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The measuring tape should be parallel to the floor and fit snugly around your torso without digging into your skin. Stand up straight and breathe normally.

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Wrap the tape around the biggest part of your bust which on most gals is somewhere at or slightly above nipple level.

How to measure waist and hips. Check in the mirror. Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below. Wear tight clothing or roll your top up.

You can figure out your whr on your own or your doctor can do it for you. How to measure hips using the cloth tape hold a cloth tape measure on one hip. To do so press your fingers into your right side just above your hips and below your ribcage.

This is the distance from the uppermost. To reduce the risk of these conditions a woman s waist should measure less than 35 inches and a man s should measure less than 40 inches. Wrap a flexible tape measure around your bust.

Push along to the left until you feel a curve. Use a tape measure to check the distance around the smallest part of your waist just above your belly button. Measure the circumference of your hips.

Measure the circumference of your chest. Wrap the measuring tape around your waist. Add a few inches when making clothing.

Ways to calculate your waist to hip ratio. Follow the below steps to accurately measure your waist. You can find the proper spot by placing your hands around your waist.

To accurately measure your waist circumference follow these steps. This indicates your natural waist. Measure the circumference of your waist.

Make sure the tape lays flat and goes only over your chest and shoulder blades not over your arms or your cat or anything else. Starting from this area wrap your tape measure around the circumference of your waist. Go around the back.

Locate your upper hip bone. Look for moles freckles or scars as markers to ensure that future measurements encircle the same place for more. Hold the end of the tape measure at your navel and circle it around your back to the front of your waist.

Stand up straight and breathe out. Divide the waist measurement by the hip measurement to derive waist to hip ratio. Place a tape measure around your bare stomach just above the upper hip bone.

Write down your hip measurement. To measure it yourself.