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To ask how much you weigh to be a size 16 (5ft 8)

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HCantThinkOfAUsername · 19/11/2017 18:47

I know these things get done all the time 🙈
Trying to lose weight yet again. I've a long way to go.
I'm sure I was a size 16 at 15st but that doesn't sound right? I'm 5ft 8/9 with a bug bust.
Doing small, realistic goals, in the hope it work!

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woundedbutwalking · 19/11/2017 22:06

This is fascinating Grin

I’m 5’7” 13st7lbs size 14/16 although does depend on where I’m shopping. I’m currently bf’ing so mahooosive boobs, 34hh makes clothes shopping a deeply awkward experienceConfused

AnnabellaH · 19/11/2017 22:06

5ft6 14st 2 and a 16/18 with small boobs.

melonribenia · 19/11/2017 22:09

I’m 5ft 6 and 13st 4. I wear a size 18

PurplePumpkinHead · 19/11/2017 22:10

Makemine- yep, completely truthful. I probably carry my weight vey differently to you. I'm quite thick set and stocky. Big thighs, big boobs.

Pasithea · 19/11/2017 22:14

I’m 5 ft 8. Weigh 9 1/2 stone and an twelve to 14. Work that one out.

Needadvicetoleave · 19/11/2017 22:17

5ft 7 and a bit. Pear shaped. 12st ISH (give or take 4,lbs) and a 16 bottom.

dantdmistedious · 19/11/2017 22:17

5ft8, 14.12 size 16.

LuxuryWoman2017 · 19/11/2017 22:22

Makemine yes I was truthful. I have skinny legs and arms, carry weight on my abdomen. Small bum and slim hips, fairly broad shoulders and well behaved boobs, neither huge nor tiny.
I find it strange you need a size 26 though. Is that top and bottom? Perhaps you have wide hips or a large chest?
We are such different shapes regardless of actual weight aren't we?

boredofmyoldname · 19/11/2017 22:31

I'm 5ft 3.5ins, currently weigh 13st 10lbs and wear a 14/16 on top and 16/18 on bottom.

At my heaviest I was 17st 11.5lbs and a size 20/22. I have a pretty big arse, thighs and chunky calves but evenly distributed fat on top so look smaller than I am.

19lottie82 · 19/11/2017 22:41

I’m 5ft 9in and a size 16, I’m 15 stone

MrsJBaptiste · 19/11/2017 22:57

I'm 5ft 8, weigh 10st 7 am a size 10-12.

I have an athletic build but am lucky that I've always had a small waist and small boobs. Last year I weighed 11st 10 and was a size 14.

Northernpowerhouse · 19/11/2017 23:05

5’7 - 12st 10lbs and size 16. (Pear shaped)

I need to get under 12 stone to start fitting into size 14.

5foot5 · 19/11/2017 23:24

Yes this is interesting.

My username is truthful and I used to be a 16 but in denial at being almost an 18. I was over 11 and a half stone but less than 12. I lost at least a stone and am now a 14

sofato5miles · 19/11/2017 23:44

I think for this thread to have any value, measurements should be used. Sizes vary so drastically between shops.

35 34 40*
12 stone 5^5*

Seren85 · 19/11/2017 23:57

5ft 4.5 and 11st 12. Size 12 on the bottom as there is nothing to me there. I have no bum really, skinny ish legs but size 38f boots and a belly to match so size 16 on top. I am completely top heavy so always look bigger as who looks down. Around 11st 4 I tend to be a 14 on top but have to be closer 10st 4 to get to a 12 on top.

frieda909 · 19/11/2017 23:59

I’m just under 5ft 8 and exactly 13 stone. I’m a size 14 in most things, sometimes a 16 if we’re talking about jeans.

I’m pretty muscular and I’ve always been quite heavy for my size even when I was much slimmer. I used to ‘carry it well’ and people would always guess I weighed a lot less than I really did, but alas I’ve developed much more of a belly over the past five years or so!

lubeybooby · 20/11/2017 00:02

Completely depends on where you carry your weight.

I carry evenly all over and weigh 3 stone more than a friend the same dress size who has skinny arms and legs bit bigger middle

Looneytune253 · 20/11/2017 10:34

@makeminealargeone22 wow that’s fascinating. So you’re only one stone heavier than me and I’m a size 14? That’s fascinating. Just goes to show sometimes it varies massively between person to person. I’m 14stone12 5foot7 and a size 14.

TheBeastOfRoystonVasey · 20/11/2017 10:39

I am 5ft 3, weigh 11stone 4 lbs and am a size 14, although I do buy 16s in knickers and my coat as I like a loose fit. I am slim everywhere apart from my belly, where all my flab is! I am an apple

BarbaraofSevillle · 20/11/2017 10:45

So you’re only one stone heavier than me and I’m a size 14? That’s fascinating. Just goes to show sometimes it varies massively between person to person. I’m 14stone12 5foot7 and a size 14

And I'm over 2 stone lighter than you at the same height and I'm a 14 too Shock

For the poster who asked for measurements, I'm about 38/31/42.

Angelwendy · 20/11/2017 10:50

I'm 5ft 7 and weigh 12.6 stone and I'm a size 14. I'm smaller on top but very pear shaped

Getoffthetableplease · 20/11/2017 10:53

I'm 5 foot 6 and have been all kinds of weights, I was a size 10 at 11 stone/size 12 at 12 stone/size 14 at 13 stone/size 16 at 14 stone/size 18 at 15 stone and am currently a size 20 at 16 stone and should probably aim to stop yo yo ing already Blush

TheTurnOfTheScrew · 20/11/2017 10:56

I guess lots of this depends on body shape and where you're shopping.
I'm 5'9 and weigh somewhere between 11st 10 and 12st. I mostly wear size 12 on top, because I have narrow shoulders and small boobs, but a 14-16 on my huge arse and thighs, where all of my weight sits.

NewTownVelocity · 20/11/2017 10:57

I'm 5'8", size 16 and weigh almost 16 stone. I don't look as heavy as I am. I carry my weight in my legs so cover up with wide trousers. My face is still slim.

At my slimmest I was just under 12 stone and size 12.

Interesting post.

Lucked · 20/11/2017 10:57

5'10 and 13st with BMI 26.3 and I wear a current high street 14 in most shops but I have have a few 14s in my wardrobe that don't fit me yet and think I could loose another stone and still be a 14. Definitely a 16 at 14st.

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