Waist circumference technique and its repeatability

Waist circumference technique and its repeatability — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable.

I have spent a fortnight trying to pin waist circumference technique down and I want to set out where I have got to, because I suspect the honest answer is duller than the thread this will produce.

What I have: a consistent observation across a small number of cases, collected the same way each time. What I do not have: any controlled comparison, or any reason to think my cases are representative.

The specific question is whether the pattern survives once the obvious confounder is removed. I cannot remove it with what I have.

Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses.

Worth checking against a second source before it gets quoted onward.

An honest declaration on waist circumference technique: I have a prior here and it is strong enough that you should weight what I say downward. Stating it rather than hiding it.

Answering the question post #18 raises rather than the one it answers.

Maintenance series are the ones this subcategory needs most and receives least. The interesting questions all change once loss stops.

I am describing what is, rather than arguing for what should be.

I read post #23 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

Seasonal patterns: some people report weight loss is slower in winter than summer. Body composition and activity changes might contribute. Noting the season is useful context.

Take the reasoning and check the arithmetic; I do not always get it right.

Non-scale victories: muscle gain or maintenance, clothing fit, energy level, and capability (like climbing stairs without breathlessness) are measurements that scale-based weight misses.

I read the earlier replies on waist circumference technique twice before writing this, because I had assumed the opposite and wanted to be sure I was disagreeing with what was said rather than what I expected.

I read post #45 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

What I can speak to on waist circumference technique is narrow, so I will keep it narrow rather than generalising from it. Beyond that boundary I do not know.

Filing a mild objection to the consensus on waist circumference technique. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit.