5'2, 133lbs and in a size 9-10 pant

Juniors 9 is usually about the same as misses 6 or 8, depending on the brand.

I personally believe that height has something to do with it, too. For example, my 5'7" friend who weighs the same as me (mid 150s) wears a misses size 10 but I wear a size 14 at 4'11". It's distributed differently. I have less vertical space for that weight.

lohkin wrote: »

I personally believe that height has something to do with it, too. For example, my 5'7" friend who weighs the same as me (mid 150s) wears a misses size 10 but I wear a size 14 at 4'11". It's distributed differently. I have less vertical space for that weight.

Yes! Us short people get shafted all the way around. Less calorie needs, 5lb weight gain shows more, and larger pant size even though your weight isn't that bad.

Being short sometimes stinks.

When I was 127-130 I wore a size 6. Though a little snug. I'm 5'2. No one believed I weighed that much! I am now 115 and a size 2-4.

We are all so different. Body shape makes a difference, and body composition does too! I'm 5'2.5" and weight 131 lbs. I'm a size 4 or 6 most of the time.

I have found though that now that I am older (47), I do carry more weight in my mid section. I am actually pretty lean--maybe 25% fat-but my waist is still thick, even though I no longer have a pot belly!

Weight training helps!

Have you tried women's or petite sizes 2 -8? The cut of juniors clothing (odd size numbers) is much smaller many times than the equivalent in petite.

Cindy4FunFit wrote: »

Have you tried women's or petite sizes 2 -8? The cut of juniors clothing (odd size numbers) is much smaller many times than the equivalent in petite.

This. I used to work in clothing. Juniors sizing is even cut differently, with a much narrower hip ratio, and a longer leg line. It is meant for younger girls still in the lanky phase, not that I was ever in a lanky phase myself.
I would suggest you look at petites which are specifically for female adults, and give a much better fit for a woman under 5'4".

I'm 5'2" and about 154lbs right now and wear a 6-8 in most brands regular sizes or an 8-10 in most petites. When I was 130lbs I was somewhere between a 2 and 4. Body composition is a big difference, as is how you carry weight. I'm inclined to be fairly muscular and I'm broad for my height (my shoulders are wider than my husband's) so even when I was a size 2, I was about 25lbs heavier than my best friend who's the same height and we were sharing clothing. It really does vary a ton person to person, so use how you feel as a metric more than us.

Juniors clothing sizes are weird, you might find that a different department has a majorly different fit for you. I graduated from Juniors' when I was about 13 and puberty hit. I was a size 2 in women's but a size 7 or so in Juniors because anything smaller didn't fit over my thighs.

Difference of Misses vs Junior sizes usually is in the hip & bust size.

I am five three, range of 120-125 lbs, and size 8 in pants. They are always snug because, quads from hell. It's frustrating. They make pants for such skinny legs.

At 190 pounds and 5'2", I wore a 16. I lost 47 pounds, down to 143 pounds at my lightest and wore a size 4/6, then incorporated weights and immediately gained 10 pounds, but stayed a size 6. Everything just tightened and toned up, fat cut away and muscle showed. That was 3 years ago.. I'm now at 152-154 pounds and a size 6.

Yup,

amyrebeccah wrote: »

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

I am convinced no one my weight wears as big of pants size as I do and that I will never ever ever be in a smaller size. I'm taller - but I feel your pain.

THANK you. That's how I always feel on these pants size threads. I'm 5'7" and 150 pounds and pants are pretty much always a 12 (maybe sometimes a 10 but it's rare). I don't get to a 10 til I drop to 140, which is tough for me to maintain.

yup 5'6" and 145 I still wore a 10! Juniors 11's and the oddball 9 were the smallest my thighs would ever fit into. You could see my spine and ribs at that weight:(

nilbogger wrote: »

Juniors 9 is usually about the same as misses 6 or 8, depending on the brand.

This

Pant size is also dependent on the width of your hips. I'm 5'1.5" and 120 lbs., but can't go below a 6, except in 1 or 2 brands (GAP runs big sometimes). I just can't get anything smaller over my pelvis bones. When I was closer to your weight, I was around a 10. Also, "junior" sizes run smaller; I can still run a 9-10 in some of the junior pants, which I occasionally buy because I'm so short.

Pant size can very so much. Not only does your body composition and bone structure effect it, but just between different cuts and brands sizes can vary.

Example:

I bought a pair of Faded Glory shorts last month in a size 4. I constantly have to pull them up and can take them off without undoing the zipper. Probably should have bought a size 2.
Tried on a pair of Faded Glory jeans today in size 4, 6, and 8. All of them were too tight on my hip bones (kept getting looser everywhere else), but they all dug into my hip bones to the point of pain. Not a good cut for me. However a size 4 in a different cut fit just fine. In the juniors sizes of Faded Glory, I seem to fit into a 5 or 7. 9's are way to big.

In a brand that target carries I can wear anything from a snug 0 to a 6. I just bought a pair of jeans size 0 that are slightly snug (not enough to give a muffin top or anything like that), but I figure since I'm still losing weight it won't be long before they fit just fine. I have a pair of shorts in size 4 (same brand) that are too big and a size 6 (same brand) that fit perfectly.

edit: I'm not 5'2 which is why I didn't give my weight. I just wanted to show how widely sizes can vary.