to not think a size 12 is big

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OK so shoot me. I was reading the magazine Now. an article about Natalie Cassidy putting on weight.
she has "ballooned" up to a size 12.

hardy obese surely

i won't shoot you but I would like to shoot all these crappy mag and paper articles that treat a woman's weight loss or gain as being anyone's business.

Size 12 is apparently less than average now whereas in the past wasn't it the average size?

But no, a 12 isn't big. I thought Natalie Cassidy has lost weight since I last saw her in a picture?

Clothes sizes are pretty pointless though ... at least men clothes are actual measures!

There is no way a size 12 is big. The size 0 culture makes me sick

I'm a size 12 and I'm thin and gorgeous

YEs that's true TotalChoas but she did make a DVD about how she lost weight so she has gained finacialy by the publicity, so I suppose these rags see her as fair game.

But of course a size 12 isn't big.

god if a size 12 is big i must as big as a house!!! id kill to be a size 12 right now!!

well it said that she had gone from a size 16 to a 8(but could get in to size 0 jeans)
she di look a little bit toooo thin

it is because about 3 months ago she was a size 8

I agree a size 12 isn't massive at all

what I take issue with is Natalie Cassidy obviously achieved her weightloss through an unsustainable diet and exercise programme, made masses of money from her quickest selling fitness dvd of all time and gave people hope that they could do the same.
Well at least her bank balance will be nice and healthy and she has no one but herslef to blame for always being in those shite magazines

what size is a 0

Size 12 is big in 'sleb' land. Ridiculous, innit?

The average size in the UK is now 16 (not sure whether this is the most common size) - but size 12 is a normal to slim size for a healthy adult woman.

it depends on how tall you are. I am 5 foot 2 and look too fat when i am a 12.

Size 12 isn't big but if you have put on enough weight to go from a size 8 to a size 12 in a few weeks then in my opinion you have ballooned. It's not healthy to do that (in either direction).

that's the problem with these unsustainable diets ProvincialLady - they encourage the body to put on weight very quickly once the diet is stopped, and that's not healthy.

size 0 U.S is a size 4 U.K.

In the movie "PRettty Woman" Julia Robert's character is refered to by a shop assistant as a size 6 (i.e uk 10 - skinny for a tall woman) but that wouldn't happen now. That would be too big, ffs!

Depending of course of the general size and shape of the woman. I am not overweight but I am still a size 14 below and a size 16 for tops (all that bloody bf'ing).

there was an article in one of the magazines a few weeks ago saying how hard she was finding keeping up with her new image..
I guess if you have been used to being known for your acting and not your waistline then having to keep up with everyone else is a bit of a horrid shock.

Yes it's crazy that people put themselves through it. Especially these famous types who parade their weight loss through stupid dieting in the cheap mags, only to humiliate themselves as the weight piles back on again. Why would anyone want to be a sleb?

the money

Wasnt she all smug a few motnhs back that she had got to a size 0...??

There was a pic on the front of some rag shleb mag -she looked like a lolly pop... a seagull shaped lolly pop.