Size 0

If they decide to standardize the sizes and there will be no more size 00 and 0, and those get bumped up to size 2 and 4, it's not the people wearing size 00 or 0 that will have a problem with that (other than initial confusion and trying to understand the change and whether or not we gained weight), it's going to be people in the sizes above that with an issue about suddenly needing to go up to a larger size. I would have been fine about being a size 2 or 4 (as long as it fits me and is not too big).

My ex mother in law.

Drinks beer like water
Eats anything and everything fried
Cooks with Butter flavored Crisco
Is like 55 years old

And wears juniors or size 0 pants.

Annnnddd.... I wonder why I have such a complex of hatred for skinny people sometimes.

My cousins are that small- one is a 0, her sister is a 00 and they never starve themselves. On top of having a small frame (they're both full Asian, 00 is 5'0, 0 is 5'4) they just eat very healthily. They don't starve themselves but they also don't eat junk-- I don't think they're had ice cream since they were little and they don't really ever eat fast food. They are very health conscience because they're mom is a nurse and always encouraged healthy living. The size 0 never drinks soda because they give her ulcers. They don't drink alcohol either. The one that's a 00 is also super active-- likes to hike, dance, and hit the gym. They eat actual Asian food, which is very healthy. Once I got back to cooking the way my parents did, I've had no problem dropping weight (though I'll probably never be a 0 as I like my junk food).

What a strange thread. I gained weight with pregnancies in the past, but I did and now fit into a size 0, depending on the retailer's vanity sizing. I net 1500 calories a day and I'm 5' tall. My BMI is 22. Who cares what size someone else is? My only concern is if vanity sizing increases any more, I'll be shopping in the little girls' section. I can't buy anything at Old Navy or Sears.

Okay so how do people really get to size 0 do they have to eat like a bird like 300 calories, How do people really get that small, I know i will never be that small i mean i could never imagine being a size 0 nor do i want to, so , How do people get that small do they eat more or less, do they starve do they do this that what?

Oh and I don't have a super high metabolism where I can eat whatever I want and never gain weigh either.

I can fit in a size 0 and I eat 3,000+ calories a day.
Shorts*, my thighs wouldn't fit through jeans lol

I'm a size 0 (or 00) in J Crew clothes which are total freaky vanity sizes; normally size 2 or 4 in urban outfitters, h & m etc.
sometimes XS, usually S. I'm 5 4, 107-110, and I have really narrow hips, like a weasel/boy. also I work out and since i have lost weight from being at 130 or so, my body fat is really low. I'm also really small-boned. I think narrow hips/small chest make that totally a possibiilty for a wide range of weights/heights. One thing with me is I have a wide rib cage so I'll never have a tiny waist, so that makes some tiny sizes not fit me.

I'm 5'7 and size 0. I seem to eat and eat and eat. But I try to make smart food choices, only drink water and exercise is just as much a part of my life as brushing my teeth, I don't force myself to workout, I just do fun things which happen to burn calories. Bonus

Modern size 0 clothing, depending on brand and style, fits measurements of chest-stomach-hips from 30-22-32 inches (76-56-81 cm) to 33-25-35 inches (84-64-89 cm).

Wikipedia

When I was a teenager a UK size 10 (US size 6?) was a 24" waist, so I find the fuss about size 0 rather mystifying. Even the lower end of the range must have been a UK 8 in my childhood. Neither size was considered unhealthily thin back then.

the answer is very simple:

if you have a small frame, then chances are you'll be a size zero or even double zero, and be totally healthy

if you have a medium frame, well maybe at very low body fat percentages, or maybe with vanity sizing, but whatever you do, don't stress about it, you'll look just as good at the size that's right for you

if you have a large frame, then maybe if you die and after your flesh rots away, someone will be able to cram your skeletal remains into a size zero outfit, but they might have to flatten your rib cage and squash your shoulders up a bit in order to do so. (or alternatively just understand that you'll look just as good at a low body fat percentage as anyone else, and what actual size clothes you wear don't matter)

the answer is very simple:

if you have a small frame, then chances are you'll be a size zero or even double zero, and be totally healthy

if you have a medium frame, well maybe at very low body fat percentages, or maybe with vanity sizing, but whatever you do, don't stress about it, you'll look just as good at the size that's right for you

if you have a large frame, then maybe if you die and after your flesh rots away, someone will be able to cram your skeletal remains into a size zero outfit, but they might have to flatten your rib cage and squash your shoulders up a bit in order to do so. (or alternatively just understand that you'll look just as good at a low body fat percentage as anyone else, and what actual size clothes you wear don't matter)

