What do you consider to be "plus size" or "full-figured"?

jenny1712

well we r all shaped diffrently i am a size 13 and my doctor says i look fine i could loose 10 to 15 pounds but no smaller then that so i dont think u can really put a number on it i recently was 250 and i was conciterd to be morbad obeace but now i am fine i think we all should be at a weaite we feel comfterbal with rather then having other people tell us what we should be

megan6709

I agree with many of the posters here. When I was at my lightest that I remember (high school graduation), I was about 180 lbs, and wearing size 16 and the occasional 14. And I looked much healthier. For me, a "healthy" BMI is 174 lbs, so I am not planning to get lower than a 12 and will be happy with that. I only use the numbers because in 100 years they won't matter.

Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

rml_16

Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

You have that backwards.

VickiMitkins

Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

You have that backwards.

That's right - Monroe got up to about a 12-14 US at some points - now that would be a the much smaller size, maybe a 4-8, today. I have suits from 15 years ago that are a 14p and the are about the same at the 10p I bought a month ago. I suspect that those 14p from 15 years ago were a lot bigger than the 14 in Marilyn's day.

megan6709

Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

You have that backwards.

Sorry. Either way it illustrates the point, I guess.

lisasays

I consider size 6-10 average range for my body. 12 is overweight for me and puts me in the overweight range bmi-wise.
Anything under 6 is thin/skinny.