[runningfromfat]

Originally Posted by TurboMammoth

Okay, I got sick of not knowing my mesurements too and got them tonight using the little rope my boyfriend uses to tied up roastes meat and some handyman measuring tape... that was handy... NOT

My technic probably involves some marge of error byt anywa... gives some hint

Bust : 34'' with a crappy bra that did not support much lol
Ribcage : 27.5 ''
Waist : 27.7 '' ... same as ribcage. what a waist LOL
Butt/hips : 38'' arrrrrg
tighs : 21-22'' at this point the cat was jumping around me trying to catch the little rope, so this one is unsure.

It's kinda weird that I don't have much difference between my ribcage and my waist. Oh well. It would not be the first time my body is freacky :P

NOT weird at all. Most women have their underbust to waist measurement within +/-3" of each other (see here), so having them equal is completely normal! I did a post awhile back on different fits needs according to your midsection that you might be interested in. I think once I hit my goal my waist and underbust will be equal but for the time being my waist is about 2" larger than my underbust...

[TurboMammoth]

Originally Posted by runningfromfat

NOT weird at all. Most women have their underbust to waist measurement within +/-3" of each other (see here), so having them equal is completely normal! I did a post awhile back on different fits needs according to your midsection that you might be interested in. I think once I hit my goal my waist and underbust will be equal but for the time being my waist is about 2" larger than my underbust...

Wow. Thank you so much for the informations! It's kinda nice to know that my body isn't freak after all... after reading your blog, I'm ready to love my tube silhouette! LOL

[EmmaD]

My underbust is the same as my waist as well. I go out a little, then in at the waist (then unfortunately waaay out again for my belly and hips).

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WOW. This was the wake-up call I needed. For about a year now, I have been up around 10 lbs and unable to get it together. A few days "on plan" then out of control eating and very little exercise... I am surprised it is not worse, really.

I am not at my highest weight but I think this is the largest I have ever been and I'm sure my body fat is back up in the "obese" category [BMI of less than 24 but obese body fat percentage]. I am older than many of you here and I am dealing with some serious metabolic shifts due to hormones, I assume, that happen to some of us in our late 30s. I was always slender so I never had to think about losing weight until a few years ago, and I am not very good at it.

Here are the measurements. I hope to come back in a few months with better numbers.

Bust: 36" (I am supposedly a 32D or 34C [which is what I wear; haven't found a 32D in stores yet] according to the information runningfromfat has posted)
Underbust: 31"
Waist: 31"
Belly-button: 36"
Largest part of belly, below belly-button: 37" My belly is larger than my bust now! OMG. I have always been a pear but had a nice flat belly.
Hips: 42"
Thigh: 24"
Calf: 15"
And... since I use FitDay:
Neck: 14"
Bicep: 11"
Forearm: 9.5"

ETA: I noticed I never put my weight for these measurements. That day I weighed 146.6 lbs.

[runningfromfat]

Originally Posted by TurboMammoth

Wow. Thank you so much for the informations! It's kinda nice to know that my body isn't freak after all... after reading your blog, I'm ready to love my tube silhouette! LOL

No problem! I'm the same way and I've been trying to pay more attention to women who are tubs or slightly rounded like myself. One good example is the model at ureshii: http://www.ureshii.org/
and this poster on BiuBiu's blog: http://biubiu.blox.pl/2012/03/Kolory...ne-niz-na.html (she has a few different shirts she wears but you can see her underbust looks right about the same as her waist).

I think a big part is just learning how to dress it. Clothes that are made for nipped in waist just don't always look the best on us. But as you can see on both of those women, clothes that are made for straight midsections can look very flattering! My personal favorite is myself in the Porto from BiuBiu: http://braslessinbrasil.blogspot.com...y-clothes.html (the blue shirt in this post).

