How do size 8, 10 and 12 look like in different heights and body shapes? Pictures

It's funny how we can't see what others see. When I lost weight last time I remember taking a picture of my progress and at that time I felt so far away from my goal - I was 10-15lbs away but it felt like I had so far to go and I was unhappy with how I looked BUT looking back at that same picture now I realize how wrong I was. I looked healthy and it is now my new goal!

I highly suggest pictures all through your journey. You may hate them now but months down the road you may actually see better what others see.

I'm 78kg and 176cm tall. I'm size 12/14 aus. I was 63kg a few years ago and I thought I was huge even though I close to being underweight. I was and size 10 aus then. I think when I get back to that weight I'll appreciate it this time!

Height can have a massive difference on the way you carry your weight. Even at an "Obese" BMI I can have a totally flat washboard stomach (I miss my flat tummy lol) and feel quite fit/healthy because of the way I carry my weight. I am a UK size 18-20 on my bottom half because of how wide my hips are set, but most people are pretty shocked if we're discussing clothes and my size comes up. There's an interesting blog on it here

I've always been told I carry my weight well and I was blessed with being proportionate. No one ever guessed my weight correctly (usually up to 50lbs off!) and I always kinda liked that. That can work for AND against me. Being able to hide the actual poundage I am has always given me a false sense of security but I realized that there comes a time when you can't hide anymore and the inconspicuous muffin top becomes a spare tire, the thick-almost athletic-legs start taking a different shape, the arm fat waves bye-bye long after your hands stops fanning the air, no photo angle can really trick the nonexistence of your double chin and your wardrobe selection dwindles from "occasion worthy" and "cute casual" or "downright sexy" to "always stretchy or comfortable" and "black". When yoga pants fight back to literally roll off your waistline and down to the tops of your thighs, there is a problem. I'm so there right now. I vowed two years ago that I wouldn't be that overweight girl who lost a lot of weight (the *right* way) and then gained it back. 70+ pounds lost and few months later, I got married and have easily gained back 40+ of it. What can I say? I'm a great cook with bad eating habits. Well, I may not be able to say much but there is a LOT that I can do. I started back implementing all the things I learned a couple years ago and have a goal I am determined to hit by the year's end. This app has helped a good bit and I'm really eager to see what I will look like once I finally DO get there. If I was blessed at well over 200 pounds for looking smaller than I was, I can't WAIT to see what 140 will look like. I've never known a lean or thin me. I don't want to *lose* this weight at all because I NEVER wanna *find* it again.

I have the opposite problem. I always think I am smaller than I really am. I think it is because I was so underweight growing up. I was always the skinny boney one. Once I put on a little weight I stayed fairly steady because my work was so active. When I got a desk job I didn't even realize I put on 25 lbs until I saw a picture of myself and was shocked...lol. Every clothing manufacturer is different too. I can wear between a 10 and 16. It is frustrating. I can never guess anyone's size either. I am always worried about causing offense to pass clothes on.

ieshawolfe wrote: »

It amazes me as I'm 5 ft 7in tall and when I was 169lb size 10 pants and medium shirt I felt overweight and huge really embarrassed in a bathing suit even tho people said I looked fit then I had 2 kids and started my journey a year ago at 255lb bmi 42 size 20 pants XXL shirt!!! and then I really appreciated how tiny I was and dreamed every since of reaching that goal again! and now I'm 200.2lb size 14 and hoping to reach that 169 again by may 27th
but I also been as low as 73lb when I was 15yeaars old size medium in kids and after being hospitalized for anorexia was when I gained to 169lb then went downhill from there

Isn't that always the way? I was anorexic as a teen too and remember thinking my beautiful 5'3" body was "fat" at 120 pounds and starved myself down to 104 pounds which just looked awful, made me sick, and I lost a bunch of muscle mass which means when I finally started eating again I gained a bunch of fat and couldn't get back to a normal healthy weight (less muscle means slower metabolism). Even then I wasn't that bad- like 135ish and not overweight just a bit chubby maybe but in my own eyes I was HUGE... fast forward a few decades and now I'm 5'4" and my highest weight was around 167/168 lbs and I was legitimately overweight, borderline obese actually. Now I'm down to about 148 and feeling pretty good, also put on a lot of muscle finally with weight lifting and proper nutrition. But I still look back at pictures of myself when I was young and felt "fat" and I can't believe it?! What was I thinking? I was gorgeous and a perfect weight for my frame!! I wish I'd skipped the whole anorexia thing which ruined my metabolism and just went straight to proper fitness and healthy balanced diet. I would probably never have developed a weight issue. Ugh.