Are you really a size .0008.7? Are you?

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  • russellma
    russellma Posts: 284 Member
    Although I really couldn't care less what size anyone else is, I WOULD like to know what size I am!

    One of the things that stumped me after I got down to my goal weight was that I had no idea what size it correlated to. When I was at this weight 15 years ago, I wore a size 6 or 8. I NEVER had any desire to be below a size 6, so imagine my surprise when I went shopping and couldn't buy a size 4 because they were too BIG!!

    So here I am, with a closet full of 4s (one or two which are too big!), 6s, and 8s, with one or two size 10s! So, when asked, I go with the number that I feel best about... somewhere around size 6.

    I imagine others might choose a different size because that's the one they like best. Either way, it doesn't affect me, so if you want to talk about the size 2 in your closet, then have at it! Just be aware that people aren't blind. Your tag may say size 2, but that doesn't really change the size of YOU!

    Edited to fix grammatical error!
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    Sizes definitely range, but when I am small enough to fit into 0's and 2's, nothing in a women's 12 fits me. There is some variation of course by brand, but it's not as dramatic for me as you describe it for you.
  • MrsTattie
    MrsTattie Posts: 79 Member
    This thread is great! I just want a holiday in the USA NOW so I can buy clothes with a smaller size label on them ( I think you are minus 4 or even 6 from us - so a UK 14 is a US 8??)
    To me anything below size 6 sounds like you are 10 years old and not healthy!!!! (don't start ranting, I know this is not the case, and I don't mean to offend)
    Your feet are bigger, though!
    yours, aiming to be a size 10-12 UK :happy:
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    How many people do you have around you gloating about their size that you have actually developed a pet peeve? Do you live in a very shallow part of the world? There's a very big difference between someone being happy/excited/proud and gloating/bragging. Someone saying their size in a pleased way does not equal bragging and gloating. Someone sharing her new size with a friend or even with friendly acquaintances is not bragging or gloating--no different than saying "I lost 5 lbs!" We could just as easily say, "Well, Miss I lost 5 lbs, did you really? Do you know how much of that is water weight that will come back once you eat a real meal? How do we know just how much sodium you had yesterday?"
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I'm a size fatty-fat girl! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I hope to become a size "slender waist with wide hips" :happy: :laugh: :laugh:

    Seriously, I get frustrated when I see people the same height and weight as me that are wearing a size 18. REALLY??? I was wearing an 18 when I was 150 pounds, which is my goal weight (80 pounds lighter than I am now). So I just have to move past it. It's just a number.
  • SarahCW1979
    SarahCW1979 Posts: 572 Member
    My wardrobe has sizes from 8 to 14, strangely all the same 'size'!! Its infuriating to go into one store and be X then another you are Y!! I have to admit I am a vanity shopper... if the written size is larger than I usually wear I wont buy it no matter how lovely it is >.<
  • pixtotts
    pixtotts Posts: 552 Member
    i think what most people do is find the smallest sized thing in their wardrobe that fits and goes yes i am this size! :D
  • AmyFett
    AmyFett Posts: 1,607 Member
    I have a pair of pants that are 18's that fit me in the waist, fall off my butt and thighs. 14's fit me perfectly in the butt and legs, aside from being super tight, I love that I'm in this size now. My 16's and all other 18's were falling off me. It really depends on the wash of the jean and brand and all that crap. I also have medium sweatpants that I wear around the house that fit nicely, and size 12 shorts that I wore in the summer as a bathing suit.

    It is honestly stupid that clothes are this messed up. Should be that one size is like universal or something.

    And anyway, what does it matter to YOU what other people use for motivation to lose the weight? And how do you know if they are or are not that size?

    I am 5 ft 2, 210 lbs, and a size 14.
  • RBXChas
    RBXChas Posts: 2,708 Member
    Yup, I wore a US size 6 dress yesterday (which seems to be pretty consistent amongst most brands), and today I am wearing a suit. The skirt is a size 12 (albeit loose, but not that loose, or I wouldn't be wearing it), and the jacket is a size 8.

    I wore jeans the other day from Old Navy that were a size 4, and last Friday I had Calvin Klein suit on that was a size 8 (skirt and jacket).

    I was/am comfortable in all of these pieces of clothing.

    It depends on my body from day to day, plus different brands size differently.
  • lmschmitt63
    lmschmitt63 Posts: 12 Member
    I hear you I just bought size 11 jeans and the proceeded to have to put on a 16 dress in order to get it zipped up.
  • lavieboheme1229
    lavieboheme1229 Posts: 448 Member
    thank you. I think I needed this. There is part of my mind that wants to be a 8. A single digit. But lets be honest. You generally need to buy dress pants a size or 2 bigger, wedding gowns are always a size or 2 bigger. Dresses from Target are sized differently than dresses from Brooks Brothers. And Levi's jeans are sized differently from Old Navy jeans. So I have on size 12 dress pants, my dresses that are a 10 are getting big, and my jeans that are a 10 are getting big too. But then I went into Marshalls the other day, and tried on a 14 that was too small.

