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

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  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    5'4.5" tall...

    138 pounds

    Size 5/6 shorts, jeans, and dresses.
  • razz02
    razz02 Posts: 36 Member
    Hi I think its hard to compare since the sizes are so different in the world but nevertheless, interesting. I am about 5´5 (167cm). I weigh between 55-58kg (120+ LLBs?). My jeans size depends on the brand. But usually 25-26 inches waist, length 30 inches. My clothes are all xs-s or 30-36 (size 0-6). I can use my 10 y old sons clothes... Sometimes I buy xxs or triple xs. I realise that I wear really tiny clothes, but I think I look like a beached whale anyway.....
  • dazzo62
    dazzo62 Posts: 78
    I am 5'6" (so sorry 1" taller than required for this thread). I weigh 129.

    I think sizing is ridiculous and it ranges - and the US is completely different than the rest of the world. Our sizing is slightly changed to accommodate our population's larger sizes. So I am a anywhere in our crazy system from a 0-4, but in UK sizing I am a 4-8.

    Incidentally - around 30 years ago - our sizes were the same as the UK.

    Don't worry about the stupid number - it will drive you crazy trying to wear the same "smaller" size by every manufacturer. Wear what looks best and makes you feel best (but don't let it be baggy - that will make you look larger).
  • dazzo62
    dazzo62 Posts: 78
    To Razz02 - I find it hard to believe that you look like a "beached whale" - I am sure that you look absolutely lovely.
  • heathermnrd
    heathermnrd Posts: 73
    5'2 145 lbs and a size 6 in dress pants...i dont wear jeans often but i think the ones i can fit into vary from a 6-9
  • MeowserKitty
    MeowserKitty Posts: 185
    5'5
    114 lb
    Pants: like size 2 ish

    When I was 130 lbs it was like 5/6 depending
  • nilbogger
    nilbogger Posts: 870 Member
    5'4"
    147 lbs
    Typically 8-10.
  • sweetpea129
    sweetpea129 Posts: 755 Member
    5'5
    158 lbs

    Size 8.
  • 6spdeg
    6spdeg Posts: 394 Member
    im 5'5'' i wear a 32 and i weigh 180lbs
  • SkinnyMozza
    SkinnyMozza Posts: 66 Member
    5.5
    160
    8/10
    aiming for those 4/6er's again :happy: Yeah !
  • Livylove90
    Livylove90 Posts: 14
    5'3.5
    178lbs
    12/14 depending.
    Goal would be a size 7/8 :)
  • mlogantra76
    mlogantra76 Posts: 334 Member
    5'5"
    163
    I am pear shaped, with wide hips. Currently wearing 12-14 depending on the cut.

    When I get to goal, which is around 145, I should be able to wear a 10, but we will see. Regardless of what size I wear, I always have had a hard time finding slacks that fit me very well, so pants shopping is not fun!

    We sound like twins. I am not sure what I weigh right now but I know at my goal (145ish) I wear a size 10 and a s/m top. I have wide hips too. Right now, I wear a size 12ish pants. However, 10 years ago when I weighed 100 lbs more, I was NOT a pear shape. I was just big all over. I wore a size 26/28 pants and I think a size 2X shirt. I have to buy petite pants and they are usually too big in the waist so they fit in the thighs:)

    Funny story, I walked into a Zumba class at my gym once and a lady came up to me and asked me where I got my hips/thighs. Kinda an awkward question since the last 8-10 lbs I need to lose are going to come off of them:) I immediately asked her where she got her chest:)
  • mamaherrera10
    mamaherrera10 Posts: 3 Member
    I'm 5'3 and wear size 7 but now have love handles. Which is killing me, before my last baby, I was the same weight,118 and wore my 7s but no love handles. Even as a youngeon (I'm 36 now) but when I was 18, I was 5'3 and weighed 113 and still wore size 7's because of my wide stomach. BUt how do I get rid of these last 5 pounds,k and hope they come from my gut/waist
  • CaffeinatedRats
    CaffeinatedRats Posts: 20 Member
    5'4"

    Highest weight, 230lbs and size 16 pants
    Right now, 187 and size 12
  • hollyfoord
    hollyfoord Posts: 30 Member
    Height: 5'6 (ok I'm one inch off but I swear my height fluctuates)
    SW: 292 lbs. - Size 22/24
    CW: 193 lbs. - Size 16 for most brands most of the time
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    I'm 5'2.5" and 125 lbs. Depending on brand, I wear anything from 3/4 to 6. I carry more weight in my lower body so I can wear XS tops.
  • YalithKBK
    YalithKBK Posts: 317 Member
    edited May 2017
    5'2" (too short, but thought I'd post anyway)
    Largest I've been 170lbs, pants size 16
    Smallest I've been 125lbs, pants size 10-12

    My hips are huge so I can't buy small pants. All I can do it buy pants that fit my hips and a variety of belts to cinch the waist.
  • hlblakeley
    hlblakeley Posts: 55 Member
    5' 4"
    SW 295- 26/28
    CW 220(ish) 22
    GW 135 - I don't know haven't been there in almost 35 years!
  • Aliflyfishing
    Aliflyfishing Posts: 2 Member
    5' 4" or sometimes 5'3" if I slouch when getting weighed at Boots :D
    SW 246 lbs size 24
    now 220 lbs size 20 and having to use a belt but not comfy in size 18 yet
  • zealouszoey
    zealouszoey Posts: 12 Member
    5'5" when I was in high school I weighed 220 and wore a 16. Now after a divorce and medical issue I'm up to 390 and size 26 :( Working REALLY hard to get back down!
  • quebot
    quebot Posts: 99 Member
    I am recovering from celiac gut and bloat and I have what my boyfriend likes to call "mom butt" (I think this is a term of endearment because he likes it, lol).

    I'm 5'3
    SW: 180/ 41" waist - size 14
    CW: 163/ 34" waist - size 10-12 depending on cut.

  • Shanel0916
    Shanel0916 Posts: 586 Member
    This thread is from 2012. :o
  • laurenj915
    laurenj915 Posts: 38 Member
    5'4" and 105 pounds. I usually wear a double zero. I actually have a problem with that because 10 years ago at the same weight I was a size 1 and 10 years before that I was a size 3. All at the same height and weight! Vanity sizing is out of control in the US.
  • Mspiggy56
    Mspiggy56 Posts: 7 Member
    I'm 5'3.5 and I've got a pear shaped body.
    SW: 151 Ib Pants size was 8-10, Hips were 42
    CW: 139 Ib still a size 8, but my hips are 41 inches. I can squeeze into a size 6, but my stomach with stick out and I'll have a muffin top :/ not a good look.
    At my thinnest, 128 Ib, I wore a size 3-4 and my hips were about 37 inches.
    I can't wait to be a size 4 again.
  • lilolilo920
    lilolilo920 Posts: 184 Member
    edited May 2017
    5'3.75 here :D
    I'm 110 and wear a US 0 or 2!
  • ad28517
    ad28517 Posts: 27 Member
    5'3 and at 196 I was a size 12; at 176 I am wearing a 10, but could likely make it into an 8. Crazy how much this all varies from person to person!
  • melb9999
    melb9999 Posts: 19 Member
    I'm 5'3

    Start weight 4/2016: 207lbs and size 18

    Currently: weigh 150lbs and in a pant size 10 (which are becoming too big!), size 8 soon, I think! :)

    Feeling so much happier and stronger since I've started this health journey! :)
  • kamouflaged
    kamouflaged Posts: 4 Member
    5'5 - 130lbs (slightly heavier than my normal weight - 125)
    Pants size: 6 right now but usually 4
    Straight body shape
    Buying pants is a struggle. If the waist fits perfectly then it gets really tight around my calves (muscular), or if it's comfortable for my legs then the waist is too big and I have to wear a belt haha.
  • omgspandex
    omgspandex Posts: 1 Member
    I'm 5'4''
    Current Weight 203lbs Size 12-14 depending.
    When I was 145lbs I was in Size 7/8 pants & thats my goal again.
  • _MissBrie
    _MissBrie Posts: 114 Member
    5'4"
    143lbs size 9-13 depending on pants
    130lbs size 7-9
    120lbs size 3-4

    My lowest was 115, and I was a size 3. I have wide hips, so nothing smaller ever fit me
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