The tiny waist is the type of figure you’ve likely seen on billboard ads, magazines, influencer posts, and celebrities on the red carpet.



Well-known beauty icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Kim Kardashian, and Jennifer Lopez might come to mind when you think about this famous body shape, which typically involves chiseled shoulders, shapely curves, and a whittled waist.

The truth, though, is that having an hourglass shape doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re healthier or more attractive.

And it’s important to remember that many celebrities we see in photographs don’t actually have those perfect measurements.

Instead, they have pricey cosmetic procedures and use the best personal trainers, expensive shapewear, and a professional photo editor to create an illusion of an hourglass figure. If you don’t have those things, chances are, it’ll be really hard to look that way.



If you want to lose inches around your waist, or tone your shoulders, hips, or chest, there are healthy ways to do so, but it’s important to have realistic expectations.

How to work toward an hourglass shape
An hourglass figure typically consists of a smaller waist balanced by a larger bust and curvier hips. That means there are three target areas to work on for more of an hourglass shape:

your upper body
your waist
your glutes, upper thighs, and hips
The emphasis of what you work on will depend on your natural shape.



If you’re already slim all around, you may want to start by building muscle around your shoulders and chest area to get broader on top. If you carry weight around your midsection, you’ll likely want to prioritize whittling that away.

How to reduce waist size
Since it’s hard to spot-reduce fat in just one area of your body, it’s important to focus on overall weight loss if you want to drop inches from your waist. But there are some exercises and workouts that have been proven to be more successful at targeting fat around your midsection.

How to tone your hips
If you want to lose weight to shrink your midsection, you may be wary of losing inches from your hips and thighs.



Once you start losing weight, though, you can try the following exercises to help you shape and tone the muscles in and around your hips. Aim to do these toning exercises at least three to four times a week.

Every body is beautiful
Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. That’s part of what makes each of us unique.

It’s important to know that there isn’t an “average” or “typical” body.

Some of us are curvier, some of us have narrower hips or broader shoulders — we’re all a little bit different.

Still, most of us can categorize our shape into a few broad categories.

For example, a 2004 study reported that descriptions of female bodies have historically been described in categories based on shapes, such as triangle, rectangle, diamond, oval, and hourglass.

Some of the most common general categories include:

rectangle
triangle or “pear”
inverted triangle or “apple”
hourglass
These are just a few of the different body types that you might hear about.

So what are these different body types?
It’s important to remember that categorizing body types isn’t an exact science.

Oftentimes, there’s a lot of variation within one “type.

