I've always said that I couldnt care less about the number on the scale as long as I felt and looked the way I wanted to. I always see someone I think is attractive and think "What are her measurements- I want that body!" rather than "I wonder how much she weighs?"
I think it should be mandatory that all celebrities submit their measurements! lol! So I can have a universal visual to compare my goals to!
Anyone else have the mindset of inches over pounds?
A "normal" BMI for me is between 107 and 145. I have serious doubts that I want to weigh 145, so I've aimed for 160 - but my real goal is to have a 26 inch waist. They say that most health problems start when your waist is over 30 inches, so I want it to be below that.
See, I've never thought about my goal in terms of measurements...because it's hard for me to imagine being any smaller then I am now (since I've been so overweight for as long as I can remember, and even when I was smaller I thought I was fat...so no past "measurement" seems good to me)...I mean, a 26 inch waist sounds GREAT, but in my brain I'm like "is that even POSSIBLE?!?!"....I mean, I've always believed that I'm big boned...and it wasn't until recently that I have a "medium" frame size...which seems crazy to me...I mean...I can actually be that small? I had no idea!
I guess for me it's just easier to go by the scale, and then be happy with my measurements whatever they are, once I reach a weight I feel comfortable with.
I weigh myself almost daily to make sure that I am not gaining any weight than the usual +/- 5. But as far as checking the scale for a certain weight I want to be, I guess it doesn't matter what I weigh as long as I fit into my goal size! My goal weight is 136 or fitting into a 6-8 COMFORTABLY.
I am trying to focus on measurements, though I can't seem to keep them consistent and it's frustrating. On the other hand though I work out with the shred and some other pretty hard DVD's and it sends my weight all over the place. I can't tell anymore lol I keep losing and gaining the same 7 pounds...Guess I will judge by other people's reactions and how my clothes feel cause for now I have nothing to go by.
I'm happy with my measurements and how I look, and I'm trying to focus on that, but I still can't help fixating on sneaking into the 120s, even though that's probably lower than I should go.
stella- if you are able to achieve a 26" waist at 160lbs, let me know your secret to strength training! At about 135lbs my waist is roughly 27.5" and my high hip measurement is 37".
Last edited by forestroad; 01-06-2010 at 02:22 PM.
I have no concept of inches! I'm not very visual...you know what I mean? Like, I can't eyeball the distance between my trash can and my desk and make a decent guess at the distance. So I really don't know what a 26 inch waist would look like...sounds good though.
I'm actually going to take my measurements for the first time on January 30th and then do it again a month later! I'm excited to see how it goes.
stella- if you are able to achieve a 26" waist at 160lbs, let me know your secret to strength training! At about 135lbs my waist is roughly 27.5" and my high hip measurement is 37".
I'll take 27.5 too...
I probably won't be able to do it at 160. In high school I was 157 and my measurements were 36/28/38.
I may take measurements tomorrow morning, just to see where I am. I'm already a 36 on top and last time I checked I think my waist was like 31.5.
Yeah, we'll see. My body is weird, it always has been. Like my friend Jessie and I are exactly the same size clothing wise (she's just 2 inches taller) and we can wear each other's clothes, and she's about 20 lbs lighter than I am. I don't understand it, but I'm just going with it. I'll get there when I get there
My mother and I both have strange weight to measurements ratios. She likes to joke that we just have really heavy bones, because we look about 15 lbs lighter than we are. Right now at 5'5" and 141, I'm 34.5/26/36.5. At around 170, if I'm remembering correctly, I had a 32 inch waist. My initial goal measurement was also to reach a waist measurement of 26, but I was really disappointed. I'm not nearly as toned as I'd like to be.
I still have a definite belly, and while I'm not trying to get to a completely flat stomach, it's really strange to me that my low-waist is still storing so much. My low waist is 32 inches. Most of my friends, even those who are heavier than me, have a fairly flat stomach, but are just wider. I'd like to see what it feels like to have that flat stomach, because I haven't had one since before puberty.
I feel like I need to lose at least 10 more pounds and really tone up. I look quite thin, but I'm definitely still flabby. The weird thing is that I'm going to end up getting smaller, but size-wise, I don't really want to drop.
weight vs measurements
I got there around 140.
