All 5'3" - 5'5" -- Let's compare weight w/pants size

I feel like no one explained the muscle VS fat thing very well.

"People often say that muscle weighs more than fat, but that is a misstatement. Muscle is actually more dense than fat, so a pound of muscle takes up less space than fat. Another way to look at fat versus muscles is that a cubic inch of muscle will weigh more than a cubic inch of fat. Muscle is about 18 percent more dense than fat."


another explanation:


"...if your weight stayed exactly the same and we theortecially took off 5 lbs of fat from you and replaced it with 5 lbs of muscle, you would weigh exactly the same, but because muscle is more "dense" than fat, the 5 lbs of muscle takes up less space and so you would appear slightly leaner and/or thinner."

I thought that was what I was saying, but maybe not as clearly... i.e. I was 120 last summer wearing a size 6 with 24% body fat and in November was 130 pounds wearing a size 2 with 18% body fat. I appeared smaller in my after pictures, even though I gained weight, because I dropped body fat. It's an amazing concept that I quite like. :bigsmile:

I am 5'3" and weigh 112-115 and wear size 0-2 pants.

Remember, everyone. It's not just weight and body fat percentage. It's where you carry the weight!

I am a size 4 pant (5'3" and 117 lbs). I've always had to weigh less than others to have the same size. Here is why--I carry most of my weight between my shoulders and upper thighs. I have a decent sized bustline and curvy hips with a fairly small waist. But because my arms and legs are just plain skinny, and always have been, my pant size is larger than others with similar height and weight. I was looking in the mirror today, and thought to myself--if I just covered up my torso and judged my size on my limbs, I would be considered tiny! But my torso is just average-small! Even reducing bodyfat percentage will only help so much!

So, am I going to be upset by the fact that I don't have a small torso? NO! I'm accpepting the fact that it is my hereditary shape, and I'm not unhappy with it. I do, however, want to continue to lose body fat percentage, if it will come off my mid-section, just because I know that is healthier.

5ft 3 in
226: size 16-18
200: size 14
185-190: size 12
145-150: 9

It amazes me how body types and body fat % really affect what size you wear. I've seen alot of people on here same height and weight as me with such different size pants! Just goes to show how different we all really are!

Starting - 5'4" 263lbs size 24W pants (but really should have been wearing 26W)

Now - 5'4" 230lbs size 24W pants (but can now finally button/zip a 22W, though that size is still too tight)

At 5'4" 135lbs I was size 16 pants


This thread is proof of the "large frame" issue that some on MFP claim doesn't exist! :ohwell:

I'm 5'3''
SW: 205 size 16/18
CW: 162 size 10/12
Goal: 135-140 size 7/9

I'm 5'4", starting weight 135 pants size 6 27.4% body fat
Current weight 125 pants size 2 19.3% body fat

I may have only lost 10 pounds (all I really wanted) but I dropped 8.1% body fat. I am happy with that.

5'4'' - 155 lb size 9
5'4'' - 143 lb might be a 7 now....I haven't tried new clothes yet :-/

Goal size: 5/6

I don't really have a defined weight or fat% goal, so I guess until I look good naked I'll keep striving for improvement ;-)

SW 200 pounds size 18
CW 169 pounds size 12-14
GW 125 pounds... size... whatever fits me I guess
I'm just happy to be able to put on a 12 right now :bigsmile:

5'3" and my starting wight 2.5 weeks ago was 167.8
Starting pants size was a 12

Current weight is 161 with a pant size 10

Goal: approx 130 or a comfortable size 6!!!! I have a lot of muscle so I never get much below a 6. Now a size 4(US) would be a celebration!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!