Meh. I have a large frame (measured multiple times at various locations). I have size 11 feet (female) and my wrist bone was 6.75 inches at my lowest weight (100 pounds at 5'5"). I was able to fit into a 00, even with a large frame. But I didn't get there even remotely healthy. I was able to get there though - without being forced to cram my skeleton into it.

the answer is very simple:

if you have a small frame, then chances are you'll be a size zero or even double zero, and be totally healthy

if you have a medium frame, well maybe at very low body fat percentages, or maybe with vanity sizing, but whatever you do, don't stress about it, you'll look just as good at the size that's right for you

if you have a large frame, then maybe if you die and after your flesh rots away, someone will be able to cram your skeletal remains into a size zero outfit, but they might have to flatten your rib cage and squash your shoulders up a bit in order to do so. (or alternatively just understand that you'll look just as good at a low body fat percentage as anyone else, and what actual size clothes you wear don't matter)

Meh. I have a large frame (measured multiple times at various locations). I have size 11 feet (female) and my wrist bone was 6.75 inches at my lowest weight (100 pounds at 5'5"). I was able to fit into a 00, even with a large frame. But I didn't get there even remotely healthy. I was able to get there though - without being forced to cram my skeleton into it.

based on my current chest measurements, skinfold at my ribs, current body fat percentage, and the fact my ribs stick out when I flex or raise my arms above my head, I'd say my actual rib cage is probably about a size 4-6 (USA sizes) currently. No idea whether it would shrink much if I starved myself half to death, it possibly would, but I have no intention whatsoever of finding out lol

Also, wrist width, shoe size and height don't necessarily correlate with frame size. I'm 5'1", size 3 feet (albeit very wide so I can't actually fit in women's shoes at all, they're either too long or too narrow) and have a large frame, my shoulder circumference is only 3 inches smaller than my husband's who's 5'11, and my rib cage as I said is really big (and it's not fat, Jackson pollack 4 site puts me at 20% body fat; accumeasure at 22%) my wrist size says I have a large frame, but only just. My lean body mass is about 101 (103 if Jackson Pollack is to be believed) which is in the healthy BMI range for my height. And I'm a novice at lifting (can't even squat my bodyweight yet :sad: though obviously I'm working hard to rectify that!!!)

I was being tongue in cheek about the skeleton thing :flowerforyou:... it's more about the fact that damaging your body in pursuit of a particular size is not going to make you look good or be healthy, and that some people do not have the bone structure to be that thin without doing something drastically unhealthy in the process. And ALSO that small framed people can get into much smaller sizes without damaging themselves at all in the process.

I am a size 0. I started 2 years ago at 152 lbs and am now 116. I am 5'2". I have always been petite, but 1.5 years ago I gained an enormous amount of weight eating tons of sugar. I mean tons! I cut sugar and stuck to a vegan diet (I was lacto-ovo at the time of my weight gain) and have kept off the weight without any exercise efforts. I am not rail thin, I'm just not built that way. I eat 1500 cal a day (I would guess...rarely log anymore). I am just small framed. Many others my height and size are 105-110 lbs. i would look sick at that weight.

the answer is very simple:

if you have a small frame, then chances are you'll be a size zero or even double zero, and be totally healthy

if you have a medium frame, well maybe at very low body fat percentages, or maybe with vanity sizing, but whatever you do, don't stress about it, you'll look just as good at the size that's right for you

--->if you have a large frame, then maybe if you die and after your flesh rots away, someone will be able to cram your skeletal remains into a size zero outfit, but they might have to flatten your rib cage and squash your shoulders up a bit in order to do so. (or alternatively just understand that you'll look just as good at a low body fat percentage as anyone else, and what actual size clothes you wear don't matter)<---

LOL made me laugh.

Obviously, it isn't just the size of your frame. Even if you are very healthy, low body fat %, etc, there are still these things called boobs, that don't always shrink, or not dramatically, anyway, when you lose weight. And hips - some women have a pelvis that flares more than others. And musculature - there are women who tend do develop leaner, longer muscles. Then there are those that tend to develop shorter, bulkier muscles. Makes a difference.

I'm short, have a slightly larger than average chest that has never dieted or exercised away, am built like an hourglass and tend to build bulky muscle (for a woman). Seriously, I used to ice skate when I was a kid (6-12). Normal practice gave me thighs like the women speed skaters. It's possible that I could get to the point I could fit in a 0 these days and be healthy - depends on how vanity sizing has changed. At one point I was doing intense physical training and was my ideal weight and very fit. Those days, I fit in a 2.