How do we feel about waist to hip ratios?

eidos said:


M or F?

I'm really happy to be (way) below a meter in circumference.

The only statistic that interested me was the study conducted on the centerfold Playmates, which showed that they had a ratio of around 65-67%.

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Women's health doesn't interest you, but fuckability does. Thanks for sharing, I guess?
 
AngieHolmes said:


Women's health doesn't interest you, but fuckability does. Thanks for sharing, I guess?

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I'm really sorry that a ironic joke reopened some old wounds for you. That was by no means my intention.
 
eidos said:


I'm really sorry that a ironic joke reopened some old wounds for you. That was by no means my intention.

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Thanks, but there's no need to apologize for any wounds here. I made an observation; I guess it made you defensive?
 
Don't feel too bad about not hitting your goal within a year. It took me 7 months on reta, 19 months overall to get to my gw. Slow and steady wins the race.

As for hip ratios and all that, IDGAF about any of that. I haven't even used a tape measure on my body this whole time or done any scans. I'm thinner than I've ever been. I take that as a win.
 
I don’t know much about the science behind the waist to hip ratio, but just logically it seems flawed. It seems biased in favor of women with an hourglass frame. We all know carrying excess weight around the midsection isn’t healthy…but if I have a delightfully sizable caboose and hips to balance it out then I am healthy? I am very healthy then! 😂
 
It’s a vanity metric, not a health metric.

You can plug in any waist measurement that is =<95% of your hip measurement and be considered healthy, even with a 57" waist circumference.





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Shittersfull said:


For a while obesity was glamorized.

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This must be why I'm so fascinated with the Renaissance 😂 , when being a little Ruebenesque was seen an attractive feature, but I'm not sure if obesity has ever been glamorized. Even back then, moderate fullness was often admired, but extreme obesity was frequently mocked or morally condemned.
 
HouseCat said:


I don’t know much about the science behind the waist to hip ratio, but just logically it seems flawed. It seems biased in favor of women with an hourglass frame. We all know carrying excess weight around the midsection isn’t healthy…but if I have a delightfully sizable caboose and hips to balance it out then I am healthy? I am very healthy then! 😂

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Yeah, I agree that it seems to favor pear shaped women (which is grotesquely sexualized). I still wonder if biology has the same bias. Are all of us square shaped women statistically, verifiably known to have greater risks even at low weights? That's the info I can't find. I mostly get shallow articles that say 'eat less, move more' to lower your risk (fairplay I suppose) but no details about risks that can't be fully mitigated.

When I checked that calculator, I was so surprised because I've lost ever so many inches.
 
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