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what jean size would you consider....

Anidorie
Anidorie Posts: 291 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
what jean size would you say someone would wear if they were:
1. extremly fat
2. fat
3. overweight
3. chunky
4. normal
5. skinny
6. super skinny
im sorry i know its random but im just wondering were i fit in
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  • purplefreak60
    purplefreak60 Posts: 47 Member
    How tall are you?
  • Anidorie
    Anidorie Posts: 291 Member
    5 feet 8 inches
  • Ding724
    Ding724 Posts: 791 Member
    I don't know about larger sizing, but this is what I would consider for the following for my approximate height of 5'9:

    overweight 16-20
    chunky 14-16
    normal 8-12
    skinny 5-7
    super skinny 0-3

    [This is obviously just my opinion & I mean no offense to anyone.]
  • spacecase76
    spacecase76 Posts: 673 Member
    what jean size would you say someone would wear if they were:
    1. extremely fat
    2. fat
    3. overweight
    3. chunky
    4. normal
    5. skinny
    6. super skinny
    im sorry i know its random but im just wondering were i fit in

    *for me* and my height, I would say 0-2 is super-skinny (read: unhealthy skinny), 4 is skinny, 6-8 is normal, 10 is chunky, 12 is over-weight, Anything bigger than that on *me* is fat or worse. I have worn all of the sizes from 0-12 as an adult.

    I am 5'5", have no boobs, no hips, but I do have a tushie.
  • FaeFae
    FaeFae Posts: 243 Member
    that is tough to judge due to the fact that we all are different heights and frames. This affects your size! There are super skinny people who wear a larger size due to their frame and then there are really short overweight ppl who have a smaller jean size than someone that is taller and of average size.
  • xxjessikatxx
    xxjessikatxx Posts: 90
    Mine are the same as ding724.
  • alwardt
    alwardt Posts: 50 Member
    Try using the BMI calculator under the tools secton. It will tell you whether you are obese, overweight, or a healthy weight. Other labels can be very subjective.
  • kittytrix
    kittytrix Posts: 557 Member
    It really depends on your body type and where you carry your weight. I have a larger lower half. I wear a 14 pants but a 10-sometimes 8 top. If you meet me sitting down I don't look that big.

    Here's another thing to think about: Different manufacturers have different sizes. A size 10 in one place may be larger than a 12 in another brand.

    Don't let the number in your pants dictate who you are or your self worth.
  • WarmDontBurn
    WarmDontBurn Posts: 1,258 Member
    I have no clue but for myself. When I was 170lbs I wore 12/13 now that I am around 140 my favourite pair is a 4, but I think a 6 is average for me now. My jeans that aren't a 4/6 are a 29 waist and I believe when I was 12/13 it was 32/34. I am 5'5".
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I currently wear anywhere from a size 4 to a 14, depending on the jeans. Sizing is irrelevant.
  • alliecore
    alliecore Posts: 446 Member
    I've often wondered the same thing; but honestly I don't think jean size tells anything about a person's size. Consider that a somewhat chunky lady with a petite frame may wear the same jean size as a slender lady with a larger bone structure. Does that make sense?

    Where you fit in the catergories you listed would have more to do with your BMI than jean size. I've known ladies that wore a size 12 and were at a perfect weight. Don't ever let the world of anorexic models tell you that you have to be under a size 2 to look great! :smile:
  • Bluesmilie
    Bluesmilie Posts: 161 Member
    Well, they say the average woman wears a size 14 and mine is higher than that. My daughter wears a Zero :( cry I remember those days. Size don't matter as long as you are comfortable with yourself. Keep it up :)


    Add me if you want for support :)
  • melodyg
    melodyg Posts: 1,423 Member
    As others have said, it all depends on height, body type and where you are buying the clothes!

    For myself, I'd consider myself skinny if I ever fit into an 8 again (last time I wore an 8 I was 108 pounds and at mid-range healthy BMI). But based on posts I see on here, I'd assume many see that as normal at best. So... mine for ME only -- that's for a really short extreme pear body shape where I'm often just buying jeans to fit my hips! (I also have never really made a distinction in my mind between chunky/fat/overweight so I really guessed there.)

    1. extremly fat 20
    2. fat -- 18
    3. overweight - 14-16
    3. chunky - 12
    4. normal - 8-10
    5. skinny - 8
    6. super skinny -- 4-6

    Have to say I'd love to just be back in the "fat" jeans right now...
  • Anidorie
    Anidorie Posts: 291 Member
    okay so aeropstale jeans sizes what would you say? im not taking my self worth just trying to figure if i should stop dieting now even though i havent made my goal i am donw to a size 1-2 in pants
  • dancer77
    dancer77 Posts: 249 Member
    I echo above that it really depends on body frame and type and whatnot..but to answer your question this is what I would consider for ME (note; I'm 5'3" and have a small bone frame):

    1. extremly fat - above a 15
    2. fat - 15 (12)
    3. overweight - 13 (10)
    3. chunky - 11 or 9 (8 or 6)
    4. normal - 7 or 5 (4 or 2)
    5. skinny - 3 or 1 (0)
    6. super skinny - 0 or 00

    P.S. I tend to use jrs sizing so i put the women's equivilant (again, for me) in parathesis. Not everyone will match between women's and jrs but mine is pretty consistent.
  • ckmama
    ckmama Posts: 1,668 Member
    sizing is irrelevant. I am 5'7 and my friend who is 5'6 not that big of a difference? Well she weighed 45 lbs more than me and wore a size 14 jeans. At the time I wore an 18.

