Girls 5'7", when were you able to stop wearing +sizes?

marie_eve_78
marie_eve_78 Posts: 72 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi! I'm wondering at what weight approximately I can hope to stop wearing plus size clothes. Any of you who lost weight can remember their weight when they switched to "Normal" clothes?

Thanks!
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  • alexisu96
    alexisu96 Posts: 103 Member
    I am bottom heavy. I was a 12 pants at 170 maybe. Tops a size or two smaller. I am dying to get back. I am 218 and a tight 18.
  • Cherry_star
    Cherry_star Posts: 40 Member
    I started at 16 stone 2lbs and was in a UK size 18/20. After dropping 3 and a half stones, I'm in a 14 generally now. Hope that helps!
  • srenea9
    srenea9 Posts: 142
    Everyone is different of course. I remember when I used to weigh 170 i was a size 8/10. and I think when I was 200 I was a size 12/14?
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    About 175.
  • kitka82
    kitka82 Posts: 350 Member
    I got into a 10 at around 175. I'm currently 169 and size 8/10. I've also got a lot of booty, so I could wear non + on top from 195 pounds.
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.
  • princessd84
    princessd84 Posts: 121 Member
    I started at 252lb and was a UK size 22 (although I refused to admit it and squeezed myself into size 20s!).
    At around 225, a UK size 20 was a perfect fit.
    Now at 209, my UK size 18s are rather loose and I expect I'll be in a size 16 after about another 7lb.

    Hope this helps :)
  • CATindeeHAT
    CATindeeHAT Posts: 332 Member
    Hi! I'm wondering at what weight approximately I can hope to stop wearing plus size clothes. Any of you who lost weight can remember their weight when they switched to "Normal" clothes?

    Thanks!

    I was 170 at my heaviest and the largest size pants I ever wore was size 9. I'm 5'7.5"
  • CATindeeHAT
    CATindeeHAT Posts: 332 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.

    This is DEAD ON. This is exactly how it played out for me.
  • cm1458
    cm1458 Posts: 742 Member
    around 175 i hit a size 10/11.
    Currently teetering from 159-162, size 8/9
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.
    Shows how different we all are! At 200, I was 16-18. And by that I mean I could probably grab any 18 off the rack, but if I shopped around a lot, I could eventually find a 16 that fit.

    But it's not all us, it's often the variation in sizes. I'm 167 now, and had to throw out a pair of size 12 jeans this month because they were huge on me...but my two remaining pair are 14 and 10, and they fit the same.
  • pandia17
    pandia17 Posts: 35
    When I was 213, I was in a 14 for skirts/dresses and a 16 for pants. Tops were XL, but loose. I think it's a bit different for everyone. Different brands are also sized differently. (Also, I'm 5'6", so that may also matter.)
  • marie_eve_78
    marie_eve_78 Posts: 72 Member
    Thanks all!!

    Eld2310 For me plus size is over 14, since most stores here do not sell clothes over 14, unless it's a store that advertise the selling of plus size clothing. There aren't a lot of stores like that here.

    I went from a size 24 (265lbs) to a 18 (227lbs) so I think your estimate of about 20lbs per size makes sense!!

    So I guess around 180-170 i will be able to shop any where :)

    Thanks again!
  • marie_eve_78
    marie_eve_78 Posts: 72 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.
    Shows how different we all are! At 200, I was 16-18. And by that I mean I could probably grab any 18 off the rack, but if I shopped around a lot, I could eventually find a 16 that fit.

    But it's not all us, it's often the variation in sizes. I'm 167 now, and had to throw out a pair of size 12 jeans this month because they were huge on me...but my two remaining pair are 14 and 10, and they fit the same.

    Maybe it has to do with the fact of being apple or pear shaped? I'm an apple myself.
  • jr1985
    jr1985 Posts: 1,033 Member
    ALL depends on build and body composition. Sadly I'm in the 'plus sized' category still... but didn't need to leave the 'normal' section until I was around 220/230, because while I still have a lot of excess fat, I have a lot of muscle too so didn't necessarily look like I was as heavy as I was. So if you are pretty muscular, then you might be able to get back into 'normal' clothes sooner than you might think.
  • RobynMcGregor
    RobynMcGregor Posts: 44
    At 91 kgs I was wearing size 18/20 (NZ) depending on the cut, shape and fabric. Currently at 80 kg and declining I am wearing size 14(NZ) trousers but still need a size 16 to meet in the middle around the generously endowed boobs that developed with maturity ( some would say old age :-) )
  • stonel94
    stonel94 Posts: 550 Member
    I've never been in plus sizes, by biggest size has been a 12 dress size (and smaller pants and stuff), but I can tell you this varies a lot from person to person. I currently weigh around 155 I think (going off the doctor scale cause my home scales tell me differently) and I just fit into my size 4 shorts, but wear like up to an 8 in other things like dresses, and my jeans are 28's (so a 6 I think)
    But people my height and weight sometimes where a much bigger size because they are not as in shape, I have a lot of muscle so I weigh more and am smaller in size (still got a ways to go though).
  • _Libitina_
    _Libitina_ Posts: 5
    I'm all butt and THICK thighs. I'm currently wearing Old Navy size 12 but can almost snug into my size 10. If I didn't have such a dramatic pear shape I'd be in something smaller. Remember, all pants sizes differ depending on YOUR body.
  • sandobr1
    sandobr1 Posts: 319 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.

