SIZE ZERO!!!!!

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  • Cindy873
    Cindy873 Posts: 1,165
    I think you can achieve it tha healthy way but many people would like to do it no matter what. And well, it depends on your height as well- if you're very short you can easily achieve size zero but if you're for example 5'10''?

    <--- 5' 9 1/2" size 2. Yes, I am very healthy and no, I didn't have to starve myself to get to this size.
  • TheCaren
    TheCaren Posts: 894 Member
    I wear size 2s and 4s and I'm 5'4" and 125 pounds. So to get me to a zero would probably just mean dropping to 110-115 which is completely doable for me. I weighed 107 at age 22 AFTER having a child. But that's just my body type. I've got a friend that will NEVER wear a size zero because that girl has some serious tree trunk legs no matter what she weighs (which works on her because of her body type so she looks great). I really think it's body type.

    I do not aspire to be a size zero. I think I'm at a healthy weight right now and 2s and 4s are fine with me. Size 6 was my original goal, and because of age and weight shifting, the goal weight I wanted got me to 2s and 4s. I'm happy here.
  • jenluvsushi
    jenluvsushi Posts: 933 Member
    I am confident that I would not be a size zero even after death and decomposition. It isn't possible for everyone. Do what is right for you.
  • meltedkeys
    meltedkeys Posts: 63 Member
    A SIZE ZERO IS A 23 INCH WAIST???!!! SINCE WHEN???? I WAS A 24 INCH WAIST ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS NEVER UNDER A SIZE 7. I HAD 5% BODY FAT AND WAS TOO THIN. SO MUCH FOR A SIZE ZERO BEING "HEALTHY" AND HAVING A 23" WAIST.....
  • courtneylee31
    courtneylee31 Posts: 178 Member
    My sister-in-law is a size 00. Shes 23, eats ALOT. And is 5'3. Its just her metabolism. Shes also 80 pounds, cant gain weight. Its just in the family, her brother is the same way, 7% body fat, cant gain weight no matter how many calories he consumes
  • lhourin
    lhourin Posts: 144 Member
    I live in Hawaii and there are tons of people--mostly of Japanese descent--who are easily and healthily a size 0. People who are naturally small and short can definitely be that size, (and they are probably the same ones who wear all the size 5 women's shoes I see in thrift shops all the time!) And even taller people can wear very small sizes, too...totally depends on body type...and also crazy vanity sizing! I just donated a pair of 00 (00?!? WTF?) Banana Republic pants that fit me, at 5'9", 140 lbs. That kind of sizing always makes me wonder what the truly small people wear.
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    I was a size zero my junior year of high school. I weighed 105, and am 5'5 (was closer to 5'3 then)

    My biggest was a size 10, 167.

    I know I will never see anything smaller than a 6. I am pretty curvy and my pelvic bones themselves are not getting any smaller. I'm happy with my 8, but they are getting too baggy even. Glad I saved my 6's!

    However, I do have a friend from high school who was a size 0 up until she was 22. Then she had two kids. Now she's a size 2. She's 4'11 and very small boned.

    To me size zero means nothing, I mean, 0 = nothing, right? Why be nothing?
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    A SIZE ZERO IS A 23 INCH WAIST???!!! SINCE WHEN???? I WAS A 24 INCH WAIST ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS NEVER UNDER A SIZE 7. I HAD 5% BODY FAT AND WAS TOO THIN. SO MUCH FOR A SIZE ZERO BEING "HEALTHY" AND HAVING A 23" WAIST.....

    you had 5% in high school? Were you the strongest person at your school??
  • missmidge84
    missmidge84 Posts: 100 Member
    I have a girlfriend who is size 0. She's beautiful, strong, and healthy. That's just how her body is built. For me I know it's not a reasonable or attainable goal. It's just not my body structure and that's fine, too.
  • bogo_baby
    bogo_baby Posts: 82 Member
    At my lowest weight of adulthood, when I looked my very best, I was a size10. I am tall and am just not built to be a size zero. Could I get there? Probably, but I'd be severely underweight.
  • aprilnikki
    aprilnikki Posts: 6
    Agreed


    Why get focused on a particular size of clothing? Instead, strive to be as healthy as you can without the added pressure of fitting into something. I would much rather see someone who is living life to it's fullest as a size 8, or even 10, than someone who is always sacrificing to be a size 0.

    Do what you feel is best for you, but this is my $.02
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    If I was dead and my flesh had rotted away, I might be able to get into a size 4. Unless they do vanity sizing for zombies.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    It all depends on a woman's frame, height, muscle build, and bust. Not everyone is built to be super thin without taking extreme measures. For those who are petite, it is attainable and healthy. For others it isn't. I'm happy with my current size. I'm cutting body fat further, and who knows if I will be a small size 2 by the end of it, but it isn't something I would try for, personally. I have been a size 0 done the old-fashioned starvation way, and I looked gaunt.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    I think hollister is the only place that would do a size 4. I think it's true that they don't size above a UK size 12?
    I went shopping with my friend and she got very upset because she can wear size 6 pants and tops without it looking strange, but when she wears a size 6 dress it falls off her bust it looks huge on her.

