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I’m 5’2 - when will I be a size 16?

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ambercabs · 22/04/2025 17:14

I know there are many variables because body shape, but if anyone doesn’t mind sharing their weight at a size 16 I would love to get some idea of the range.

I have lost 4 stone 6 but have only dropped from a (bursting out of) 20 to a ‘mid’ size 18. It seems quite slow moving down the dress sizes

OP posts:
Catherine3436 · 29/07/2025 17:02

I’m 5 ft3
I am a size 12 at 10st, a size 14 at 11st, a size 16 at 12st.

autumn1610 · 29/07/2025 17:16

Just slightly taller but I was size 16 at 13st10 to about 12st 8 ish. I’m about 12st now and a 14

JohnTheRevelator · 29/07/2025 17:22

I'm 5 ft 5 in and a size 16,I weigh 13 stone 7 lbs. What weight are you now,if you don't mind me asking?

PresidentBarklett · 29/07/2025 22:58

I'm 5'2 and was a size 16 at around 12-13 stone. I'm now 11 stone 6 and in size 14s for the most part, although the 16s still fit and I'm wearing them until I look ridiculous as I'm not made of money!

AirborneElephant · 30/07/2025 13:25

myladyjane · 28/07/2025 17:26

@ambercabs on my monthly thread (yay January babes) very knowledgeable ladies say the smaller you get the quicker the sizes reduce. So loads of us have barely moved down from an 18 even after multiple stone losses but then 7lb will see them from a 12 to a ten.

This is very true. Someone referred to it as the “paper towel analogy”. Imagine a big thick new kitchen roll and imagine each sheet is a lb. When it’s new you remove one sheet, you don’t even remove a single layer, you may need to take two off to go all the way round. But the smaller the roll gets, the more impact removing a sheet has. When it’s almost gone a single sheet may go round twice, so removing it will have four times the impact on the size of the roll than that first sheet had. But every sheet is equally important to get to that goal.

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