[runningfromfat]

EmmaD My waist has also gotten quite a bit more rounded with age. Wonder if you'd have luck with clothes that are fitted between your underbust and waist but flare out below it? Something like the Summer City from BiuBiu for instance: http://braslessinbrasil.blogspot.com...thes-38bb.html (the dress I'm in there). Then it shows off your smallest part but demphasizes your lower belly.

My guess is that if you start upping your exercise it'll help with the belly too. If you haven't been doing much, even doing light exercise can make a big difference!

ETA: As for trying on bras you can normally find them cheap from Brastop or ebay (check out ebay UK too!).

[Kayriel]

Bust - 33"
Underbust - 28.5"
Waist - 27"
Hips - 34"
Thighs - 19"

Weight - 109lbs

Now to check back in a month and see what's happened! Hopefully a smaller waist.

Btw, for hip measurement is that measuring roughly around the centre of your butt or where around where your hipbones are?

[Astrild]

^I think "hip" is usually define as "widest part", including butt.

I haven't measured myself in ages... I haven't even been tracking my inches. I guess it's never too late to start.

Bust: 34"
Ribs: 29.5"
Waist: 27"
Trunk: 37.5"
Thighs: 20"
Arms: 11"

My belly is a realm of constant fluctuation so I wont even go there!

[guichita]

I'm hopping in here! Maybe we can start a featherweight/short and curvy fashion thread. I really struggle with dressing my bod like a grown up.

5'2
arm: 10
Bust: 34.5
underbust: 27
waist: 25
hips: 36.5


I have a lot of butt action, but it's all mostly side projection, and struggle with finding professional clothes that work on my short dynamic self.

[mrmoustache]

My measurements currently:

Bust - 33
Waist - 23
Hips - 32.5
Thigh - 19
Calf - 12.25
Bicep - 8.5

What I can remember from when I was around 120/125:

Waist - 26
Hips - 37
Thigh - 23/24

[krampus]

Measured myself after the gym today

Bust: 31 LOL
Ribcage: 28.5
Waist: 25.5
Hip: 35.5
Thigh: 21

[Magrat]

Here's mine, starting and currant

Starting:
weight--145
bust---38
underbust--don't know, didn't measure there
waist--30
hip--39
thigh--25

Current
weight--still stuck at 111
bust--30
underbust--26
waist--22
hip--31
thigh--19.5

It's a big change and I know I should see a difference but I still don't.

Incidentally buying bras now is an absolute nightmare. The smallest regular bras in the local stores are too big and I can't afford to go to a specialty store or buy online. By default I've resorted to buying sports bras in the girls' department, size 28, the smallest I can find.

[krampus]

Originally Posted by snaggly

You must be my twin because I have exactly the same measurements except that my bust is 32 (not that much of a difference!) and we're of the same height too.

And yet I'm sure we look completely different! I have the smallest bones in the world so I still look very fleshy at my height and weight.

[SoCalCowgirl]

Hey guys! I thought i'd give an update on my measurments as I'm still loosing inches

Weight: 123.2 Height: 5'3"

Bust: 31.5" (Make them stop shrinking! They've shrunk enough as it is!)
Rib: 29"
Waist: 26"
Hip: 32"
Thigh: 21.5"
Arms: 11"

And I'm now a size 4 in shorts, where I used to be a 13/12

[krampus]

It actually works the opposite. I look the same as a larger-framed person my height would 10-20 lbs heavier!

[Sum38]

Originally Posted by snaggly

Lol, Krampus, your response made me laugh!

I've been envious of you small framed girls throughout my entire life and am thinking that if my frame was smaller, I would look much better at my current weight than I do now as an ave/large boned person.

Good luck with getting to the size you want!

But it sux when one gains a few pounds.... When I got married I was 96 pounds... I was thin but; not sickly thin. I have tiny bones (I have broken 5 of them because they snap easy)....so when I got to 170 pounds I was HUGE! Someone else at my height and with medium or large body frame would have looked fine, but I was BIG. Even now at 145 pounds I can easily shed 20-25 pounds and still be "fat"