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I would like to ask 5ft 8" women how much they weigh if they are a size 14, 16 or 18

61 replies

reup · 20/01/2015 16:43

I know sizing is not an exact science but I wondered what women actually weighed at those sizess. I'm much bigger and wanted to kno roughly how much I had to lose. I've looked up bmi charts too.

Thanks

OP posts:
lisaloulou84 · 22/01/2015 21:55

5ft 8, size 14-16 (depending on shop!) and 13 st 2oz. Lost 11lb of baby weight after 11 months (not admittedly trying very hard until lately) and another 10lb will take me back to my pre-baby weight.

According to weight watchers healthy BMI for this height would mean weighing between 10st 1oz and 12st 1oz...

Wincher · 22/01/2015 22:02

I''ve not RTFT but I'm 5'8ish and about 76kg, 12 stone. I'm a 12-14.

ImBrian · 22/01/2015 22:06

I'm a 14 but quite a bit taller, I'm 5'11 and 11st1. It's interesting how people who are shorter and heavier can be a smaller size and vice versa. It must be down to muscle (I have none!)

From 18-31 I was always 9st3 and a size 10, I put a stone on after my 4th child and was still a 10 just a bit wobblier. A stone per dress size doesn't work for me as now with 1 extra stone I've gone up 2.

Hopefully when I shift my baby weight I'll get back down to just under 10 stone and be a 10 again as I have no clothes that fit and I'm still in maternity jeans Hmm

BitchTradeMark · 22/01/2015 22:12

5'8 and was size 14 between 11st 7 and 12st 4. I now fluctuate between 10st 9 and 11st 2 staying a size 12. I want to get closer to 10st and become a 10 for the first time in 5 years

AWhistlingWoman · 22/01/2015 22:13

It's interesting isn't it I'mBrian You must have been very slim from 18-31!

I'm 5'8 and a size 14, occasionally size 12 in jeans and trousers L in Zara (quite narrow hips as opposed to pretty big shoulders!) I weigh about 10st 12. However, I have piddly wrists so I'm probably heavier than I 'should' be for my frame. Also the whole muscle being heavier than fat thing as haven't taken a great deal of exercise since 2008 when DDs 1 and 2 arrived!

I have gone from size 10 at 9st to size 12 at around 10st and now, inevitably, 14 at nearly 11st. My DC4 really did for my stomach too - it is just a big jelly!

Dragonlette · 22/01/2015 22:17

I'm 5'8", 15st 6lbs and a size 18. I'm aiming to lose weight, but I don't know what weight I want to be, just that I'm aiming to be a size 14 by the summer. I'm doing it with Slimming world and it's going well so far.

mousmous · 22/01/2015 22:19

I'm 5/9 and at size 14 I was between 12 and 13 stone.
(now around size 12 at below 11st)

Rivercam · 22/01/2015 22:29

5'8". And pear shaped

Currently 13'8 (and the heaviest I've ever been)

Size 14 on top and 18 (and one or two 20s) on bottom

Recently put on weight due to medication

My old ' normal' weight was 10 1/2 stone, and size 12 on top and 14 on bottoms

Jamrollypolly · 03/02/2015 16:21

I'm 5' weigh 14 stone and wear a size 20. It's probably a size bigger but I feel self conscious so like to hide in bigger clothes.

Jamrollypolly · 03/02/2015 16:23

My baby bulge never left, just refilled with fat. I exercise but everything tones, but my stomach.

Saraingabout · 27/07/2023 13:36

I'm a size 12-14 top and bottom shop depending 5'8" and 14.5 stone

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