A smaller waist is seen as attractive and feminine because it accentuates an hourglass figure and maximises the waist-to-hip ratio. Holding body fat around your waistline increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease and other health issues, which is why it is important to maintain a healthy waist circumference. Whether you want to achieve a smaller waist to accentuate your hourglass curves or to shed belly fat, here is everything you need to know about how to get a smaller waist.
Small Waist Mistakes
A small waist primarily comes down to lower body fat levels. Strength training exercises for your core will help increase muscle in that area (think six pack abs), but that washboard stomach will never make an appearance if you have a larger-than-average layer of insulation over the top. It doesn’t matter how many crunches you do, if your diet is appalling, you will never see a toned and tight tummy. So your first and most important way to achieve a smaller waist, is to clean up your diet. “Weight loss = 5% exercise, 20% diet, 75% lifestyle & de-stress” NOTE: If you already have low body fat levels, especially on your belly, then losing more body fat is not recommended! According to the American Council on Exercise Body Fat Categorisation these are the recommended body fat levels for women: Check that your body fat levels are in the healthy range with this online calculator.
Can You Spot Reduce Belly Fat?
The short answer is, no. You cannot pick and choose which body part you want to lose weight from – which means: Targeted ab exercises like crunches don’t burn belly fat! Where you tend to hold the most body fat comes down to your genetic predisposition and how you lose it, is largely based on your unique body composition or ‘body type’. Women have higher oestrogen levels which means they tend to hold most of their body fat around the hips, butt and lower belly – it’s evolution’s way of protecting our reproductive organs. When you take measures to lose body fat, you will lose it evenly from all over your body, so wherever you tend to store it most (thighs, butt and belly), will be the last place you see it go from, while other areas seem to get leaner far quicker (usually upper body for women). But this is where lifting weights can give you a head start on getting a smaller waist. Strength training is the most effective way to change your body composition, meaning: increase lean muscle mass and lower your body fat levels (*read: get strong curves in all the right places). The more muscle you build, the easier it is to maintain lower body fat levels. That’s good news for your waistline! More on how to lift weights for a smaller waist, later on in this article. But first, let’s talk about your diet.
The Small Waist Diet
So what’s the best diet to lose body fat to get a smaller waist? Most fitness experts will tell you to go on a low fat, low calorie restrictive diet, but honestly, who wants to count calories for every meal? These types of crash diets never work long term and only leave you constantly hungry, low on energy and miserable. “The plan that works is the one that you can stick to” There is a better way! Forming long-lasting healthy eating habits is only achievable if the diet you choose feels fulfilling, enjoyable and fits in with your lifestyle. That’s why I love the low carb lifestyle. You never go hungry, have oodles of energy, still able to achieve your goals and enjoy treats now and then. Check out my blog post Why LCHF is best for a strength training female to learn more about how this way of eating can help you get a smaller waist. But in a nutshell, avoid these foods if you want to maintain a smaller waist:
Processed and packaged foods
Junk food and take aways
Sugary and fizzy drinks
Refined sugar like, candy and ice-cream
Processed baked goods like cake, pastries, bread and muffins
Trans fats in margarine and other spreads, as well as vegetable oils like canola
Instead what you should focus on eating is nutrient-dense whole foods, just as nature intended. When it comes to diet, here are best fat loss tips to help you get a smaller waist:
Green and cruciferous vegetables\ high in fibre to keep you feeling fuller for longer and regulate your digestion.
Drink plenty of water to flush out toxins (sometimes we mistake hunger for thirst and end up over eating).
Increase your healthy fats like avocado, real grass fed butter, olive oil, nuts and seeds to give you sustained energy throughout the day, balance your hormones and keep you feeling satiated.
Get enough protein to sustain muscle growth and cell repair, by eating hormone-free pasture-raised meats and seafood such as salmon, mackerel, beef and chicken.
TIP: a diet high in processed carbs, baked goods, refined sugar and sodium will make you hold more water weight, which can add inches onto your waistline. LCHF is low in carbs and sodium, so people tend to ‘drop’ this excess water which can help your waistline look tighter.
Avoid These Smaller Waist Mistakes
The myth that lifting weights makes you ‘bulky’ is only true if you do the wrong type of exercises. Certain ab exercises can make your waistline get bigger, giving your waist a blockier appearance. If done correctly, strength training will shape and tone your body like no other form of exercise – I’m talking hourglass curves in all the right places. But not all core exercises are going to help you get a smaller waist. Here are the ones to avoid, to keep your waistline small:
Avoid Weighted Ab Exercises
The more you challenge a muscle under load, the more it will grow. So if you smash the weighted crunches or use med balls and plates in your core workouts, your mid section will become thicker and blockier over time. If you want to get a smaller waist, you should avoid these exercises:
Cable Crunches
Med Ball Russian Twists
Kettlebell Windmills
Cable Twist
Abdominal Machine
Or any Ab exercise with added resistance
Avoid Exercises That Target The Obliques.


The obliques or ‘side waist’ run along the sides of your torso. Many fitness experts will tell you that doing exercises that target this muscle will help get rid of your muffin top – the body fat that sits just above your waistband. But this is so wrong! Firstly, we know that targeted exercises cannot spot reduce fat in specific body parts. But secondly, overdoing exercises that grow the oblique muscles, will only make the sides of your waist grow out, making your waistline even thicker. The result is a blocky looking torso – great if you’re a guy, but not so good if you’re trying to enhance your hourglass curves. So to get a smaller waist, avoid these exercises:
Russian Twist
Side Bend
Oblique V crunch
Plank Hip Dips
Side Crunch
Triangle Crunch
Side Plank Hip Lifts
The Best Core Exercises For A Smaller Waist

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