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To ask what your weight, height and dress size are?

496 replies

Justkeepswimming43 · 29/06/2017 21:25

I've seen loads of threads on here lately with people questioning how people can be a certain dress size at a certain weight.

I'm really interested to se how much it can vary from person to person and if people who are the same weight and height could be completely different dress sizes as I suppose muscle mass is a factor too.

Anyway, I'm rambling.

I'll start it off:

Height: 5ft 4.5
Weight: 8 stone 12 lbs
Dress Size: 10

OP posts:
BillCipher · 30/06/2017 11:02

Think your dress size depends more on how you carry weight.

I'm 5'4" and 10st5lb and fit size 10-12. So border overweight, but I carry loads in my arms/legs and am top heavy. I have a smallish waist (for my weight) and small hips. My body measurements are 39-28-36, so my body can look quite slim but I hate my legs/upper arms

Stormwhale · 30/06/2017 11:02

5foot6inches
9stone1lb
Size 10

SweetLuck · 30/06/2017 11:03

5ft 5

10 stone 7

Size 12 (if only the 14 will fit then I won't buy it Grin)

newnamechange84 · 30/06/2017 11:04

5ft 7'
12 st
Size 14/16

Two years ago I dropped yo ten stone and a size 12, I now feel forever depressed when I go into my wardrobe...

MrsDoylesTeaParty · 30/06/2017 11:06

Yes some people don't seem to get that not only are there different weights and heights, but also small frame/large frame and different fat distribution/shapes.
I am 5ft 7
10.10 stone
Size 12
People think I'm a smaller size though as my fat is stretched over a big frame. I was a size 10 once and looked ill.

Dulra · 30/06/2017 11:08

I'm 5ft 7.5
9st 6lb
size 10-12 depending on shop and clothes

LittleMissCrappy · 30/06/2017 11:11

5ft 8
11.4 st
size 14.

My problem is that I have very broad shoulders but a flat chest, so it's hard to find flattering tops. They are all too saggy on the boob front.

If I am under 10.10 st I can get away with a size 12. That's my objective this summer!

EmmyInTheSticks · 30/06/2017 11:11

5ft 1
9 stone
Size 12

seething1234 · 30/06/2017 11:18

5ft 2
8st 7lbs

Size 10 (sometimes an 8)

When I was 9st+ I was still a size 10 but the waist band of jeans would dig into me.

The weight I am now I can squeeze into an 8. But when I was a bit heavier I was squeezing myself into a 10 which wasn't very comfortable

KatharinaRosalie · 30/06/2017 11:25

5'6''
11 stone
Lift weights. Comfortably in size 10.

BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 30/06/2017 11:58

5'4"
9.5 stone (ish)
Today's dress size 12
Yesterday's skirt size 10, top size 14
New dresses tried on yesterday all size 14 - two way to big, two fitted bust but need belts on waist.

Fibbertigibbet · 30/06/2017 12:01

5ft 4
13st 5(!)
Size 10-12

Belle1616 · 30/06/2017 12:02

5'8
10 Stone
Size 8

bananafish81 · 30/06/2017 12:19

I find this fascinating

Posters the same height but two stone apart in weight wear the same size

I'm underweight (BMI 17) but I comfortably wear a size 8 and 26" waist

I saw 23" and 24" waist jeans in GAP last night, and wondered how skinny those people need to be to wear those sizes?!!! Is it a height thing (if you're more petite then you can have a 24" waist but be a healthy BMI)?

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 30/06/2017 12:21

5'8.5"
13 stone ish
size 10

I weigh so bloody heavy! I swear I am not crushing myself into clothes a size too small!

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 30/06/2017 12:21

I mean, I weigh heavy relative to my height and size, not that 13 stone is particularly heavy! Just realised that reads wrong Blush

ohhhhhshit · 30/06/2017 12:25

banana I find it fascinating too.

fibber Can I ask what body shape you are (out of genuine interest, no malice at all)? I'm five foot six and at 13st 5 I was a size 16. I'm an apple shape.

Cloudhopping · 30/06/2017 12:31

5ft 9
10stone 10
Size 12 mostly but always size 14 in trousers.

Have skinny bits (I think I have a lot of fat on a small frame-sparrow ankles and wrists with big boobs and a massive arse)

Birdsbeesandtrees · 30/06/2017 12:33

I wear a 23/24 waist. Think my BMI is fairly low 16-17 but it's the way I'm made so I don't give a shit really.

roarityroar · 30/06/2017 12:33

About 8 stone 8
5"4
Size 8

ImpossiblyCuteBabyElephant · 30/06/2017 12:34

5ft 3in
11st 3lbs
Size 14

I am an apple shape and age 47, think the fat distribution alters when you get older, mine is all in my face and big tummy chubby git

buggerthebotox · 30/06/2017 12:36

5'4.
Size 12.
I find weighing too depressing! Think I'm around 10st??

buggerthebotox · 30/06/2017 12:39

banana I used to be a 24 waist and did not consider myself skinny. I was a 10 all over (but back in the day when 10 meant 10).

leedy · 30/06/2017 12:56

5'7''
11.5 stone
size 12

Big frame, fairly muscly (run, lift weights), and have a big arse....

youredeadtomesteven · 30/06/2017 12:58

5 foot 2
10 stone 4lbs
Size 8 on bottom, size 10 on top

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