5'2 women what are your measurements?
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I'm 5'3
SW: 225.6
CW: 214.0
GW: 150-155
Bust-42.5
Waist- 35
Hips- 461 -
5'2, 131-135 range
31
25
37.5/38
I hold 99% of my fat in my thigh/hips. My bust and waist don't get much larger, It's everything else
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I'm 5'0", so a liiitttlle short.
Weight - 113lbs
Bust - 36"
Waist - 26"
Hips - 35"
Really want to add another inch to my glutes, I shrunk my waist too small. Or shrink my waist another inch. I used to have a 10" difference.
I don't measure my waist at the belly button. Waist measurements for women are taken at the thinnest part of the waist, where it bends. Waist measurements for men are taken at the navel.1 -
5'3", 135 pounds
Bust 34
Waist (narrowest) 29.5
Waist (bellybutton) 35
Hips 38
I've been at my current weight about a year, and in that time my measurements have fluctuated up and down a bit but stayed mainly the same except my waist, which decreased by about an inch, possibly due to the contraction of some loose skin. Then added weight training about 6 months ago and my hip measurements increased by about an inch. I confirmed yesterday through 'before and after' pics that the increased hip measurement was all glutes—yay!
The changes are modest and I'm still not actually at goal weight; even still, my body shape is visibly better with an inch less waist and an inch more butt than it was a year ago. Last year I was wearing Spanx under my summer dresses; this year feeling a lot less sweaty without them!0 -
I'm a bit taller lol
5'4" 134 lbs
Bust: 35 inches
Waist: 29 inches
Hips: 39 inches0 -
5'1'', kind of in-between 5'1'' and 5'2'' if it helps lol.
138 pounds.
Bust 37 inches
Waist (narrowest part): 30 inches
Hips: 37 inches.
I'm pretty straight up and down, body-type wise. Maybe a little top heavy in the shoulders, but nothing dramatic.0 -
This is a depressing thread. I've always known that I look much bigger than I weigh but it's quite shocking just how much bigger I am compared to others my weight. My measurements are huge in comparison to most people's on here. I'm 5'2 and weigh 138 lbs. Most of my weight is on my stomach. I wonder if it's because of all the crash diets I did when I was younger and then the rapid weight gain after or just lack of exercise. Perhaps a combination of those factors.1
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This is a depressing thread. I've always known that I look much bigger than I weigh but it's quite shocking just how much bigger I am compared to others my weight. My measurements are huge in comparison to most people's on here. I'm 5'2 and weigh 138 lbs. Most of my weight is on my stomach. I wonder if it's because of all the crash diets I did when I was younger and then the rapid weight gain after or just lack of exercise. Perhaps a combination of those factors.
Without knowing your measurements this is a shot in the dark—though even if I knew I couldn't be conclusive—my first thought is low muscle mass? Since muscle is more dense than fat one would look smaller (and have smaller measurements) at the same weight if a greater percentage of the body mass were made up of muscle.
You wondered whether there could be a connection to past crash dieting, and I guess it's a possibility. When we lose weight we lose both fat and muscle, then when we gain weight we're mainly just gaining fat (unless of course the gain is due to something like weight lifting rather than overeating), so that muscle-to-fat ratio can become tilted over time if we yo-yo.3 -
This is a depressing thread. I've always known that I look much bigger than I weigh but it's quite shocking just how much bigger I am compared to others my weight. My measurements are huge in comparison to most people's on here. I'm 5'2 and weigh 138 lbs. Most of my weight is on my stomach. I wonder if it's because of all the crash diets I did when I was younger and then the rapid weight gain after or just lack of exercise. Perhaps a combination of those factors.
Without knowing your measurements this is a shot in the dark—though even if I knew I couldn't be conclusive—my first thought is low muscle mass? Since muscle is more dense than fat one would look smaller (and have smaller measurements) at the same weight if a greater percentage of the body mass were made up of muscle.
You wondered whether there could be a connection to past crash dieting, and I guess it's a possibility. When we lose weight we lose both fat and muscle, then when we gain weight we're mainly just gaining fat (unless of course the gain is due to something like weight lifting rather than overeating), so that muscle-to-fat ratio can become tilted over time if we yo-yo.
Thanks for your response. You're right. I do have very low muscle mass. No wonder my weight loss is extremely slow compared to others. I rarely exercise. Guess I need to start seriously thinking about my diet and begin following a proper exercise plan. I'm eating low calories but my food is very high-carb and very low in protein, that can't help.
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This is a depressing thread. I've always known that I look much bigger than I weigh but it's quite shocking just how much bigger I am compared to others my weight. My measurements are huge in comparison to most people's on here. I'm 5'2 and weigh 138 lbs. Most of my weight is on my stomach. I wonder if it's because of all the crash diets I did when I was younger and then the rapid weight gain after or just lack of exercise. Perhaps a combination of those factors.
Without knowing your measurements this is a shot in the dark—though even if I knew I couldn't be conclusive—my first thought is low muscle mass? Since muscle is more dense than fat one would look smaller (and have smaller measurements) at the same weight if a greater percentage of the body mass were made up of muscle.
You wondered whether there could be a connection to past crash dieting, and I guess it's a possibility. When we lose weight we lose both fat and muscle, then when we gain weight we're mainly just gaining fat (unless of course the gain is due to something like weight lifting rather than overeating), so that muscle-to-fat ratio can become tilted over time if we yo-yo.
Thanks for your response. You're right. I do have very low muscle mass. No wonder my weight loss is extremely slow compared to others. I rarely exercise. Guess I need to start seriously thinking about my diet and begin following a proper exercise plan. I'm eating low calories but my food is very high-carb and very low in protein, that can't help.
