weight and dress size - ladies

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  • Ladyeliah
    Ladyeliah Posts: 34 Member
    I'm 5'6", pear shaped, around 150lbs now and wear size 6 pants (sometimes a 4 depending on the store) and I just fit into size 6 dresses this weekend when I went out shopping. Last time I was at this weight (at 147) I was squeezing into a size 9, so I'm all in on suggesting lifting weights.
  • ColleenRoss50
    ColleenRoss50 Posts: 199 Member
    Visit mybodygallery.com, you can search by height, weight, size, and body shape to see pictures of other women at that size and determine which size you want to aim for. I found it very useful! Good luck :smile:

    ^^^
    That is an excellent website to see what different people look like at various weights and heights.

    UK sizes differ quite a bit from US sizes so it is difficult to compare the two. Also, due to differences in body frame size (bone structure), lean body mass, etc. two people of exactly the same height and weight can look quite different and wear different sizes.
  • rahlpn
    rahlpn Posts: 551 Member
    5'7" 210 lbs pear shape. I started at 240 wearing a US size 20 jeans (Old Navy) and XXL shirts. I'm now in XL shirts (they are loose in the shoulders/boob area but I need room in the hips) and loose US size 18 jeans. My goal is around 150-155 and size 8-10.
  • kcworkingdiver
    kcworkingdiver Posts: 25
    I think you would be more like a 10 in dress size at that weight.
  • dakitten2
    dakitten2 Posts: 888 Member
    Hey friend,

    I started at 290, size 26W. Current size 10 in dresses and jeans/pants and mediums in tops. I'm currently 161 at 5'3. I set my original goal for 145, but will see how I feel etc when I get there. I think I am mostly pear shape but my boobs have quit shrinking and now I'm more hourglass or a combo of the two.

    My original goal was cutting my weight in half 290/145. I'm thinking I might want to shoot for 135. My dietician feels like that is probably the lowest I should go. Clotheswise, my goal was a size 8 or 10 (which is what I am now). I really dont want to fall below a size 8 because of my age and my body frame which is measured as a large frame.
  • amysteri
    amysteri Posts: 197 Member
    Hello,

    This seems interesting and fun! Would be nice to see who is around my height and weight with similar sizes! :flowerforyou:

    I'm 5'6 and 130 lbs and have a small frame...
    narrow waist but wide hips, I can trim the fat but not the bone :tongue: ...that's one thing exercise won't slim down

    Jeans size: US 6 or 7
    Dress size: around 4 or 5
    Shirts or tops: usually small, sometimes medium
    Skirts: medium

    Anyone with a similar size?

    ii
  • cat_s85
    cat_s85 Posts: 24 Member
    I'm 5'8 144lb and a UK size 10-12 (I think this is US 6-8, I might be wrong), I know people at this weight in smaller sizes but my hips are the widest part. I have been 2 stone lighter than this and very under-weight due to illness and not been smaller than a size 10. My hip bones are not going to change!

    I don't like comparison websites, most girls at my height and weight seem to have six packs, I certainly don't!!
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    it depends on the clothings - sizes are never consistent.
    I am 5'2" currently 176 lbs. I wear a size 10 in most jeans. I have wide hips and a smaller waist.
  • mrslcoop
    mrslcoop Posts: 317 Member
    I'm currently 136 lbs and 5'4" and my pant size is a US 8 and my dress is a US 10. I'm not sure on the weight part (as honestly that doesn't matter so much as the inches falling off), but I'm shooting for a pant size US 4 and a dress size US 6 (which is what I was when I was 20).
  • lilwitch646
    lilwitch646 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm totally stunned by how different all these numbers are for different people! And it reminds me why I hate shopping for clothes. The size I wear depends on the brand I buy.

    I'm currently about 127 and wear either a 4 or 6 bottoms, depending on the brand. In Gap or Talbots I wear a 4, but in Ralph Lauren I need a 6. If I go to L.L. Bean I need a 6 or an 8. I can also tell you that when I was around 122 lbs, I fit into a Banana Republic size 27, which is about a 2. However, at 127 lbs, I can also fit into a size 2 dress from Talbots, and size 2 pants from Ann Taylor. When I was less than 120 lbs (I was very sick), none of my size 2 pants fit me, they were too big!

    Oh and don't even get me started on tops!! I can't buy a button up top for the life of me. They always gap! I could buy a bigger size, but then the shoulders don't fit, the sleeves cover my hands, and the mid-section is too big! And shirts are rarely of such good quality that tailoring makes sense.

    So needless to say, depending on the day, I wear anything between a 2-6 on the bottom, and always a small size top (unless it's a button up, or a shrinkable material).

    I highly doubt that was helpful. Sorry...

    Congratulations on the weight loss and I hope you get to that goal size! I think it might be better to aim for a measurement rather than a size. Like if you're a 35" waist, aim for 30" or something. Sizes are so variable between brands that it's kind of like trying to hit a moving target.
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    I think I am more like an hour glass shape and I am 5 foot 8 and 259 pounds and just recently got into a size 20. My goal is 165 which I think would be a size 12
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    5'4'', 122. US size 0-2, UK size 4-6. bottoms: small/extra small. top: small/medium (w00t boobs!) half way between and hourglass shape and top heavy.
  • HotrodsGirl0107
    HotrodsGirl0107 Posts: 243 Member
    5'6" 147lbs size (US) 4-6 depending on brand.
  • mrslcoop
    mrslcoop Posts: 317 Member
    I'm totally stunned by how different all these numbers are for different people! And it reminds me why I hate shopping for clothes. The size I wear depends on the brand I buy.

