How to Reduce Waist Size – PART 2 Belly fat can be especially dangerous, so reducing the size of your waist is associated with better health, not just better looks. The average waist size has increased seven inches since the 1950s, so if you want to trim your waist size, you’re not alone. Luckily, there are ways that women and men can reduce their waist sizes. Reduce calories. It’s a fairly obvious point, but if you want to reduce your waist size, you need to reduce the amount of calories you consume. Weight loss is an obvious equation: You need to burn more than you take in, and exercise burns fewer calories than many people think. It takes a caloric deficit of 3,500 to lose a single pound. Many studies have found that if you keep a food diary in which you list what you eat every day, with the number of calories consumed, you will be more likely to eat less. Use online calorie counters to figure out the number of calories in everything you eat. Pay careful attention t