Strictly on the eating front there's nothing wrong with high-carb-low-protein, but if you are going to start to incorporate exercise then I think you'll find it beneficial to add more protein. Protein is specifically important for muscle retention and growth, but aside from the biological benefits you may also experience psychological benefits to higher protein consumption that keep you motivated to go back to the gym (or wherever you end up doing your exercise), in the form of seeing more rapid improvements in performance, stamina, etc.
Cardio is good for fat loss and heart health but will have less impact on muscle retention/growth than some form of weight training—and when I talk about weights I don't mean the 3-pound hand weights people use during aerobics. My n=1 results in the 6 months since I started weight training is that even though I don't get big calorie burns from the lifting itself, I can now eat several hundred calories more per day than MFP predicts I can without putting on weight. Having more muscles burning their little internal motors all the time in the background of my life—i.e., even when I'm not exercising—has had a metabolic impact.
There are some great threads on the forums to point the way when you're ready to start investigating exercise plans. One is called something like 'Which lifting program is right for you', another is called 'Recomp'.4 -
This is a depressing thread. I've always known that I look much bigger than I weigh but it's quite shocking just how much bigger I am compared to others my weight. My measurements are huge in comparison to most people's on here. I'm 5'2 and weigh 138 lbs. Most of my weight is on my stomach. I wonder if it's because of all the crash diets I did when I was younger and then the rapid weight gain after or just lack of exercise. Perhaps a combination of those factors.
Without knowing your measurements this is a shot in the dark—though even if I knew I couldn't be conclusive—my first thought is low muscle mass? Since muscle is more dense than fat one would look smaller (and have smaller measurements) at the same weight if a greater percentage of the body mass were made up of muscle.
You wondered whether there could be a connection to past crash dieting, and I guess it's a possibility. When we lose weight we lose both fat and muscle, then when we gain weight we're mainly just gaining fat (unless of course the gain is due to something like weight lifting rather than overeating), so that muscle-to-fat ratio can become tilted over time if we yo-yo.
Thanks for your response. You're right. I do have very low muscle mass. No wonder my weight loss is extremely slow compared to others. I rarely exercise. Guess I need to start seriously thinking about my diet and begin following a proper exercise plan. I'm eating low calories but my food is very high-carb and very low in protein, that can't help.
Strictly on the eating front there's nothing wrong with high-carb-low-protein, but if you are going to start to incorporate exercise then I think you'll find it beneficial to add more protein. Protein is specifically important for muscle retention and growth, but aside from the biological benefits you may also experience psychological benefits to higher protein consumption that keep you motivated to go back to the gym (or wherever you end up doing your exercise), in the form of seeing more rapid improvements in performance, stamina, etc.
Cardio is good for fat loss and heart health but will have less impact on muscle retention/growth than some form of weight training—and when I talk about weights I don't mean the 3-pound hand weights people use during aerobics. My n=1 results in the 6 months since I started weight training is that even though I don't get big calorie burns from the lifting itself, I can now eat several hundred calories more per day than MFP predicts I can without putting on weight. Having more muscles burning their little internal motors all the time in the background of my life—i.e., even when I'm not exercising—has had a metabolic impact.
There are some great threads on the forums to point the way when you're ready to start investigating exercise plans. One is called something like 'Which lifting program is right for you', another is called 'Recomp'.
Thank you. I will make sure to look into those.1 -
5’2”
122 lbs (GW 115) But this may be impossible with all of the weight training
Chest 32
Ribs 25
Waist 25 (id like to get this to 24)
Hips 35 (id like to get this to 33 or 33)
Remember- you can weigh much less but have much larger measurements and vice versa. It comes down to the amount of muscle mass!1 -
5 ft 2
CW 157 lbs
C 32 bra size ( 40 via tape measure over )
W 31
H 41
I was 218 lbs aug 2018
C 54
W 44
H 522 -
5'3"
CW 149.8lbs
Chest 36
Waist 31
Hips 380 -
107 lbs 4'11" (I'm quite a bit shorter)
Bra Size 32 (measurement under breasts), 34" across breasts
Waist 28
Hips 34
trying to get waist/hips lower reducing BF0 -
5”2, 118lbs
37, 25, 370 -
RelCanonical wrote: »5'1'', kind of in-between 5'1'' and 5'2'' if it helps lol.
138 pounds.
Bust 37 inches
Waist (narrowest part): 30 inches
Hips: 37 inches.
I'm pretty straight up and down, body-type wise. Maybe a little top heavy in the shoulders, but nothing dramatic.
Wow, I should be taking measurements more often to see progress, as "only" 14 pounds has made a chunk of difference. Here are my updated measurements:
124 pounds
Bust: 35 inches
Waist (narrowest part): 27 inches
Hips: 35 inches1 -
I'm 5'0"
Chest is 34.5
Waist is 31.3
Hips are 35
CW is 138
GW is 118
I have always had a thick waist too, even when I weighed 105. I think it's because there's not much space between my last rib and the top of my hip bone. Sucks.1 -
For chest, do we measure right under our breast or across?
Chest (bust) is around the largest part of your bust, usually at nipple level, with the tape measure parallel to the ground. Below the breasts would be the underbust measurement used by most bra manufacturers to determine bra band size (and compare to bust measurement to determine cup size).
Waist is the point on your torso where your body bends side to side, usually the smallest point on a woman's torso just below the bottom ribs.
Hips is generally measured as the fullest point around your hips and booty. High hip is around where your hipbone is.0
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