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How would you describe this person weight wise?

stella77
stella77 Posts: 282
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
Height 5.8 and wears jeans US size 6.

Just to settle a discussion at work: would you say this person is normal, slender or fat?
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  • helenium
    helenium Posts: 546 Member
    Certainly not fat. Can't quite picture it in my head, but that seems quite a small clothing size for someone that tall. They're probably a normal weight, but appear on the slender side.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I'd say slender, but not too much so :)
  • NKF92879
    NKF92879 Posts: 601 Member
    I don't think height and jean size alone is enough to make a call here. However, since I'm 5.1, wear a size 5/6, and am considered "normal" (referring to size, not mentality :laugh: ), I would say average to slender. Again, it's hard to tell with just size and height.
  • chedeco
    chedeco Posts: 109 Member
    Slender (or on the very, very slim side of "normal").
  • mommyoftwins05
    mommyoftwins05 Posts: 645 Member
    slender
  • kayla7jackson
    kayla7jackson Posts: 72
    SLENDER!
  • Melmade
    Melmade Posts: 349 Member
    Slender--I was slender wearing size 6 at 5'5".
  • livi_cowgirl
    livi_cowgirl Posts: 198 Member
    Slender I think. Hard to tell without an image.
  • kje2011
    kje2011 Posts: 502 Member
    def slender/thin.
    I am 5'9 and wear 10/12 I would like to get to a size 8 and i think that would look ok....size 6 for me????maybe....maybenot.
  • happy_jax
    happy_jax Posts: 289 Member
    That's very hard to say...it depends on the person...

    I am 5.9" and wear a UK 8/10 which is pretty close to what you describe.

    I would say I am pretty "average" so that's what I'm going with. :happy:
  • thirtyandthriving
    thirtyandthriving Posts: 613 Member
    Lower end of normal...but height doesn't have a lot to do with Jean size.
  • karenwill2
    karenwill2 Posts: 604 Member
    slender. very much so. I am 5'7 and size 9 is rather small for my frame.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Slender to normal. Simply giving a size isn't a lot of information. Size 6 means something very different depending on the store or designer. :-) And body shape would affect that, too.

    But I wouldn't say size 6 in any case is fat.
  • veganjeanie
    veganjeanie Posts: 158 Member
    Slender to normal, depending on frame.
  • KS_4691
    KS_4691 Posts: 228 Member
    I'd say that's bigger...
  • starwhisperer
    starwhisperer Posts: 367
    slender would be my guess.
  • ivansmomma
    ivansmomma Posts: 500
    I think it all depends on the build, too. For some people, if they wore a size 6, they would look anorexic, for others, it would be slender/normal. But, if you're talking about the person in the picture, I would stay slender.
  • denitraross
    denitraross Posts: 325 Member
    I am 5'8 and wear size 6 in jeans..i would say normal :)
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
    What is the opinion of those at work, and YOUR opinion?:wink:
    (I'm asking the original poster)
  • TMcBooty
    TMcBooty Posts: 780 Member
    slender
  • mcdonl
    mcdonl Posts: 342 Member
    Go to www.mybodygallery.com and put in those stats and you will see that it could me any number of descriptions....
  • VeronicaMcGuinness
    VeronicaMcGuinness Posts: 35
    That would be Slender to Normal in my opinion...
  • marielw
    marielw Posts: 126 Member
    I would say Slender - they are quite tall and i think US size 6 is UK size 10 and in my opinion anyone who can fit into a size 10 is slender!!!
  • arlo1028
    arlo1028 Posts: 76 Member
    hmm a think normal weight but appears slender because of height. I'm 5'7 and use size 7, and weigh 154 (average)
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Fat.











    Just kidding! No-one else had said it and I felt poor old "fat" was being neglected.
  • Kimkimba
    Kimkimba Posts: 173 Member
    Slender to normal. But what's normal?
  • stella77
    stella77 Posts: 282
    What is the opinion of those at work, and YOUR opinion?:wink:
    (I'm asking the original poster)

    I was thinking normal to a bit overweight, but my colleagues think slender. I am not sure about the US size 6 - but apparently that must be slender.

    I think slender is the answer - most people said slender.

    Thank you guys for replying!
  • killerqueen17
    killerqueen17 Posts: 536 Member
    I am 5'6" and a US size 6... and I weigh 142, which is in the upper range of "normal" BMI. I feel rather average... not fat but certainly not thin either... I mean, I'm 8 pounds away from being overweight. lol...

    I would guess that someone who is taller and also wears a US 6 would look a bit thinner than I do.
  • candlegal
    candlegal Posts: 220 Member
    5'8" is taller than average for a woman, and in a size 8, I'd say that person is on the very slim side- also age should be a factor, so not knowing the age of the person could make a difference in that equation too.
  • TNAJackson
    TNAJackson Posts: 686 Member
    Slender.
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