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    Pant Size?

    Posts: 12,344 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I'm 5' 6.5" and weighed in at 161.8 lbs yesterday, which puts me at just under 12 lbs overweight for my height. However, I'm just now getting into size 12 pants. Seems like I should be a smaller size by now, or are my expectations unrealistic?
    What's your height/weight/pant size?

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    • Posts: 15,267 Member
      edited May 2015
      pant size has a lot to do with brand, style and your body shape.

      When I was 160lbs I wore a size 6 or 8/9...at 150 I wear a 4 or a 6...depends on the cut, style and brand.

      Anne Klein...4s, Silver 6 (to be comfortable), AE 4's...

      Are you doing resistance training? exercise? or just using a calorie deficit.

      ETA: I am an hourglass shape as well with 38in hips...mostly bum
    • Posts: 6,993 Member
      I'm 5'3" 127 lb and wear a size 4 in most legitimate brands. I do a lot of strength training and my body type is an hourglass shape.
    • Posts: 7,088 Member
      Pants size vary from brand to brand. I can't order jeans online unless I am already familiar with the brand because each varies so much. I have levis that are size 4, but I have some from target that are size 8. So because each brand sizes so differently, it's really hard to judge by pants size.
    • Posts: 7,692 Member
      5'4.5"
      about 139 lbs currently
      6-10 depending on brand and cut
    • Posts: 12,344 Member
      SezxyStef wrote: »
      pant size has a lot to do with brand, style and your body shape.

      When I was 160lbs I wore a size 6 or 8/9...at 150 I wear a 4 or a 6...depends on the cut, style and brand.

      Anne Klein...4s, Silver 6 (to be comfortable), AE 4's...

      Are you doing resistance training? exercise? or just using a calorie deficit.

      ETA: I am an hourglass shape as well with 38in hips...mostly bum

      I was doing c25k and Stronglifts until I couldn't afford my gym membership, about 6 weeks ago. It'll be another 3 weeks or so until I can reup.
    • Posts: 463 Member
      I'm 5'6", 175 lbs and I wear a size 12. I carry a good amount of weight in my butt, hips and thighs. My current size 12 jeans are loose in the waist. I can fit into a size 10 pair of jeans I have, but it's not flattering. I figure with another 10 lbs lost I should be able to fit into the size 10 with ease. My problem with getting into smaller pants has always been my hips.
    • Posts: 65 Member
      I am 150 and wear a size 12. Pear shaped.
    • Posts: 217 Member
      edited May 2015
      I'm 5 7 and I can fit in a 6 and/or 8. It all depends where you get your clothing from!

      Btw I weight 135 pounds.
    • Posts: 3 Member
      5'11, 170 lbs. Lean in the waist, but thick in the hips and thighs. Like everyone is saying, it depends so much on the brand. I usually wear a size 8 or 10. With some silly brands I wear a 6!
    • Posts: 663 Member
      jennifer_417 wrote: »
      I'm 5' 6.5" and weighed in at 161.8 lbs yesterday, which puts me at just under 12 lbs overweight for my height. However, I'm just now getting into size 12 pants. Seems like I should be a smaller size by now, or are my expectations unrealistic?
      What's your height/weight/pant size?

      We have almost identical stats; same height, I'm two pounds heavier, and I wear 10/12's in most brands. Squeeze into the occasional 8.
    • Posts: 1,948 Member
      edited May 2015
      It depends on how your weight is distributed. You can't compare to other people.

      I am 5'10" and 166 pounds (the high end of a healthy BMI) and a size 6 in most pants, skirts, etc. If I shop at stores with the most out of control vanity sizing...Old Navy's sizes bear no relation to reality LOL! ... I am a size 4 and can even squeeze into a 2 (though they look obviously too tight).

