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    • Posts: 275 Member
      Sounds about right to me. I am only slightly heavier at 12 stone and my size 14s (UK) are getting a bit loose.

      Another half stone and I expect to squeeze inill the to my size 12s, but I think it will be a whole stone till the 12s fit nicely.


      I must be doing something seriously wrong....
    • Posts: 123 Member
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      Did you lose inches of fat but gain weight in muscle?

      Nope. Gained a lot of fat. Mind you, though, this is from 11 years old to 20 years old, so it is most likely body shape.
    • Posts: 787 Member
      It depends on your body shape. When I was 162, I was a size10 (US).

      I am now about 135-137 and wear a size 0, 2/3 or 3/4 - depending on the brand name
    • Posts: 307
      sounds like vanity sizing. i was a size 12/14 UK sizing at 143 lbs 5'6
    • Posts: 84 Member
      I think you shouldn't second guess yourself- if it fits, it fits! I have a bad habit of doing that, and thinking there MUST be some kind of fluke but nope, it's all hard work. Congratulate yourself on it!
    • Posts: 255 Member
      I'm 5'4" and 202 lbs. I wear a size 12/14 (US) and in some 8s or 10s depending on the designer. Like many here have already said, it depends on your body shape :-)
    • Posts: 277 Member
      I am 5ft5 and i fit in UK size 14 but they are very baggy now. I now weigh 150lb's I still find myself looking on the rails for 18-20's I cannot comprehend buying smaller clothes. I look at them and think naaaaah that will never fit. But they do!
    • Posts: 735 Member
      I would celebrate. i started out at 250 pounds and a size 26W in American size

      Today I'm 173 pounds. I can wear a size medium on top and depending on style/cut in jeans a size 14. I am 5"4 inches tall
    • Posts: 689
      I'm not sure about the UK, but in the US, clothing manufacturers definitely use vanity sizing. When I was 13, I weighed 135 pounds and wore a size 13/14. I'm now 65 years old, weigh 162 pounds, and fit into 11/12, and somes 9/10. Realizing that women didn't like wearing large sizes, the manufacturers changed the sizes. First it was the high end clothiers, so their wealthy clients could brag that they were a size 2 or a size 0...and not be like the rest of us.. Then everybody got on the bandwagon, and not only do we now we have size 0, we have sizes 00, extra small, extra extra small, and extra extra extra small! It's crazy.
    • Posts: 72 Member
      Here is a good website for seeing real women, at real sizes that can compare to you. I like to check this website out every now and then to see if I'm kidding myself, or if I feel like I size up to similar sized women wearing the same size pants/shirt. Everyone is so different!

      http://www.mybodygallery.com/
    • Posts: 112 Member
      I am 5'7", 159.5 pounds and I wear a 6/8 (US) depending on the brand name. In Jennifer Lopez jeans, I can wear a 4! However, in jeans that have no stretch in them, I need a 8/10 just to fit my thighs, but they are HUGE around my waist, as most of my weight is really coming off my waist (28.5 inch waist, hips 36 inches and and my thighs are 24 inches around currently) I started out at 210 and was wearing a 12/14. I have to constantly buy new clothes too, because as soon as I buy something, it is too big on me one month later..awesome, but not awesome on my checking account :/
    • Posts: 16 Member
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      I carry 30 lbs in my boobs? HEHE!!!!!


      BAHA ME TOO!
    • Posts: 275 Member
      I'm not sure about the UK, but in the US, clothing manufacturers definitely use vanity sizing. When I was 13, I weighed 135 pounds and wore a size 13/14. I'm now 65 years old, weigh 162 pounds, and fit into 11/12, and somes 9/10. Realizing that women didn't like wearing large sizes, the manufacturers changed the sizes. First it was the high end clothiers, so their wealthy clients could brag that they were a size 2 or a size 0...and not be like the rest of us.. Then everybody got on the bandwagon, and not only do we now we have size 0, we have sizes 00, extra small, extra extra small, and extra extra extra small! It's crazy.


      Too true!
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