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What do you consider to be "plus size" or "full-figured"?

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  • jenny1712
    jenny1712 Posts: 1
    well we r all shaped diffrently i am a size 13 and my doctor says i look fine i could loose 10 to 15 pounds but no smaller then that so i dont think u can really put a number on it i recently was 250 and i was conciterd to be morbad obeace but now i am fine i think we all should be at a weaite we feel comfterbal with rather then having other people tell us what we should be =)
  • megan6709
    megan6709 Posts: 60 Member
    I agree with many of the posters here. When I was at my lightest that I remember (high school graduation), I was about 180 lbs, and wearing size 16 and the occasional 14. And I looked much healthier. For me, a "healthy" BMI is 174 lbs, so I am not planning to get lower than a 12 and will be happy with that. I only use the numbers because in 100 years they won't matter.

    Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member


    Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

    You have that backwards.
  • VickiMitkins
    VickiMitkins Posts: 249 Member


    Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

    You have that backwards.

    That's right - Monroe got up to about a 12-14 US at some points - now that would be a the much smaller size, maybe a 4-8, today. I have suits from 15 years ago that are a 14p and the are about the same at the 10p I bought a month ago. I suspect that those 14p from 15 years ago were a lot bigger than the 14 in Marilyn's day.
  • megan6709
    megan6709 Posts: 60 Member


    Marilyn Monroe reportedly wore a size 0 or 2 in her time, and in todays sizes it would be a 14. Just something to chew on.

    You have that backwards.

    Sorry. Either way it illustrates the point, I guess.
  • lisasays
    lisasays Posts: 142 Member
    I consider size 6-10 average range for my body. 12 is overweight for me and puts me in the overweight range bmi-wise.
    Anything under 6 is thin/skinny.
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