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What size are you if you’re 5’8” and 10 and a half stone?

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Fearlesssloth · 12/05/2026 10:37

Posting here for traffic. If you’re 5’8” and around 10st 8lbs what size are you? And what’s your BMI? My bmi is 22 and I’m between a 10 and a 12 but I think I must have a large frame or something cos I thought I’d be an 8-10 at this weight/this bmi

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TheEveningReport · 12/05/2026 15:06

I’m 5’8, 10st6 and I am just about a 10 in some shops and a (baggy) 12 in others. I seem to be a size ‘11’ if such a thing were to exist. I’m big boobed so often a 12 up top.

Soooooooverthisnow · 12/05/2026 15:09

Im 5' 8" and 11st 4lbs. I'm a tight 12. Exprcting at 10st 7lbs I'll be a comfortable 12 edging towards a 10 so pretty much same as you. I would describe myself as having quite a large frame.

DonTBeacunt · 12/05/2026 15:17

5”6.5(it’s important 🤣) and 11st 3

Today I put on a size 14 and 16 top in M&S, 14 too small. Size 12 jeans here are too big.

waist size between a 28-29 (Anthropologie/Me+em)

a size M in some places (h and m)

John Lewis I’m a 10

none of it makes sense, I’ve lost weight so it’s all a bit trial and error and I’ve taken to my clothes fitting me whatever size the label says than fitting into the “size”.

I’ve lost significant weight and still don’t look “thin” but I look thinner - but sizing is its own mystery and I’d probably still be a 16 in “old” money sizing! My waist measurement is 81cm which if you look on sizing falls into all
the flipping categories depending on store :)

ToffeeCrabApple · 12/05/2026 15:28

RampantIvy · 12/05/2026 11:09

I'm 5"7 and weigh the same. I'm a size 14 and don't believe anyone who says they are a size 8 or 10 at this weight.

This. I was that weight and a smidge shorter and was a size 12 minimum.

liloandstitchh · 12/05/2026 15:37

A small 8 but I’m very athletic so my body composition is completely different to how it was before I started working out, I’m probably smaller now than I was at 9 stone. My wedding dress was a size 6 much to my surprise.

MyIcyHeart · 12/05/2026 17:45

Not currently that size, but when I have been that weight, I've been a 10.

Thechateau · 12/05/2026 17:50

I'm 5'8 and 10 1/2 stone and a 12. I would look pretty gaunt at a lower weight

HedgeKnights · 12/05/2026 17:53

5ft 6 weigh 10 stone, size 10 to 12

Youhadrambledonfor18pages · 12/05/2026 17:55

I imagine you look very slim at that height/weight and you’re a v healthy BMI so does it matter what the label in your clothes says?

MessyNDepressy · 12/05/2026 18:19

I’m 5ft 8, 10 stone 10 and a size 10. Small boobs, bit of a bum. Shop in Zara mostly and I’m a medium there. Have gained weight within the last year after trying to since I was a teenager. Under 9 stone I was a size 6, 9 stone 4ish to 10 stone roughly I was an 8.

PetulaDark · 12/05/2026 18:24

I’m 5’8, 11st and a 10 in most things, 12 in a few (Zara!), 8 in others. I do have quite large boobs so they probably push my weight up, other than that I have quite a small frame

Abracadabra12 · 12/05/2026 18:28

I’m the same height and weight as you and also a size 10-12

Vivienne1000 · 12/05/2026 18:32

I am 5 feet 8, weigh 9 and a half stone and a size 10.

Albarino · 12/05/2026 18:44

I'm those exact measurements and am closer to 12 than 10 - however I have 'light' bones generally and was always 8.5-9.5 stone before peri hit so whilst BMI is healthy for me, I'm definitely carrying excess weight for me as it's all around my middle.

DieSchottin93 · 12/05/2026 18:50

I'm the same height and was 10st 2lbs when I weighed myself yesterday morning. I wear an 8-10 but it really depends on the shop. I am also definitely more of a 10 on my bottom half as I'm quite pear shaped.

TeaPot496 · 12/05/2026 18:51

Massive norks. 14 on top, 10-12 bottom, BMI 21.

SummertoAutumntoWinter · 12/05/2026 18:52

5 ft 6, 8 stone 11 and a size 10

MrsLFii · 12/05/2026 18:53

I’m the same height and at that weight was a 12 (I’ve a fairly curvy frame, particularly big of bust!). Occasionally a vanity 10!

TON618 · 12/05/2026 18:55

Five foot seven, just under ten stone and BMI is 21-22. I can't tell you my clothes size because it varies and I don't actually know. 36-30-36 if that helps.

dizzydizzydizzy · 12/05/2026 19:04

I’m 5’9”. I used to be that weight and I was
also between a 10 and 12. Fairly curvy and very muscular at the time. Medium frame.

Doctordoolittle · 12/05/2026 19:05

Edinburghprimaryschoolp6 · 12/05/2026 10:49

I'm a size 8 same height but weigh 8 stone 7 so you sound right tbh

I am also the same height and weigh just under 8 stone. I’m a size 8.

Walkyrie · 12/05/2026 19:06

WhatsYourFlex · 12/05/2026 12:42

5”8
10 stone 10

Size 10, can fit in some size 8s

I lift weights and exercise daily so I’m a toned 10 stone 10

This is me exactly and I’m a size 12 for tops and size 12/14 bottoms! Bizarre.

HayfeverComethAndThatRightSoon · 12/05/2026 19:07

Depends how wide your structure is. I'm between an 8 and a 14 depending on the brand.
Most people will think you look slim, the actual number isn't important.

loopyloolou · 12/05/2026 19:08

I’m just under 5ft 8 and fluctuate between 10 stone 7 and 10 stone 12, and I am a size 10 x

sidneytweeney · 12/05/2026 19:09

I’m 5’7 and 10st 4 and I’m mostly a 10 unless it has short sleeves then im
a 12.. got me some meaty arms !! I’ve dropped down to under 10st before and slipped into 8-10 but my face looked like the murderer from the Scream movies.