    Maybe I just need to find 1 piece of clothing I fit into that is a size 8, and call it a day. haha!
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I am 5'3 147ish pounds, I wear an 8 in any store owned by Gap, Inc -- most other stores, Express, Limited -- I am a 10. Designers like Hilfiger and Klein -- usually a 10, occasionally a 12. I can wear S, M, L tops. People are usually shocked when I say I am a 10, as they expect the number to be lower. Thing is, if you don't care about what the tag says and buy clothes that fit you, you look MUCH smaller.
  • nc_moon_beam
    nc_moon_beam Posts: 38 Member
    I'm usually size AWESOME, but sometimes I can fit into a size HOTTT. Other times, I'm a size EPIC. Just depends...
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    I'm probably one of the smaller people on this site (5'2", 101, 20% fat today) and I've never bragged. Why? Because sizes are not very meaningful. The only problem is when people use them to delude themselves about what their weight is doing.
  • Marvelous47
    Marvelous47 Posts: 12 Member
    Here's what I think, take a beautiful dress out of your closet that you love and wore once upon a time, if it doesn't fit hang it near your mirror...look at every day,,,,,your goal is to fit into it, who gives a ---- what size it is when you can fit into it.................brag, scream and give yourself a huge hug....this is about YOU!!!!!
  • tismyhardbody
    tismyhardbody Posts: 100 Member
    shenanigans shenanigans
    Im a size 0/2 in every store.
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    shenanigans shenanigans
    Im a size 0/2 in every store.

    Same here.
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    My very elderly mother buys my wife clothes using sizing standards from 60 years ago.
    So even though my wife can wear modern 0's, or 2's, my mother buys her 8's and 10's and it drives my wife crazy.
    We explained that sizing changed, but she just won't listen.
  • AnninStPaul
    AnninStPaul Posts: 1,372 Member
    I am a size 4.. I wear 4's in all my clothing and Size Small top in all my tops... Last time I checked, clothing was pretty universal if you only shop at a few places instead of every store you see.

    Not sure why the hell you having so many issues when it comes to shopping or get pissed when people brag about size, but I worked my butt off to get where I am.. so best you best believe I'm going to celebrate it.

    Also, I highly doubt you wear a 4 some days and then a 12/14 other days... that is a huge difference in size no matter how the clothes are cut. So unless you are getting really fat and then really skinny with in the course of like a day, you should be able to find one size and stick with it.

    I have had a similar experience as the OP - jeans from the same manufacturer, purchased at the same store, IN THE SAME TRANSACTION, in 3 different sizes...that fit the same. And my closet includes M, L, and XL...that fit the same. The most consistency I've found is in shoes -- where I buy the same brand, same basic shoe, in different colors/materials.

    It's even more annoying with kids, who have a lot less patience for trying things on.
  • B_Mindful
    B_Mindful Posts: 38 Member
    I'm usually size AWESOME, but sometimes I can fit into a size HOTTT. Other times, I'm a size EPIC. Just depends...

    You, madam, are fabulous. I don't care what size your clothes are! :happy:
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    I'm a size fatty-fat girl! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I hope to become a size "slender waist with wide hips" :happy: :laugh: :laugh:

    Seriously, I get frustrated when I see people the same height and weight as me that are wearing a size 18. REALLY??? I was wearing an 18 when I was 150 pounds, which is my goal weight (80 pounds lighter than I am now). So I just have to move past it. It's just a number.

    I am jealous of your hips! At 150 now I am a 4-6 (usually, because OP preaches the truth) but my tummy is still wider than my hips.
    I should probably go read one of those "You can Spot Reduce" threads to find a unicorn blood retailer :grumble:
  • Lisah8969
    Lisah8969 Posts: 1,247 Member
    (this, by the way men, is why we are all neurotic about our weight… don’t blame us, don’t even blame supermodels in the media. No, blame our ridiculous clothing sizes and our apparently mathematically challenged designers.)

    I hear girls from time to time really gloating that they are a size “whatever” and you know, unless they are having all of their clothing tailor made all of the time and slapping a size 0 sticker on them, I’m calling shenanigans. You probably do have a bunch of clothes that are a size “whatever” but you also probably fit perfectly into a bunch of clothes that are a size “oh my god, I need to stop eating cookies”. You just maybe don’t purchase those ones.

