Women 5' and under - what's weight and pant size?

megbee617

I'm 4' 11", at my biggest I was 210lbs wearing (or barely fitting into, rather) a size 16. Today I'm 190lbs and wear a 14-16 (loose 16). Feeling pretty good considering I've worn a size 16 since entering college 7 years ago. I've always been self-conscious about buyng pants.

hungryhobbit1

Five foot even, 157 pounds at the moment and wearing a loose size 12. (Or size 31. I can fit into a 10 or a 30 but they are a little more tight in the waist than I like.) I don't know about you, but size 16 is the limit for me. They don't really make plus size clothes that aren't crazily out of proportion for short women.

I used to always go by how the sizes fit as the signal that I needed to get it together and lose weight, but size 16 has been getting bigger over the last decade. Eventually, at 194 pounds my body told me that it couldn't hack it any more. It felt like forever to get out of those 16s, I had to lose more than 20 pounds.