5' 6" and what weight and dress size?

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So, I could probably be described as having a touch of body dysmorphia but I am quite surprised by my dress size considering my weight and appearance.

Nosey nosey, I know, but I'm supercurious what size other people are compared to their weight if you're happy to share...

... A three year old still counts as a baby, right?

Yes, Katy, of course. My DS4 is 5 and my flab is all baby weight. Natch.

High five to boysrule!

I've also recently lost a little under a stone and barring swimmer shoulders, haven't gone above a 12.

I think my optimum weight is 9 stone 7 or a little less. I look ok now, but haven't toned enough - was going to gym loads but have started work again so no time now.

The lightest I've been was 8 stone 9. I looked horrendous - incredibly gaunt and shallow collarboned. Was a combo of running/training and a hideous bug. Size 6/8. Not a good look on me - I have a largish frame (bony wrists, long feet).

14st 10 and a size 16. Carrying a lot of weight on my boobs and stomach (6 months postnatal), hoping to shift a couple of stone over the next few months.

I am now size 12 and around 11 stone.
At 10 stone I was a size 10.
At 9 stone I was a size 8.
At 8 stone I was a size 6.

I am quite muscular but now I have a belly. I've never been more than a size 12.

8st and size 8/10

I used to be 11st and size 12

So grateful to all you beautiful ladies of different shapes and sizes.

I reckon that I probably am about right weight/size-ish.

I tend to come out:

12 st + about size 14

10.5 - 11.5 st about size 12

9.75st - 10.5 st about size 10, with the odd 8

8.75 st to 9.75st a size 8 (with a bit of comfort/room) and the occasional 6.

I've got oddly narrow hips though, which might explain it (and probably explained why my bump was SO enormous each time I was pg!).

Really helped thanks all (and to any pp that join the party)

I'm a 14-16 (nearer a 14 unless it's a structured dress or top - boobs!) and weigh 13 stone 12. DS is almost 4 months and the weigh is coming off.

OP, I concur with your estimates above more or less. If I drop below 12 stone I'm in a 12, below 11 and I'm nearer a 10 and below 10 I'm in an 8.

9st 12lb and a size 14.

It does not make sense to me, particularly as dress sizes are supposed to be more generous these days.

I'm currently 15st and a 20. I was 16st 7 a couple of months ago and a 22. When I get back to 10st - 10st 7lb I will be a 14 again (i hope). I'm amazed some of you can be an 10/8 at 10st.

5 foot 7
9 stone 7
Size 6-8

I'm very much like you op, 11 st and a 12 10 in next but all your ranges fit me. I'm quite in proportion at least so clothes are easy.

Enjoying the muscle was there first. I was Very Sporty/muscular growing up - I did ballet and gym from 2.5 to teens (still have ridiculous leg muscle definition) and then have laid fat on top as I've got lazy older.

8 st size 10

I can't get my head around the different weights and dress sizes when people are the same height.

I'm 10-9 height 5'6 and a size 14

With jersey dresses and vanity sizing I can get into a 12 sometimes a 10 but in a structured dress sometimes a 16 isn't big enough and have to get an 18 and take it in.

I don't have skinny legs either.

My 5' 10 cousin weighs2 lbs less than me and is a size 10

I'm completely mystified.

Dowser I share your mystification! I suppose it depends on exactly how your weight is distributed...I have a horrible figure with a fat belly and big boobs but stick like arms and legs. I look a bit like an orange with cocktail sticks stuck into it! Maybe if my weight was more evenly spread, I'd be a smaller dress size.

5 foot 6
10 stone
size 12 in most places, 10 in generous shops such as next.

Not quite happy with my weight yet. 5 months ago I was 12 stone 8 and a size 18 so I'm getting there.

Enjoying that's not correct. You can add muscle and fat at the same time no problem. It's hard to build muscle while losing fat though.

Had a baby three months ago so I'm now 11st 10 and size 14.
Was previously 10st 5 and size 12.
Would ideally be 10st. I've been as low as 8st and looked horrendous.

I'm same as turquoise I agree with your chart;

11.5 to 12.5 size 14
Though I occasionally struggle to get my 34f chest into a 14 shirt without it gaping

5 foot 8
8 and a half stone
Size 8 (6 in shops like Next)

I'm slim but flabby and untoned. I haven't done any exercise since school and I'm 45, have three weeks to a beach holiday and on here thinking about the best way to tone up quickly .....

Agreed it's very interesting that people are so different - something to do with muscle/fat ratio ....?

5ft 5.5in
9st 3-4lbs
Comfortably a size 12 (sometimes a 10 and a US size 6 - I could probably wear 10s more but am scared of looking squeezed into clothes!)

I'm another one who's astonished at people my weight being a couple of sizes smaller. I go to the gym three times a week and walk a lot but wouldn't say I'm muscular so maybe that explains it. I'm guessing it also depends on your body shape and where you buy clothes.

Frame size is important too. I have little bones and a narrow frame. I'm 7.5 stone and a size 6. (Just under 5'6"). I have been the same weight since I was a teenager although my hips are a bit wider since having children. I've gone down from a size 8 since then but the size 6s are the same as my old 8s as they still fit!

I'm 5' 5", 14st 5.5lbs as of this morning and a size 16 all over.

I have big boobs (34GG) and very wide shoulders and hips. I've been overweight since I was about 15 so I have no idea what I'll look like as I lose weight. The lowest I've been as an adult was 12st 10lbs and I was a size 14.