    This. I find that the more high end the designer the less they do what's called vanity sizing (i.e. you mentioned Ralph Lauren specifically as needing a bigger size). In my post I put I was pant size 8, but in most stores/most of my jeans the tag actually reads 6 due to vanity sizing.
  • rahlpn
    rahlpn Posts: 551 Member
    I think you would be more like a 10 in dress size at that weight.

    Me? I was in a 10 at 155 and an 8 at 150 about 10 yrs ago, but I wasn't working out nearly as hard as I am now. I also hadn't pushed out 2 kids so maybe true.
  • charliemarie923
    charliemarie923 Posts: 275 Member
    I am currently 5'6'' and 160lbs (11st 6) . My bottoms are a UK size 14 and my top UK 12. My goal is to be back at 131 lbs (9st 5). At this weight i was a size 10-12 in tops and bottoms.
  • Zekela
    Zekela Posts: 634 Member
    I'm 5'5, 121ibs , muscular built and run from size 0 - 4
  • oohmercyme
    oohmercyme Posts: 279 Member
    I think you would be more like a 10 in dress size at that weight.

    Heavier weight doesn't have to mean a bigger size. If the weight is due to muscle, dress size will be smaller. I've lost 5lbs since Christmas, but 2 dress sizes.
  • lovelyladyJ21
    lovelyladyJ21 Posts: 246 Member
    I'm 5'2 and weigh 187 I have a small waist and a very big butt so I have to go up 1 or 2 sizes in jeans and dresses in order for it to fit over my butt but then I have to worry about them falling off my waist (or looking like a stick in dresses)....
  • Sarah_L_S
    Sarah_L_S Posts: 121
    I'm currently 70kg / 154lb / 11st.

    Height 5'8.5 / 174cm.

    I wear a UK 12 normally. Sometimes a 14, sometimes a 10, it depends on the shop.

    My hips are 3ins larger than my chest, so I am very slightly pear shaped although a bit more gym should help that.

    I'm 37-28-40 so theoretically larger than a 12, so there has definitely been 'size inflation' over the years... you can't trust labels!
  • cnf2013
    cnf2013 Posts: 14 Member
    I'm pear shaped. 5'3-ish", about 131lbs right now and wearing a US 4 in pants, small in tops, and size 2-6 in dresses depending on the fit and designer.
  • norrisski
    norrisski Posts: 1,217 Member
    5 feet 6 inches tall
    Weight 134 pounds
    Wearing size 4 and small, can occasionally fit in a XS depending on the brand.

    When I was a teenager, I wore a size 6 as the smallest and was thiner than I am now. I am a testimony to that fact the sizes have changed over the years. I read an article somewhere that clothing manufactors changed the sizes to make us feel better about ourselves. Unfortunately, they can't change the image that looks back at us in the mirror. LOL
  • Wabbit05
    Wabbit05 Posts: 434 Member
    5'11"
    150 lbs
    Size 6-8 (US)
    My measurements last month were 33-26-37
  • artex1024
    artex1024 Posts: 119 Member
    5'4", 181 lbs, hourglass. I wear a size 12-14 (US). I would like to get down to 160-165 and hopefully be a size 8/10.
  • litatura
    litatura Posts: 569 Member
    I'm 5'3" and 121 lbs. and I think I'm what you would consider hourglass (actually, probably more like rectangle). I wear a Cdn. size 2.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    5'10" 294lbs about a size 26 I'm in a weird in between phase right now
  • bookyeti
    bookyeti Posts: 544 Member
    Weight: 107 kg
    Dress size: 14/16 US
    Height: just under 5'9"
  • Fenomka
    Fenomka Posts: 103 Member
    To the OP; Sizes are based on your measurements. Do you take your waist/hip/bust measurements, now? if not, take your measurements. In US sizes, every 2 inches lost is one dress size. I'm not sure how that breaks down to UK sizes, but if you can find the conversion betweein UK and US dress sizes, you can do your math from there. Even if you get down to your GW, if you're not in the Dress size you want, you can always start working on toning - building muscle will reshape your body, and change how you fit into clothes you already own, and by toning, you can lose up to another 4 Inches, I think. Keep in mind too, tho, that there is no longer a set number chart from one brand to another - one brand's size 4 may be another brand's size 2 or vise versa.

    So my recommendation would be to take your measurements, and add them to how you track your success - they'll help you get a better idea of how far you need to go, to get to the size you want. :)

    Hope this helps!
  • kluvit
    kluvit Posts: 435 Member
    5'7" hour glass
    @ 155 pounds = Dress US size 6, 8, or 10 depending on the brand & cut
    @ 122 pounds = Dress US size 0, 2, or 4 depending on the brand & cut
  • JCupelli
    JCupelli Posts: 16 Member
    I'm 5'9" & 136 lbs. My dress size is a 6. I wear a size 6 on top and size 8 on bottom. I think I'm closest to an hour glass figure.

    Current body measurements:
    Chest: 34.5"
    waist: 29.5"
    Hips: 37"

    :D I just measured my self yesterday for the first time since I started training. Super happy because I used to have a 33" waist.

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