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Critique these body measurements honestly 32-26-34

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Yummytummygummy · 06/12/2019 08:10

Mumsnet is only place I can ask this and get straight, honest responses.

So asking for your blunt opinions on bust 32, waist 26, hips 34. Think thigh is about 19 at biggest point. Small, big, good, bad or somewhere in middle?

Just trying to work out if I need to go on my annual pre Xmas diet and for once want to go on measurements not weight! But struggle to know what good normal is with all media/insta bodies!

5ft5 if relevant. Thanks!

OP posts:
Orangeblossom78 · 06/12/2019 08:55

The way you are saying you don't feel thin and the post itself is a concern- do you have an eating disorder? I think you maybe need help

PortiaCastis · 06/12/2019 08:56

A critique isn't necessary but you need to be careful you don't get an eating disorder, no prizes for starving yourself to death.

Ginfordinner · 06/12/2019 08:57

How much do you weigh?

ArnoldWhatshisknickers · 06/12/2019 08:57

OP, it really isn't healthy to be worrying about thigh measurements. I'm 45 years old and have never measured my thighs in my life. Step away from the internet. People lie on it all the time. They lie about their size, they photoshop their images, it isn't real.

Go to the nearest supermarket and open your eyes. You'll see women of all shapes and sizes. That's what real women look like, all shapes and sizes, not the fake rubbish online.

Eggies · 06/12/2019 08:59

Please tell me the OP is joking, or fishing for an ego boost.

ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 06/12/2019 09:00

Fuck that.

Don’t obsess with numbers, it’s how you feel.

Who cares if you’re an inch off? The body police?

PurpleDaisies · 06/12/2019 09:02

Mums net is only place I can ask this and get straight, honest responses

Mumsnet attracts a large number of people with eating disorders and body image problems. This is a bad place to ask about weight and diet.

Ihaventgottimeforthis · 06/12/2019 09:02

What's your 5K time? I can comment on that.

Do you have clothes that fit you? If so, you'll be ok.

PickAChew · 06/12/2019 09:02

I haven't been that small since I was 18 and underweight.

strawberrieshortcake · 06/12/2019 09:03

Please seek professional help instead of validation from people over the internet if you are this obsessed with your body measurements.

Melioration · 06/12/2019 09:03

You have a lovely body. Enjoy it while you can!!!

Seriously, why are you dieting before Christmas? Your body will think it has hit a famine then will make up for it when you hit the feast.

Eat sensibly, enjoy Christmas and get outside and enjoy some fresh air and walks. Your measurements are fine and if you find something you like to do it will stay healthy and fine.

strawberrieshortcake · 06/12/2019 09:04

This comes of as a complete stealth boast. I have similar measurements for waist at least (only know this so I can buy the right sized jeans) and I would find it really sad to post them on here to ask if I need to go on a diet when I know I obviously don’t!

CecilyP · 06/12/2019 09:05

You sound like you are slim but not too skinny. Surely, you can’t have many friends or family, with the possible exception of teens, who are sufficiently slim to consider you ‘big and blocky’.

TatianaLarina · 06/12/2019 09:06

OP that you’re even asking this question in this way, the anxiety around your size, the fact that you diet every year before Christmas, suggests you don’t have a healthy relationship with food or your body/image. I suggest you ask for the thread to be deleted.

Tolleshunt · 06/12/2019 09:06

OP, I am concerned that your self-image may be a bit skewed. I would echo pps that it would be helpful to step away from the type of social media that promotes unrealistic ideas of bodily perfection.

You are a unique person, who is precious in her own right, regardless of how you look, or what you do.

If you like using Instagram, might I suggest you start following Holli Rubin? She is a therapist who specialises in women’s body image. I think you would find her ideas helpful.

turnthebiglightoff · 06/12/2019 09:06

What a load of stealth boasting bullshit. Open a packet of Biscuit.

Ihaventgottimeforthis · 06/12/2019 09:07

No bodies are 'good' or 'bad'.
I think you need to spend some time on loving yourself and adjusting your poor self-image.

Thelaughinggnome123 · 06/12/2019 09:08

Bloody hell you're tiny!! My waist is 32" and I'm a10 in main stream shops and 12 in less generously sized shops. I'm very happy with my size

21seconds · 06/12/2019 09:09

I think you have a problem... taking these measurements in the first case is a red flag..
then placing such importance on them
Then talking about dieting
Go see a doctor for a referral for body dismorphia

PurpleDaisies · 06/12/2019 09:10

taking these measurements in the first case is a red flag.

Is it? What’s wrong with wanting to know what size your body is?

Trinighana · 06/12/2019 09:12

.@Yummytummygummy
My measurements are bust 32 waist 20 Hips 32
Thigh 17 feel so fat so you're obviously massive🙄

Tolleshunt · 06/12/2019 09:14

taking these measurements in the first case is a red flag.

Is it? What’s wrong with wanting to know what size your body is?

It depends why you want to know, to an extent. It suggests a level of micro-detail is sought, which points to an unhealthy level of interest. If somebody is unable to judge my eye or dress size, it points to anxiety about size in some cases.

charm8ed · 06/12/2019 09:15

You sound like you have a lovely figure, a nice nipped in waist. I thought measuring was quite normal.

NotYourHun · 06/12/2019 09:15

What's your 5K time? I can comment on that.

@Ihaventgottimeforthis 23 minutes on a good day, 26 minutes at tempo. 😂Do I pass?

21seconds · 06/12/2019 09:16

@purpledaises why would you want to? Personal it has never occurred to me to wonder or worry about the circumference of my thigh. The Op started her post asking for people to critique them, she is not measuring to make a dress but to fit an ideal which is very un ok