      However, I am still a large in most shirts (though some mediums now fit) and a 12 in suit jackets because most of my remaining extra weight is in my upper body and I have broad shoulders and a large chest.
    • Posts: 39 Member
      I weight 145 and my jeans are a UK 12 (US 8), and on the top I fit a UK10 (US 6). I haven't lost much in clothes size as I've lost weight. My jeans were all UK 12-14 even when I was 160lbs
    • Posts: 87 Member
      I am 5'4" 138 pounds and I wear a 2-4 usually. However I carry most of my weight in my stomach area.
    • Posts: 3,380 Member
      5ft, 124lbs, size 2. When I was 112lbs (reasonable for my height) I wore a size 12 in children's. The last time I had worn that I was in 3rd grade! I carry very little weight in my waist and I think that's why - despite having larger hips/butt/thighs - I wear smaller sizes than most other people my height/weight.
    • Posts: 30 Member
      I'm 5.5 and weigh 191. I take a size 16. I have my weight around the middle and my hips and thighs are slender. So I mostly wear elastic waist pants in a size large. I love all the really stretchy fabrics that are really forgiving.
    • Posts: 88 Member
      Dont focus on the clothing size. Brands differ on sizing so much.
    • Posts: 219 Member
      Similar stats here. 5'8", 159 pounds. I wear a 10 comfortably, but have a few size 8s that fit alright too. My hips are the biggest part of me.
    • Posts: 8 Member
      When I was 200 I was a solid 16. But now that I'm 161.4 I wear 12's. We're in the same boat and that's awesome. :)
    • Posts: 12,344 Member
      edited May 2015
      I'm glad I posted this thread. Thanks for the responses, I feel better now!
    • Posts: 933 Member
      edited May 2015
      If you can get simple be where you are their sizes are great. F&F are normally smaller, wear uk size 14 most times. Oasis I'm wearing uk 14 but it getting lose on me. South can wear size 12. Primark now that's depending once I had to buy a size 16 even though I was UK size 12. My mum is a tailor and told me once that sizes are not really regulated as much as they should. One day when I was a lot younger I went home crying because a size 12 wouldn't fit me and I felt really fat. It was then my mum explained everything to me. That was over 15 years ago but still the sizes can vary.
    • Posts: 5,864 Member
      I'm 5'4 and weigh 131 and wear a UK size 8.
    • Posts: 87 Member
      For me, strength training has made a big difference. I'm 5'7" and 178. Last time I was at this weight (before pregnancy) I was a 14. As I've been losing weight, I've been lifting heavy, and at the exact same weight, I am a 10 or a 12, depending on brand.
    • Posts: 1,027 Member
      edited May 2015
      jennifer_417 wrote: »
      I'm 5' 6.5" and weighed in at 161.8 lbs yesterday, which puts me at just under 12 lbs overweight for my height. However, I'm just now getting into size 12 pants. Seems like I should be a smaller size by now, or are my expectations unrealistic?
      What's your height/weight/pant size?

      A big part depends on the brand and then also how you're shaped. I'm 5ft, 6in, pear shaped, and when I started this whole thing I was close to 180lbs and wearing a size 14 jeans. I'm now in maintenance, with a weight range of 120-125lbs, and I wear a size 4 jeans, size 2 shorts/skirts.

      eta: being pear shaped, I lost my excess weight in the bum/hip area last-actually had to go below my original goal weight, to see movement in that area. So if you're pear shaped, chances are you'll lose your 'pear' last :p
    • Posts: 14,261 Member
      jennifer_417 wrote: »
      I'm 5' 6.5" and weighed in at 161.8 lbs yesterday, which puts me at just under 12 lbs overweight for my height. However, I'm just now getting into size 12 pants. Seems like I should be a smaller size by now, or are my expectations unrealistic?
      What's your height/weight/pant size?

      I'm 5'6" 148 pounds and in size 8 and size 10. At your weight, I was in 12 and sometimes 14. I have a relatively large waist (30.5" now, just looked at my log and it was 34" at 161 lbs.) in comparison to my hips/thighs/butt. So I usually have to go to larger sizes due to that.
    • Posts: 75 Member
      I'm 5'6.5, weigh ~180lbs, and I'm a size 10/12. I do a lot of heavy lifting and my body shape is rather curvy. I can feel/see my hips bones, so I really don't think I'll be getting much smaller.
    • Posts: 23 Member
      I'm just over 5'5" and 180/181 lbs - I fit in a 10/12 depending on the amount of stretch in the fabric. At my heaviest (225/230) I was a solid 16. I carry the majority of weight in my hips/rear. I've learned to not focus on the size on the label - instead, focus on how great you look in the pants :)
    • Posts: 1,913 Member
      5'6", 196lbs and a comfortable 14. I'm guessing Ill be at a 12 at 180-185lbs, based on how much i have had to lose to go down in size so far.
    • Posts: 875 Member
      I'm 5'9 and weighed in at 166 last friday. Currently wearing size 12 shorts. sounds about right
    • Posts: 338 Member
      I'm 5'1, 114 pounds and a size 4
    • Posts: 565 Member
      I'm 5'3 and started at 248.8. I was squeezed into 16s/18s, but I really had NO business being in the 16s. I'm down to 210.4 now, and the 16s(some of them) are starting to fit nicely... I don't know how many #/size, but I know everybody is different... Not all sizes fit the same weight, but people all lose weight in different places, so I have no idea how to tell.
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