What is your age, gender, and waist size

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My grandma had a 20” waist when she got married. She is turning 90 this year. Always been super super tiny even after menopause.

Dolly Parton is pushing 80 and still has a tiny waist.

The internet says it’s 25 inches and she’s only 5 feet tall, not to mention tons of plastic surgery. Nothing about that is normal.

And she was dirt poor and likely malnourished as a child and teen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

2/3 of the US population is overweight now…of course the avg waist has gone up dramatically. What was it in the 50s- somewhere around 27in? It’s not that a 25,26,27 in waist is impossibly small. We’ve just all gotten very large so we can’t imagine that being normal anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of people lying on this thread is incredible. Thanks for the laughs, ladies!

Yep.

My favorite part of DCUM is when nobody believes that anyone can possibly exist who isn’t lumpy and overweight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of people lying on this thread is incredible. Thanks for the laughs, ladies!

Yep.

My favorite part of DCUM is when nobody believes that anyone can possibly exist who isn’t lumpy and overweight.

We have eyes and live in the world. The percentage of people claiming these small waists is much higher than what you see on the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

Where, exactly, should women measure?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The amount of people lying on this thread is incredible. Thanks for the laughs, ladies!

Yep.

My favorite part of DCUM is when nobody believes that anyone can possibly exist who isn’t lumpy and overweight.

We have eyes and live in the world. The percentage of people claiming these small waists is much higher than what you see on the street.

Where should the tape be placed? I'll go measure there and report back here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

I am 42 with a 25 inch waist. I am 5’8 and weigh about 117lbs. Just measured for a dress so it’s accurate. I have zero ab muscles so distinguishable from your dancers who have good tone. Perhaps that’s the difference in your experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

It’s a pretty normal size for people with eating disorders which we’ve clearly seen on this site.

We always talk about the eating disorders of people who eat too much but on this site a lot of people have serious eating disorders in the other direction.

A 27-29 inch would would be the equivalent of a size 4-8. That isnt scary thin, rather heathy weight and in shape

Again, you won’t understand this cause you probably have an eating disorder, but size 4 is not normal for a fully grown woman.

A size four is absolutely normal and within the healthy BMI range, but keep convincing yourself that a size 16/18 is healthy. Your knees, blood pressure, and sleep apnea disagree with you.

Do you understand human beings? I have a 31.5 inch waist and wear a 16. Only on a very very rare occasion does a 14 fit because I’m tall and I have muscular legs. I’ve not been smaller than that since I was 8, maybe 9. I don’t have bad knees, HBP, diabetes, or sleep apnea. I swim 3 hours a day and walk several miles. Now you tell me how I’ll ever got into a size 8, cause honey it ain’t happening! I’d have to stop eating. But you with your judgmental size 4 keep on starving yourself and see how you feel in 20 years.

The fact that you don't see what a walking contradiction you are is the odd part. I only responded because you said a size 4 is "not normal." Yet, you want people to accept that God made you large and it's not due to overeating but can't accept that God made others small without it being due to an eating disorder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

Where, exactly, should women measure?

I am not saying what women should measure in their waist.

I am commenting on what they do measure.

A 25" or 26" waist for a middle aged or menopausal woman is exceedingly rare.

A 25" waist is uncommon for very fit teen girls who are exercising hours per week. Dancers are usually very thin and 25" waists are not common with them. Zero chance that they are as common as the middle aged, post childbirth, menopausal or pre menopausal women in this thread claim.

Most of these posts are lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

Where, exactly, should women measure?

I am not saying what women should measure in their waist.

I am commenting on what they do measure.

A 25" or 26" waist for a middle aged or menopausal woman is exceedingly rare.

A 25" waist is uncommon for very fit teen girls who are exercising hours per week. Dancers are usually very thin and 25" waists are not common with them. Zero chance that they are as common as the middle aged, post childbirth, menopausal or pre menopausal women in this thread claim.

Most of these posts are lying.

I do think it’s useful to understand where you are measuring. Natural waistline? Belly button? My natural waistline sits a couple inches higher than my belly button.

[Anonymous]

I'm 57, just measured my waist and its 34, I'm way past menopause. After I had my child at 36 I bounced back to size 4 and probably a 28 inch waist. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

Where, exactly, should women measure?

I am not saying what women should measure in their waist.

I am commenting on what they do measure.

A 25" or 26" waist for a middle aged or menopausal woman is exceedingly rare.

A 25" waist is uncommon for very fit teen girls who are exercising hours per week. Dancers are usually very thin and 25" waists are not common with them. Zero chance that they are as common as the middle aged, post childbirth, menopausal or pre menopausal women in this thread claim.

Most of these posts are lying.

I do think it’s useful to understand where you are measuring. Natural waistline? Belly button? My natural waistline sits a couple inches higher than my belly button.

If you stood straight and bent right only at the torso, the bend is where you measure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am involved in the dance world.

I am calling BS on all these middle aged women with children claiming 26" waists.

A 26" waist would be on the smaller size for a teenage dancer dancing 10-20 hours per week.

The only middle aged womem with that waist size are going to be a handful of asian women, and I cannot believe that there are this many tiny middle aged asian women with children posting in the dcum fashion forum today.

26 is pretty small. But 27-29 is a pretty normal range for a woman of any age that works out and is in good shape.

There are myltiple people here posting 25 and 26" waists as middle aged women.

I am sorry, but I don't believe that based on the extensive work I do with measurements of very fit and active people.

Even 27" is very skinny for a middle aged women. 27" would be an average waist measurement for a fit athletic teen girl.

A few women with those measurements? Sure.

But most of the posters on this thread being 25/26/27"? Not possible.

What work do you do?

Dance teacher.

I regularly measure hundreds of dancers every year for their costumes for decades.

I know womens measurements, and I have eyes. I also measure adult dancers each year. There is no way that all these middle aged and menopausal women have 25 and 26 in waists. Most of them probably don't own a measuring tape and are guessing. Or they are using a ribbon then putting it against a ruler or tape measure, which is incredibly inaccurate.

Where, exactly, should women measure?

I am not saying what women should measure in their waist.

I am commenting on what they do measure.

A 25" or 26" waist for a middle aged or menopausal woman is exceedingly rare.

A 25" waist is uncommon for very fit teen girls who are exercising hours per week. Dancers are usually very thin and 25" waists are not common with them. Zero chance that they are as common as the middle aged, post childbirth, menopausal or pre menopausal women in this thread claim.

Most of these posts are lying.

I do think it’s useful to understand where you are measuring. Natural waistline? Belly button? My natural waistline sits a couple inches higher than my belly button.

If you stood straight and bent right only at the torso, the bend is where you measure

Thank you so much answering! I am the one who posted the CDC website and I went back to the CDC protocols. It looks there have been various spots to measure - at the umbilicus, at the ilac crescent, and at the midpoint between the lowest rib and ilac crescent.

Anyway, are we all even talking about the same spot? I’m thinking no.

[Anonymous]

Just measure where you see the natural bend at your waist - for me it's about 2 inches above my belly button.