to aim for a size 10 at almost 5'8?

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Or more specifically, 5'7.75?

I have started a strict way of eating and I am currently a 16.

Is a size 10 at my height alright? Or unachievable?

I'm a rectangle shape - so basically boyish shape, heavy on top.

Totally depends on bones I think! I'm over 5 foot 9 with big boobs and still a 10 (just!). But even when I weighed a lot less (I lost a lot through ill health a few years ago, though it's back on now!) I was never a size 8 on top because size 8 clothes won't fit across my shoulders and back, regardless of how much weight I lose!

I am almost the same height as you. Top heavy, large belly and no bum (slim legs though). I managed to get to a size 6-8 in trousers but can't get below a 12-14 top.

Same height, 11st 6lb (ish) and a 12 on top and a 12-14 on the bottom. I measure 37-31-41. Definite pear, all my weight goes onto my thighs and bum.

I used to be 9st 8lb and i was a solid size 10, though jeans often took some 'wearing in' to be totally comfortable. Looking back, I probably could have done with a 12 but my 17 year old self didnt allow it

I'm 5ft 8 and currently 9st 7, 6 months after having DD. I'm currently a larger 10 but like to be around 9 st. I put on 3 stone last pregnancy and have lost about 2.5. With my DS I put on 5 stone but ended up too tiny at 8stone a year later.
Think that was due to extremely hungry baby who breastfed to 15 months, being very ill with sepsis and a DP who worked away and I just couldn't be arsed to feed myself properly as I was a zombie.
Breastfeeding is how I lost weight so my DD may have to breastfed forever now, but it is definitely possible to be a size 10 at 5ft 8.

Possible, sure. Maintainable? Depends on your body shape, and whether your diet/exercise is healthy at that size.

Personally, I'd rather look and feel healthy, then be a dress size.

Definitely depends on build. I'm a shade under 5'8", weight 9 stone 8, and mostly a size 8-10. Back in the day when I was 9 stone, I was a 6-8. I have slim bones, a narrow rib cage and B cups.

Definitely do-able! Think of all the very tall supermodels who are size 6 or 4.

Obviously the sensible answer is to aim for a healthy weight and never mind the dress size (I have the odd size 10 garment in my wardrobe from days gone which I can squeeze into, although I'm really a 14/16)! Equally, when I was (mainly) a size 10 I still needed a 12 in some shops for certain items. I'd use dress size as a goal with caution basically.

Of course it's do-able. Almost all my friends are size 8 or 10, and I'm the shortest of them at 5ft 6ins. They all exercise a lot, eat well, and never "diet."

Size, though, means bugger all. I'm a size 6 in GAP, a 10 in Topshop...etc. I just aim for my happy size. Currently 7lb off it.

I am almost 5'8". I'm touching 50 soon so have expanded, but before that I was a size 8-10 on my hips (generous 36-37"), so it is humanly possible.

Top in size 10, no F'ing way, though. Not a fat or nork issue, but my broad shoulders. I can wear a stretch tank top in size 10 but needs to be size 14-16 for most style tops. And then I have to find the extra long ones. Apparently hourglass shapes or long torsos are a very weird thing nowadays, I struggle to find clothes that fit. A good thing, if I go properly menopausal, is if my waist expands, at least I should get better fit for the in part of my hourglass.

I'm 5'10", 32F and I'm ( usually ) a 10. Currently more like a 12 due to ahem, several holidays and takeaways grabbed at work when I'm in the office late making up the work

About 11st now, feel better at closer to 10. I'm 'eating clean', walking more and not drinking during the week - hoping it will come off.

Absolutely, I've been a 6/8 before and looked fine, in fact some might say quite hot.
People are far too fat these days, myself included, I'm currently a large 10 but nearer a 12 and there's no excuse for it it's pure laziness

I'm 5'7" and usually a size 8-10. I don't know my mass. I'm having a fat stage through inactivity due to injury and a rather indulgent holiday and am now wearing 10-12 size. Gotta get rid of the extra! I have large boobs (32H) and the kind of backside celebrities pay for, alas. A few years ago, I was very ill and dropped to a size 6. It looked a bit icky as I was too bony and it hurt to lie or put my knees together because there was no padding.

Aw a size ten isn't too fat pissed! I know how it is when you think you're too fat though, it can be quite demoralising. I bet a lot of people find you hot or even hotter at s large size 10, so please don't bash yourself like that .

It's the big roll of fat around the middle I can't stand ... That squished when you sit down and makes me honestly feel sick. Hate it.
But thank you x

I think it depends on your body shape. I'm almost 5'8, size anywhere between 6 and 10 (depending on the shop!) and currently weight 8 stone 8. I have no shape though! Small boobs, no waist, no bum!

My cousin is 5-10 and size 10.
She's 56 and I think she needs a bit more meat as she's larger boned ( size 8 feet) but she's happy .her soonto be new husband adores her so win, win!

Her little chubby cousin though......5-6 and size 14 and gaining!

Was slimming this time last year for my wedding....will need to get cracking again for her wedding!

Och pissed, I can totally sympathise. It's horrible when you just aren't comfortable, but I bet other people think you're lovely. We are so much harder than ourselves than other people are. for you.

5ft 7 and currently a 8 bottom and 10 top (30f boobs ) I weigh just under 9 1/2 stone and have a small build. I used to be a 14 /16 but sensible eating and returning to full time work helped lose it - took 4 years though as I didn't really diet.

I'm 5ft 11, 32E and a size 10. I weight about 10st 10lbs. I did go down to 10st 4 and was an 8, but I just seem to have settled at this weight. I don't look too thin or too fat really, so it is very doable.

I lost 3 stone on Slimming World. I used to be a size 16, and for me at my height I just looked so frumpy and masculine.

I'm 5'9 and can be a 10. But not if I'm doing sport as I am what my dad calls 'ideal farmers wife' and get quite muscular on a very solid frame. But I love how I look as a fit 12 and am accepting that I'll never look petite with this frame!

I'm 5'11 and a 6-8 on top, 8-10 hips. It's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility! I don't do the gym or any dedicated exercise, but I'm quite active at work (lots of walking, lifting heavy things, carrying said heavy things up stairs etc) and I eat normally, I don't diet. For lunch today I have a chicken mayo and salad sandwich, some tomatoes, a packet of crisps, a banana, and a kitkat. Breakfast is always cereal and milk (full fat, don't like green or red milk). Dinner varies but I cook for myself the majority of the time, although sometimes I get a takeaway or an oven pizza depending on how long my day has been (and whether or not I can be arsed to go to the shops).

I think as long as you're reasonably active and sensible with your food you'll be fine :)

depends on your frame I guess
I'm 5'9" and at my ideal weight am a 10 on top, 12-14 bottom. I have narrow shoulders and no boobs. My pelvis is broad though, and even as a bony teenager I could only just squeeze my arse into a 12.

Totally achievable OP, go for it & good luck

I don't think i could do it, at least not to sustain. At my very thinnest of 9st7lb i was a size 12 (same height as you), I don't have boobs, but i also don't have a waist. so whilst my chest and hips were a 10, my waist wasn't having it and i didn't like my shape.

Anyone can be a size 10, just find the right shop. Knicker labels are utterly random which is why shopping takes so bloody long.

As knicker labels also shouldn't show unless you have really cocked up getting dressed, a better.goal is a weight in the plus or minus two stone b m I band for your height.