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Teacaketotty · 23/02/2020 16:52

I know super personal but just out of interest.

I’m 5,4 and 13.5 stone- size 14 ish. I’ve just had a baby so losing weight slowly, aiming for 11stone. Which would be the higher end of my bmi, however I feel like I’m too thin and it’s not sustainable any lower even though I’m short..

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OhLawdee · 23/02/2020 19:47

5ft5
17stone
Size 20

FlamingFreezing · 23/02/2020 19:47

5ft 8. Currently 14 stone 3lb and a size 14/16 bottom, size 12 top.

I have been doing a lot of weight lifting though and carry most of my excess weight on my stomach and upper legs. I’ve always been ‘heavy boned’ as well. I was 10 - 10 and half stone and a size 8 (in old measurements!) before DC and looking back at pictures I looked gaunt! DC were all skinny when little but weighed a ton if you tried to pick them up.

18 months ago I was 18 stone 2lb and a size 22 bottom, size 18/20 top. Slowly working towards 11 stone 7lb as that is the upper end of a healthy BMI for my height.

FannyFifer · 23/02/2020 19:51

5'4, 10 stone, size 10, BMI - 24
January last year 17 1/2 stone, size 22/24, BMI - 42.1

CorianderLord · 23/02/2020 19:54

5.4, 9stone 10 and a size 8, sometimes a 10 in jeans

Thelaughinggnome123 · 23/02/2020 19:54

5'8", 9 and a half stone and a 10 in M&S, boden, but a 12 in whistles, top shop, zara.

PooWillyBumBum · 23/02/2020 19:54

I’m 5ft5 and currently over 12 stone - 42 weeks pregnant!! Usually a size 8 now wearing either size 8 maternity or size 12 cheap “normal” clothes as some of the mat stuff is so expensive. I think it depends on your frame but I’d be pretty chubby looking at 11 stone - I’m currently 35-40lbs larger than normal.

CorianderLord · 23/02/2020 19:55

My ideal weight is 8st which makes me a 6

iamyourequal · 23/02/2020 19:56

I am 5’1’’ and 10stone 2lb, my BMI is almost 27. I look and feel chubby and the numbers back this up. I am still a size 12 (just). I have just joined a diet club and aiming for under 9 stone, which I know will get me back into my size 10s. I am mid-forties, with a wide frame. If I go under 8 1/2 stone my face will look guant, people will start asking me if I’ve been ill and I will have to eat like a sparrow to maintain it. Not worth it just for a little bottom!

derekmorgan · 23/02/2020 19:57

5"3, around 12st and a size 14. I haven't lost the baby weight from baby no 3 yet. (Who is 18months 😳)
I'm way too heavy at the moment. I'm normally around 10st and a size 10.

Blondie1092 · 23/02/2020 20:00

I'm 5"1, I yo-yo between 10st 7lb to 11stone and I'm a size 10. Sometimes 8 on top.

TheHumanSatsuma · 23/02/2020 20:01

When I was at the lower end of my “desirable weight” .BMI 23 ish.
I was a size 12/14 at 5 5
Looking back, I was scrawny. I am built like a brick shit house

Oysterbabe · 23/02/2020 20:04

I'm the same height and dress size as you but 3 stone lighter.

ElizabethMountbatten · 23/02/2020 20:07

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Lipsygirl · 23/02/2020 20:10

5,5 10.5 stone I used to be 9 but like yourself I’ve not long had a baby so still losing weight

Ideal weight 9-9.5 stone

Disneymum1993 · 23/02/2020 20:11

I'm 5,2. ,15 stone,size 18 recently had a baby .pre pregnancy weight of 10 stone and size 10 x

Reginabambina · 23/02/2020 20:16

5’10, 11 stone, size 12. I really need to loose somewhere between half a stone and a stone to be ideal weight/size at a size 10 but can’t really be arsed at the moment, most of it will come off by itself when the weather improves anyway.

TAKESNOSHITSHIRLEY · 23/02/2020 20:18

6ft, 16st 4
22 bottoms 26-28 top but im a 46J/K bra

ive a long body as well so prefer mens tshirts as i find womens small no matter if i up a size so buy 3xl or 4xl

GlummyMcGlummerson · 23/02/2020 20:19

These threads never fail to baffle me. I'm 5'6", 9st 7lbs and a size 10-12. How are people 4 stone heavier and several inches shorter the same dress size?!

fairyfingers · 23/02/2020 20:20

5ft 3, about 12 stone and a big 14/small 16.

I lost about 5 stone a few years ago and got down to under 10 stone and bmi 24. However I found that quite hard to maintain so settled between 10 7 and 11. Overweight but better than I was, running 2/3 times a week and a waist size around 27 inches (am an hourglass/pear). Was a 12/small 14. I may be short but I'm quite a big build as well - nowt petite here!

Last year I had thyroid issues, start of peri, major loss, awful anxiety and messed up sleep and put on a stone. Am hoping to shift a stone to a stone and a half but not quickly or too extreme.

TheVeryHungryTortoise · 23/02/2020 20:22

5"6, 63kg and a size 10 in bottoms but size 12/14 in tops (boobs get in the way and I have no waist!)

FlightyEmu · 23/02/2020 20:23

5’6”, 10.4 stone and size 12ish. I lost 11 stone over the last few years, so my body shape is weird with all the loose skin etc.

Josette77 · 23/02/2020 20:24

5'4 8 stone size 4. I"m happy.

Cary2012 · 23/02/2020 20:34

5'8", 10 stone size 10.
Last May was almost 14 stone and size 18.
Am 58.

minnie465 · 23/02/2020 20:41

I'm 5 foot 3 and around 9 stone. Size 8 clothes. A 10 in some clothes depending on their sizing.

Oly4 · 23/02/2020 20:42

5ft 5in, 11st 2lb size 12 bottom, 10 top