Whatever happened to my waist?

I've always had a bit of a tummy, at the beginning of my first pregnancy my GP asked if I'd ever had a stomach operation because my muscles seemed slack (I hadn't). A few years I managed to lose a two stones so now I keep an eye on my weight (only looking at a cream cake is disastrous!!) and I'm well within my height/weight range but my tummy bulges out below my tummy button. My bum is smaller but my thighs carry a lot of flab. If only I could move a bit of tummy to pad out my bosoms!

grandtanteJE65 I have no medical background but I am interested in things to do with health and nutrition. If you look for waist to height ratio on Google there are several calculators to choose from that will tell you about it. Waist to hip ratio is another useful indicator and calculators for that abound on Google too.

Jeggins jeggins jeggins !!!! Hi rise are even better as they pull your butt up and keep your tummy flat !!! When wearing dresses you can buy tummy flattening pants which work a treat ...I have to admit I also cut out carbs which is amazing for flattening out your tummy !!! I give in from time to time but then go back on it

Mine too! Weigh the same, but heft now on waist and boobs. Which I hate. Wish I could move it on to behind and thighs. They’re disappearing. And uncomfortable when sitting on hard seats. Sigh.

Pull on trousers are fabulous and nothing like the elastic waist trousers of year’s ago.
Very comfortable and no gathers!!

I, too, dress for comfort now. I try not to look in the mirror, and in my head I’m still 7st 12 lbs, as I was on my wedding day. My measurements were 34. 25. 34 then.
I’m about 2 stones heavier than those halcyon days, and my waist has also disappeared. I think that having 4 children had a lot to do with it. However I am healthy and reasonably fit, at 81, and no longer care too much about how I look. If I’m warm and comfortable that’s enough for me.
We mostly all had slim waists when I was young. Have you noticed that most young women, these days, seem to have very little in the way of a waistline? Certainly not the ‘hourglass figure’ that many of us had in our younger days.

If you find it Lexisgranny, let me know where I can find mine!

And yes, I too have gained boobs, I hate them, I was 34b all through school, apart from 3 pregnancies, and they always went back to normal. I look really matronly now.

Florida12 that's me too! 34B for years - and suddenly I have melons that I hate. My clothes looked so much better with pert boobs.

I’m 74 and still have a waist! However my bum seems to have migrated to my tummy!

Yes, me too re boobs. Only noticed it in the last year or two (I'm 76). I was always a 34a and now a - well, I'm too embarassed to say. Wish I'd persevered with breast feeding my babies now.

Bluesky
You ask the slim people if they eat normal meals I'm 5' with a 31" waist.
I think I eat 'normally' I don't eat until about 11.30-12.00. Just an ordinary sandwich. Dinner this evening: Dover sole with a homemade sauce ( including cream) boiled potatoes and asparagus. OH makes a carrot cake once a month. We might have some chocolate at the weekend. I very rarely have white sugar. If I do drink, it's not wine but spirits.
I am very active, though, always have been.

Hello Leolady73, are you new to GN , I ask as you are on a different thread to what you ask, Try going to Relationships where you will find a lot of help and support from kind Grans , Good luck. And welcome to GN

AH64, my bum has disappeared too! I didn't notice it go - but now I feel like I'm sitting on bones. My friend has lost hers too. We were always slim to average, but now, a side view in the mirror confirms that we need to wear long tops!