    It all depends on body size, the rise, and make of the jeans. As well as how willing you are to squish in and out of them.LOL.

    I'm not willing to have muffin top to fit into a smaller pair of jeans. Or have them so tight my behind is smushed.
  • Ashlea_M
    Ashlea_M Posts: 165 Member
    These are US sizes right? Then I at 173cm (5'8) and an AU size 16 would be a 12. But there are so many discrepancies is sizing between brands it's often difficult to say what we really are. Here in Australia as a 16 (in jeans) i'm considered fat and disgusting and downright revolting despite my height and frame- I have to shop at Target most of the time and fit myself because shop assistants in specialist stores won't serve me. That very number seems to send people running.

    I think we need to re-evaluate the way we look at sizing in relation to self-worth and stop applying our own labels and just be healthy.
  • STR0NGisSEXY
    STR0NGisSEXY Posts: 128 Member
    okay so aeropstale jeans sizes what would you say? im not taking my self worth just trying to figure if i should stop dieting now even though i havent made my goal i am donw to a size 1-2 in pants

    A size 1-2 in pants, and 5'8"??!?!?! Hunny, stop dieting!!! You're super skinny.. possibly TOO thin! Check your BMI!
  • nilisabel
    nilisabel Posts: 338
    Im same as spacecase/dancer! haha good topic...nothing like a gr8 pair of abercrombie jeans to remind me why im doing this again! sorry, but for me, vanity is a totally motivating if superfluous character trait :)
  • Anidorie
    Anidorie Posts: 291 Member
    i just dont feel skinny!
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    I agree with what others have said, it really depends on a lot of factors. I am unhealthily large wearing the same jean size that my sister used to wear at a healthy weight. (She's now underweight, and wears my old jeans from before I started packing on the pounds.) It depends on your height, your build, how you carry your weight (some people are just naturally more "hippy" than others), etc. Jean size shouldn't be as much of a factor as BMI, body fat percentage, and overall health. It's such an arbitrary number.
  • nilisabel
    nilisabel Posts: 338
    it's also interesting as a social study, totally controversial, you know.
  • dancer77
    dancer77 Posts: 249 Member
    I agree with what others have said, it really depends on a lot of factors. I am unhealthily large wearing the same jean size that my sister used to wear at a healthy weight. (She's now underweight, and wears my old jeans from before I started packing on the pounds.) It depends on your height, your build, how you carry your weight (some people are just naturally more "hippy" than others), etc. Jean size shouldn't be as much of a factor as BMI, body fat percentage, and overall health. It's such an arbitrary number.

    it can vary a TON from person to person. For example I'm a size 4 in women's which some people on this thread have said is super skinny for them, yet my BMI says I'm a smidge overweight!
  • nilisabel
    nilisabel Posts: 338
    you don't feel skinny? skinny isn't a feeling! but you know, I've been looking at people's screenames or other identifying themes (i.e. caricatures in their photo) and comparing their self-professed identities with their stated outlooks and I gotta say, the people who call themselves fat or cupcakeeater tend to not come in under on their calorie counts and people with barbie in their ID might be a little perfectionistic...I'm just saying, lol! (this is a totally broad generalization of my own experience here in the past 50 days or so that I've logged in, and of course I'm not being all that serious and have plenty of my own issues so i'm not throwing stones just highlighting a nugget of truth
  • caroline1851
    caroline1851 Posts: 26
    I'm 5'8" and for me:
    14-16 very chunky
    10-12 chunky
    6-8 perfect
    0-4 too skinny

    Of course, brand sizes differ, so this is based on Gap sizes. :)
  • WarmDontBurn
    WarmDontBurn Posts: 1,258 Member
    Can I just say to the people that think size 4 is super skinny..... I :heart: U !!

    I am so not super skinny but my jeans are a 4!
  • Fgillies
    Fgillies Posts: 194
    It really depends on your body type and where you carry your weight. I have a larger lower half. I wear a 14 pants but a 10-sometimes 8 top. If you meet me sitting down I don't look that big.

    Here's another thing to think about: Different manufacturers have different sizes. A size 10 in one place may be larger than a 12 in another brand.

    Don't let the number in your pants dictate who you are or your self worth.

    So very true, i was in a pinch for some brown dress pants and express didnt have any, i normally wear an 8-10 depending on store, and i was desperate shopping places i normally dont, went to maurices and a 14 didnt even fit me...uhhh...i know its shallow but i was like forget this, ive worked too hard to wear a 16 again!! So anyway, the point, i agree with most everyone else- cant always judge your size on the label!! :)
  • happy_vegan
    happy_vegan Posts: 200 Member
    although i do agree if you are a size 1-2 then you needed to stop awhile ago...
    i do want to know what people consider healthy, because i want to be considered 'healthy', even if my bmi says i 'am'..if barely. this is mostly because societal predilections for skinnier people will NOT go away any time soon, but i will be going on job interviews soon....

    it would just be nice to know if i could be perceived as attractive or healthy at a 5-6 or a 7-8 or even a 10. it's not the reason why i want to lose weight, but it really couldn't hurt.
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