    I am on a similar path as this, though I don't think I will get that low, my goal is around 150 and a size 8.
  • HIITMe
    HIITMe Posts: 921 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.


    this is me NOW... however I have the kangaroo pouch... if I could get rid of that, I could go down a size

    example, Im 201 today... I wear a size 14... if I didnt have this pouch, I could fit a size 12... the funny thing is how much my body has changed... Last time I was 150 I also wore a size 12....
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    I'm between 5'7 and 5'8", and at 192 I'm a US12-14/UK16-18, depending on cut and label. At 240, or thereabouts, I was a US14-16/UK 18-20, so for me, it's quite a big pound loss between sizes - roughly one and a half sizes for over fifty pounds. That said however, I have a large frame, and am very strong, so I'm working on a different basis than many other women, and am unlikely to ever be much smaller than a US 10/UK 14.
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    I'm 5'7" and stuck at 160. I have a huge *kitten* and huge thighs, and I wear a size 11 jeans. In a top, I wear usually large, occasionally extra large. Not because I'm busty -- I'm an A, for sure -- but because I carry weight in my stomach and can't seem to get rid of it, and if I put on a shirt and see a bulge or even anything I don't like, I either don't wear that or find a larger size. I'm dying to get back in a 7, like I was five years ago, and a medium or even small top. Sigh!
  • mollylookalike
    mollylookalike Posts: 60 Member
    Not sure what you mean by plus size (like the size labels at Lane Bryant? Or like regular 12s and 14s?), but for me at 5'7" this is how it's been:

    220 lbs - size 16-18
    200 lbs - size 14
    180 lbs - size 10-12
    160 lbs - size 8-10
    140 lbs - size 6-8
    120 lbs - size 2-4

    So I guess it's one size up or down every 20 lbs.

    This is DEAD ON. This is exactly how it played out for me.

    I HOPE this is how it will be for me. :):):)
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    When I was 216, I wore a size 16. When I was 206, I wore a size 14. I got down to 12 at about 180. And am wearing 8's at 160.
  • lauranell79
    lauranell79 Posts: 31 Member
    At my heaviest 210 I was an 18, now i am hanging around 178/179 (refusing to go to 180 lol) and I can wear a 12 but 14 is more comfortable. I was around 169/170 and in a 10 in some things. Clothes fit different too. But I would LOVE to be a comortable 10 in MOST clothes not just some :)
  • karen34684
    karen34684 Posts: 5
    At 167 pounds, I was a size 14; now at 154 pounds, my size twelves are loose, and size 10s a little tight. Apparently different body types because I don't think someone weighing 160 could wear a size 8.
  • kbeech06
    kbeech06 Posts: 328 Member
    I'm 209 right now and my UK size 18 skinny jeans are getting loose around the waist and tummy...but my freaking thighs are still as big as ever :mad:
  • NicolesMinion
    NicolesMinion Posts: 11
    I started at 16 stone 2lbs and was in a UK size 18/20. After dropping 3 and a half stones, I'm in a 14 generally now. Hope that helps!

    I lived in the UK for a bit and UK has stayed true to size where the US each size has actually GONE UP AT LEAST 2 SIZES in the past 20+ years!! So if you think you are a size 10 you are really what used to be a size 14!!

    So if we put on a size 14 made today it is actually the same as an 18 twenty years ago. The US fashion industry has continued reset our clothing sizes as the population has continued to get bigger. When I was a gymnast 5'6" in high school and college at 130 lbs I was JUST sneaking into a size 12, off season at 150 - 160 lbs I was size 16!!

    Now as an overweight adult at 230 I am in a size 20....in the UK I had to buy size 24!! I was never in a 24....it hurt to have to get a 24.

    So for anyone older than 40 years old the sizes are not at all similar to what we were in high school. In high school some at 200 lbs was in size 20-22.

    So it is all relative unless you are under 20 years old then you can measure yourself against 'what you used to wear"

    The US fashion industry isn't doing any of us a favor really just setting up an illusion for us.
  • i_am_toadie
    i_am_toadie Posts: 8 Member
    I have an A shaped body and still wear a 18 at 186ish pounds. I carry a lot of "junk in the trunk". And it drive me crazy... Oh what I would give to fit into a size 14!!!
  • TXtstorm
    TXtstorm Posts: 163 Member
    Caveat: I am NOT 5'7". I'm only about 5'1.5". And I very much agree with an earlier poster... today's US sizes for women's/misses clothing are NOT the same as the sizes 20-25 years ago! I had jeans that old to compare to, and wish I hadn't gotten rid of a couple of smaller pairs from that era a while back so I'd have them for comparison! Another difference is the advent of "stretch denim." The extra give in the jeans of today makes a HUGE difference in what size can be tolerated across a range of body sizes/shapes.

    At my starting point I was wearing 10-15 year old Lee jeans in a Women's (Plus) size 24 or somewhat newer (about 5 years old) Women's (Plus) size 22. I weighed right at 220 pounds. At about 195 or so I was able to wear newer Misses (not Plus) size 18 petite and some older 15-20 year old Women's (Plus) 20. In early November, at about 180 I moved into my smallest pair of Lee jeans... a 5 year old pair of Misses (not plus) 16 petite. I bought more pairs in that size, and they were comfortably snug. I just bought a new pair of Lee jeans and a pair of Lee twill pants today. They are Misses 12 petite and they are what I would call a comfortably snug fit. I weigh 161 pounds currently. I think that as my weight drops more and more, there are fewer pounds between sizes. For what it's worth, I've just moved into a medium on my scrub pants and today bought a medium in a knit skirt because the XL wouldn't stay up at all and the waistband on the large was already loose and floppy. Any more pounds dropped and the skirt would drop too!

    The OP later added that she finds "plus" sizes to be anything over a 14 because of the limited availability of anything over a 14. Where I live sizes up through 16 are pretty readily available with 18's being more rare or limited. If you get above that, the tags often specify "Women's" and a number or letter size. So, I'll go with about where I could have worn size 14 jeans, which would have been between 165-170 pounds on my 61.5" frame.

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