    Very funny and I totally agree about sizes not really meaning much. That being said, as soon as I can fit into a single digit size, I will be posting it on Facebook (not on my status that goes to everyone, but on a group page that my friend and I started for exercise and lifestyle support sort of like these message boards). I am sure my single digit excitement won't last long when the next item I have to get that fits on the exact same body will be a 10 or 12. :smile:
  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    I have been debating posting this in this thread but since there are people who don’t seem to believe me that I range from a 4 to a 14 (as well as a select group of individuals who don’t grasp the concept of humorous vents about common annoyances), I decided to do so.

    This is me (being a major dork, but disregard that part lol). This is a shot from a shoot I did in April with a local photographer. It was a fun shoot, both myself and the photographer were looking to add some different shots to our ports so he contacted me and asked me if I’d be willing to do a TFP shoot with some fun costumes. So I did.

    The reason I’m posting this is because this dress that I am wearing in this photo is a size EXTRA LARGE. Not an Extra Large in a childs, but an Extra Large in an adult womens. Extra Large is often comparable to a size 10 to 14 in regular women’s sizes. (or it’s supposed to be but as most people in this thread have agreed, sizes are nonsensical mysteries to most of us).

    Quite frankly I don’t think I look “fat” in this photo. And other than the aged effect to the coloration to make it look vintage and the photographers watermark, this picture was not touched up at all.

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  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    I'm usually size AWESOME, but sometimes I can fit into a size HOTTT. Other times, I'm a size EPIC. Just depends...

    I love you. haha
  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    How many people do you have around you gloating about their size that you have actually developed a pet peeve?

    Actually yes, mostly people online on modeling forums. You will have people being really snotty about it, gloating that they are a size 1 and therefore they deserve all the jobs and no one who is a size 6 should even dare step in their way. Occasionally, you will get delusional photographers (men usually who have never purchased clothing for a woman) who will list requirements like size 4 or under.

    I have no desire to work with these people anyway because ultra thin runway/fashion is not my style, and other than needing to drop about 15 lbs to be at my goal weight, I’m pretty content with my looks. As content as any woman will ever be with her looks, I suppose.

    HOWEVER…. A lot of young girls read these boards (MFP and the modeling forums I go to) and are literally starving themselves to get into a size whatever and that makes me sad because sizes have no meaning most of the time.
  • Skinnymunkii
    Skinnymunkii Posts: 191 Member
    Truth spoken. (:laugh: Preach it, sister! :laugh: ) Thank you for this post.
  • thoeting
    thoeting Posts: 89 Member

    Also, I highly doubt you wear a 4 some days and then a 12/14 other days... that is a huge difference in size no matter how the clothes are cut. So unless you are getting really fat and then really skinny with in the course of like a day, you should be able to find one size and stick with it.

    Just bought a skirt from Ann Taylor Loft this weekend -- size 4. Tried the 8, then the 6, both were big. But sitting here wearing size 10 pants from NYCompany.

    Too weird -- everything has to be tried on, stuff isn't standard sadly
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    How many people do you have around you gloating about their size that you have actually developed a pet peeve?

    Actually yes, mostly people online on modeling forums. You will have people being really snotty about it, gloating that they are a size 1 and therefore they deserve all the jobs and no one who is a size 6 should even dare step in their way. Occasionally, you will get delusional photographers (men usually who have never purchased clothing for a woman) who will list requirements like size 4 or under.

    I have no desire to work with these people anyway because ultra thin runway/fashion is not my style, and other than needing to drop about 15 lbs to be at my goal weight, I’m pretty content with my looks. As content as any woman will ever be with her looks, I suppose.

    HOWEVER…. A lot of young girls read these boards (MFP and the modeling forums I go to) and are literally starving themselves to get into a size whatever and that makes me sad because sizes have no meaning most of the time.

    Everything you just said is why I haven't been on MM in over a year. I was a 6-8 when I was modelling and was more than satisfied finding work. I agree that there are far too many girls there, often young ones, who think no one larger than a size 4 deserves to model. And it's not just online. I once went to a show after giving my measurements (37/27/39 at the time) a month early as requested. When I showed up the designer informed me that samples hadn't been made in my size but I could try the size 4 dress on if I wanted.

    My waist-hip ratio was right, but the size was what mattered. I am happier now trying to look good rather than have a number to brag over. Though I will admit to purchasing the size 4 jeans for $10 more than the size 8 jeans that fit the same. We're all a little bit vain :wink:
  • cici1028
    cici1028 Posts: 799 Member
    I only disclose my size when I'm asked for it. And I agree... which one? Which store? I'm a different size at Banana Republic than I am at BCBG or any designer shop... and Old Navy... who the hell knows? And my pants size differs from my dress size, again depending on who makes the clothes.

    I'm GENERALLY in a certain range but it fluctuates. And JEANS... well, don't get me started. ;)
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    How many people do you have around you gloating about their size that you have actually developed a pet peeve?

    Actually yes, mostly people online on modeling forums.

    If you did a Venn diagram, wouldn't the intersection of people on modeling fora and on MFP be rather small?

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