[sontaikle]

When I started, my WHR was .6 or something like that, now it's .77.

I was always a pear shape and carried most of my weight in my bottom half. However most of my weight has come off of that area (I very few inches off of my waist), so I'm now an hourglass more or less.

[ERHR]

Where are you measuring for your "waist?" I'm always confused by that...

[JenMusic]

My WHR did change and get smaller as I lost weight (I don't have access to my measurements database right now, but I believe it went from a .9 to about a .79). Heart disease, high blood pressure, and Type II diabetes are in my family, so I would love for the ratio to be lower, but at this point I think this is just where I'm going to end up. I exercise, strength train, and eat a low-ish carb diet, so I'm not sure what else I could do to lose more belly.

I say that I went from being an obese apple to being a normal weight apple. When I put it that way, it doesn't sound as bad to me!

[Snoofie]

I don't know a whole lot about WHR (actually, the first time I heard about it was yesterday at my doctor's appointment.) She measured it for me and apparently I am right at 0.8. (I shudder to think what I was before I started losing weight, because that's where a LOT of weight came off initially.)

Hopefully I can get it down to a healthier number!

[Esofia]

Hang on, if WHR is the best predictor of risk of heart disease etc., would that mean that I am much higher risk (at borderline healthy weight) than someone who weighs 100lb more than me but has a better WHR?

[April Snow]

personally, after reading the article I posted here http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/3936241-post7.html I am not at all convinced that WHR is any indicator of heart disease risk, etc., let alone the best one.

[Esofia]

Thanks, I knew I'd seen that around somewhere. What puzzles me about visceral fat is that most of my abdominal fat is above the muscle layer, so presumably not visceral. On the other hand, I experienced a substantial hormonal shift when I put on weight, and apparently visceral fat is more likely to affect hormonal balance.

[sonickel77]

Yep, sometimes thin hourglass figures can end up apples if very overweight. I had a WHR of .95 when I started, it's down to .85, at my thinnest it should get down to .7 or thereabouts. Just depends where you store your fat.