    All women should know a good tailor.
  • kingkoopaluv
    kingkoopaluv Posts: 147 Member
    vanity sizing. I work in the fashion industry and size 0 is sometimes the same sizing as a childrens size 10. Its pretty messed up if you ask me. Our models don't even wear size 0, most wear a size 4-6.
  • momzeeee
    momzeeee Posts: 475 Member
    A big part is the brand and what type of clothing it is.. I'm 5ft, 6 in, 34 years old, pear shaped and weigh 124lbs (mom of three kiddos). I currently wear a size 2 jeans/shorts but have several size 0 skirts and extra-small dresses. Just depends on what it is/what brand it is.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Absolutely for some people (with narrow hips). I will never be that person lol.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    Absolutely for some people (with narrow hips). I will never be that person lol.


    <~~~ this girl does not have narrow hips.
  • ravvie88
    ravvie88 Posts: 2
    Vanity sizing is so out of control that size zero is not even that small in many brands. I tried to buy a suit at Express a couple of weeks ago and the zero fit me a bit loosely, and I am not that small- 25.5 inch waist. I don't know what truly petite women do.

    Tiny niggle: petite doesn't mean skinny--it means short. Specifically at a height of 5'4" and under.
    There are lots of short fat girls (i'm one of them). I'm still petite; I just have a big butt and chest. lol
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Not possible for me. The smallest I could probably ever be is maybe a 4. Currently an 8.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    Vanity sizing is so out of control that size zero is not even that small in many brands. I tried to buy a suit at Express a couple of weeks ago and the zero fit me a bit loosely, and I am not that small- 25.5 inch waist. I don't know what truly petite women do.

    Tiny niggle: petite doesn't mean skinny--it means short. Specifically at a height of 5'4" and under.
    There are lots of short fat girls (i'm one of them). I'm still petite; I just have a big butt and chest. lol

    I used "petite" in the general sense of the word, not the fashion-industry-specific one. Sorry not to make myself clearer.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Size zero is more like a 2 nowadays. I can wear size 0 in certain brands, and I don't look unhealthy or too small.
  • LJGettinSexy
    LJGettinSexy Posts: 223 Member
    Man, I so don't understand chicks...

    That's a good one! LOL!
  • quicklabs
    quicklabs Posts: 254 Member
    LOL--My ancestors are all of strong rural Eastern European stock. I'll never be a size 0! Size 10 will be about as good as it gets, and even with losing 30% of my starting body weight, my legs are still tree stumps.
  • LJGettinSexy
    LJGettinSexy Posts: 223 Member
    Size zero is more like a 2 nowadays. I can wear size 0 in certain brands, and I don't look unhealthy or too small.

    Are you trying to get smaller than a 0, you are still losing weight, right?
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I'm a size zero in some stuff...I'm also a size 1, a size 2, a size 3, a size 4, heck I'm even a size 5.

    It really doesn't matter.
  • sweetpea03b
    sweetpea03b Posts: 1,123 Member
    Ever notice how women's wear clearance racks ALWAYS have XXS or really tiny sizes like a 0 left and all the other sizes are gone? I think that is evidence that the typical woman can't fit into a size zero even at a healthy weight.

    So... sure I think there are tiny women out there that might wear a 0 but I think it becomes an unhealthy goal for MANY MORE than that.
  • fightingthefood
    fightingthefood Posts: 45
    My wife wears size O petite and sometimes a OO. This is after having four kids. Would go to 150 lbs. with each (all were between 8lb. 6oz. to 8lb. 9oz.) and 3 months after giving birth was right back to her 95lbs. She is 5ft. 1in. and the doctor tells her she should weight around 107 to 110. She has managed to reach 107 a couple of times but just as soon as she slows up on her eating it's right back to 95lbs.. Has had her thyroid and everything else checked out and all is normal. Doctors just tell her it's just the way she is built. She works out 4 times weekly (2 times cardio and 2 times weight) and probably eats 3500 calories a day easy. Have actually found her crying a few times because her coworkers tease her about how much she eats. Her father always kept a copy of her birth certificate in the truck as he kept getting pulled over for her not being in a child seat. She was 15 at the time. Sometimes I wish I had her problem but after seeing how much stress it puts on her at times I'm not so sure. Her grandmother that lived into her nineties and seven children was the same way until the day she passed away.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member

    Are you trying to get smaller than a 0, you are still losing weight, right?

    I'm more concerned with toning at this point. But...I was saying size 0 isn't as small as it sounds, I'm 5'6 125 lbs so I'm at a normal weight for my height and age. Clothing manufacturers make clothes bigger with a small number on the tag now.
  • lee91356
    lee91356 Posts: 330 Member
    I think you can achieve it tha healthy way but many people would like to do it no matter what. And well, it depends on your height as well- if you're very short you can easily achieve size zero but if you're for example 5'10''?

    I disagree, if your short AND naturally thin then you are more likely to achieve a size zero. For shorter girls (as one myself) I think its harder because we have smaller abdominal areas and smaller legs and weight shows WAY more then with taller people. I know many taller people who weight more or about the same as me and wear smaller clothes than I do. So I believe that opposite is true, the taller you are the better chance that you could achieve a size zero, i.e. work at it.

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