90-60-90 are cherished numbers for many women. In order to get a little closer to the ideal, they are ready to endure hunger, torturing their body with physical exertion, various procedures and operations.
They regularly measure their weight and volume. But not everyone does it right. Of the three parameters, the most important for women is the volume of the hips, a size that especially suffers from measurement errors. It's not hard to learn how to get the right numbers. In this case, you can do without outside help.
What do you need?
To correctly measure the volume of the hips, you will need a centimeter tape or a tailor's tape measure (you can buy them at any sewing store), two mirrors - large and small, a notebook and a pen. It is not recommended to use an ordinary construction tape measure or a school ruler. With their help, you will never get true results. And now, when everything is at hand, you can get down to business.
Tips
Before you measure the volume of the hips, you must undress to your underwear. Jeans, a skirt or oversized clothing can add extra inches due to the thickness of the fabric. And if a woman wears slimming underwear or tights, they toowill have to be removed. Measurements are best done in thin linen. The state should be calm, relaxed, breathing - even. No need to specifically tighten or stick out the stomach, strain the buttocks. When measuring, you must stand straight, try not to slouch.
Looking for and measuring the hip line
To know exactly where the hip line goes, you need to decide on the waist line. A thin rubber band works best for this purpose. It needs to be tied at the waist and look a little like it, so that it "sits down in place", that is, it moves to the narrowest place. This will be the waistline. Now go down from the elastic band 17-19 centimeters down. This value is called "thigh height". More precisely, it is calculated when constructing a pattern, and now it is not very important.
Next, you should clasp the hips with a centimeter tape so that it passes through the most convex places. With the help of a small mirror, standing with your back to the reflection in a large mirror, make sure that the tape runs smoothly along the buttocks, does not twist and is parallel to the floor line. At the same time, it should not crash too hard into the body, but also not hang freely around it. The edges of the ribbon should meet at the front. This is where we look at the numbers. It must be remembered that the hips of men and women differ in volume, and the widest places can be both above the hip joint and below it.
This should be taken into account when measuring girth. And a large mirror will help to check that the tape lies on the hips correctly. If this measurement is needed for tailoring or selectionspacious clothes, then another 2-2.5 cm should be added to the result and rounded up to a whole number. Sometimes the widest point can be under the hips. And in order for the pattern to turn out to be the most accurate, you need to take two measurements at once: the girth of the widest part of the buttocks and the girth of the upper thighs. At the same time, to select clothes or build a drawing, take the larger result of the two obtained.
Measuring the thigh with a centimeter
Sometimes you need to measure one leg. Before measuring the volume of the thigh, the leg must be placed on a chair and bent at the knee at an angle of 90 degrees. Then grab it five centimeters from the groin. Try not to tense the muscles, the tape tightly fits the leg and at the same time does not press. Knowing how to measure the volume of the thigh, you can draw a more accurate drawing of trousers, especially tight-fitting models or from elastic stretch fabric.
Body volumes - chest, waist and hips - you need to know not only for the exact construction of patterns. After all, not every woman knows how to sew. These figures are much more important for buying clothes, especially over the Internet. After all, it is unlikely that you will be able to return things bought in this way.
Small conclusion
Those women who are interested in how to measure the volume of the thigh, in order to control the effectiveness of diets and physical activity when losing weight, are recommended to do this no more than once a week. And all because the picture for a day can hardly change. And only after a longer period of time, for example a week, willsome shifts are noticeable.
The most pressing question of how to measure the volume of the thigh arises in the spring, when the fitting of the summer assortment of women's wardrobe begins, especially swimwear. That's when the extra pounds gained on warm winter evenings become noticeable. All the ladies who are planning to relax in the summer at sea begin to feverishly look for ways to lose weight, try various diets, sign up for the gym.
At the same time, they regularly measure their magnificent volumes and look hopefully at the arrow of the scales. But the main thing is not to overdo it. Even if the results are insignificant, do not despair. You can always find a way out. And in this case, it is enough to choose the right swimsuit and summer things for relaxation.
