, without knowing her genetic predisposition.
  • suzannesimmons1
    suzannesimmons1 Posts: 58 Member
    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.
    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?

    people were just smaller. heights, frames, etc. over the decades/centuries, humans are on average getting larger.

    And they had corsets and girdle.