Waist to Hip Ratio/BMI/Scale

Which are you most concerned about? I hate seeing how heavy I am on the scale compared to 10 years ago. And no matter how much I work out lately, that number barely moves (unless it is around a special occasion and then it likes to move up!!).

So I really hate going by the scale because it doesn't show my progress, but yet that is what bothers me the most and what I am concerned with the most. For some reason, I am just obsessed with the scale.

I am in the healthy range of my BMI, but I always fluctuate on the high end of it, and that annoys me.

I have an excellent/low risk waist to hip ratio. I have a pear body shape. I think you are supposed to be under .80 and mine said .66. But when I measured my waist it was 1.5 full inches larger than it used to be!! BLAH...

All these ways to track your weight and health bother me. But since I am so unsatisfied with them, minus waist to hip ratio... I guess it does encourage me to keep going but at the same time sometimes it makes me feel angry and defeated.

I feel like all that should matter is how you feel and the activities you are able to do with your body. But DH likes to go by appearances only and I don't have the money to dress/have professionals make me look like a celebrity. I am very short and it is hard to find clothes that flatter my body type.

Which tool or measurement do you go by most?

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I go by how my clothes fit, and my appearance in photos.

My BMI is fine, my weight fluctuates sometimes even when I'm doing everything right, and the waist:hip ratio may be a good guideline, but some people are built curvier than others and naturally have bigger or narrower hips, so it's not a be-all end-all.

But I can tell when my pants are tight or loose. And I always see it much more clearly in photos than in the mirror when I look good, or not so good. The scale doesn't always tell the whole story!

Re: Waist to Hip Ratio/BMI/Scale

1-Fit of clothing/mirror
2-Scale
3-BMI

Occassionally I will take measurements with a tape measure...It depends on my fitness goals.

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I really pay attention to the scale...sometimes too much.

But it also matetrs to me how my clothes fit and look. I dont take my measurements too often so I just go by how they feel.

I'm not too keen on the waist to hip ratio thing...some people have very different bodies than others.

Re: Waist to Hip Ratio/BMI/Scale

1-scale
2-BMI

never really used the waist to hip ratio. can anyone elaborate about this?

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