To think size 12 is not "heavy"

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I keep seeing comments on here from people who are size 10/12 who think they are heavy. I would never think this is even remotely heavy, just a healthy slim size.

Not sure why people don't understand that a 12 CAN be fat on a short person. I am 5 ft 7. I'm currently a size 14 and a bit fat. Actually weigh 12st 6 which sounds hefty but am very active and muscular. Have gained a bit of podge. I look average at 11st 6 and really quite thin at 10st 6.

My mum is 5ft 2. She weighs less than me but looks much fatter. She is shorter and much less fit. My size 14's would not fit her.

30 odd years ago the average woman in Britain was a 14-16, IIRC.

Talkinpeace said "12 today was 16 in 1970", have the sizes been reclassified or something??

fiftyshades
Absolutely. Vanity sizing has reached the scale of panflation : all clothes sizes were massively rejigged 12 years ago
www.economist.com/node/21552214

I really don't see the point in paying attention to clothes sizing. It varies between shops and the items of clothing themselves. In my wardrobe I have clothes ranging from a size 8 to a size 14 and they all fit me.

I'm 5ft 6in and weigh 9 and a half stone. And as for bras, well I have to hunt down 28in backs! My body makes no sense to retail sizing so there's no point in trying.

5'2", 9st bang on, size 12 - at 8st I was size 6 and felt ridiculously underweight - it's all about how you feel, not what number your labels say...

Size 12 on me is big. I feel huge at that size. I am a narrowish frame and tall. It might suits other builds better.

Agree with the sizing frustration/inconsistencies. I am a 12 in Hobbs, a 12-14 in French Connection and Reiss (depending on style) and a 16 in Gap. I doubt a top shop item would even get near me. I am usually 12st 4lb and if i get under 12st you can count every rib and my collar and hip bones stick out dreadfully and if i go over 12st 8lb i look pudgy

. I Think some people need to stop thinking about weight and concentrate on th wobble insteead. There is going to a lot of heart problems otherwise. BMI only works for me if I am carrying muscle not lard.

Size 12 on me would be huge - I'm 5'2" and have a very small frame: I look wobbly and tubby at the moment and I'm an 8 - but it's not inevitably "heavy": you need more information to decide whether it's too heavy on any individual or not.

This is a terrible thread, not everyone can naturally be size 6/8/10 etc, it depends on frame, skeleton size, genetic factors and metabolic rates. I am 5'4" and weigh 9 and a half stones.
I am generally a size 12 but have clothes ranging from a 6 up to a 16. How on earth can being a healthy BMI be classed as heavy or fat or any other negative word meaning overweight. There is no wonder eating disorders are on the increase with the media portrayal of celebrities bodies and threads like this on the Internet. I fear for our childrens (mainly daughters) health and well being if all they are being shown is that you need to be a small size to be beautiful. I am not advocating obesity, that is just as damaging but having a healthy BMI and not focusing on clothes sizes.

Also bear in mind that if you are of a certain age, being underweight will show on your face. Tiny arse and hag face is not a good look

I am short,with a short torso and a big arse. Even in my teens when I didn't eat properly and my ribs and bones were visible I wore a size 10 for my bum. I wasn't healthy,from the front I looked awfully thin and frail. After I had dd I was a size 12,with a flat toned stomach. If my arse was in proportion I would have probably been a 10. Now I'm a 14-16 and want to be a 12 again.

When I get to a size 12 I'll let you know.

Im 5FT 7 and a size twelve bottoms weigh around 10st and my bmi is normal right in the middle of the bmi mijigger.Heavy?I dont care if people think i look "heavy' when i lost weight,i think about a stone, I looked ill and gaunt.

OP, ignore.
There are people with very wrong, very body dysmorphic attitudes on mumsnet.

It was one of the very first things I noticed when I joined here. Unhealthy and fucked up.
A size 12/14 is perfectly fine and healthy on all but the tiniest minority of very petite people.

I'm 5 foot 7 and a size 6-8, 12 would seem huge to me if it was on me. I wouldn't be happy with anything above a 10 tbvh. I think women start looking podgy after a size 10. 10 is a lovely size. Heavy is a strong word though.

12? Acceptable.

Just checked and my BMI is in the normal category but the lower half of it.

I think I look healthy and toned.

I'm 5' 3", small frame, and look pretty porky when I'm a size 12 tbh. It puts me at the very top end of normal BMI, edging into overweight.

I've recently lost 1.5 stone on the 5:2 diet and am now an 8-10 depending on the shop. This is a far healthier size for me.

There are people with very wrong, very body dysmorphic attitudes on mumsnet

Absolutely.

"This is a terrible thread, not everyone can naturally be size 6/8/10 etc"

Or would want to be, i love my ass, hips and thighs, my idol growing up was Sofia Loren (i am in my 40's) and luckily i grew up surround by mainly black women, who didn't instill the hatred for their natural body frame (whatever their size) that seemed to be inflicted on my peers.

5 ft 6 and a size 12 I'd weigh less than 10 stone so I wouldn't call it heavy at all,but like others said he would depend on your height.

It also depends on what the weight is made up of. I was 10 stone once but still slim and a size 8-10, it was more muscle weight than fat as I was trying (and succeeding) for a six pack at the time

Muscle is much much much heavy in volume than fat.

"This is a terrible thread, not everyone can naturally be size 6/8/10 etc"

And some of us just can't get our weight up much more than a 10. It's true.

Depends how tall you are. My friend who is 6 ft tall is a size 12, she is slim. I am 5 ft 3 and I look ok at size 10, but look better at size 8 and a bit too slim at size 6.

There are people with very wrong, very body dysmorphic attitudes on mumsnet.

Including those who are unable to see what is unhealthily fat.

Birds unhealthy attitude to body weight isn't specific to any particular race colour or creed.