If you’re 5ft 6 or 7

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What do you weigh and what dress size are you?

I know there’s lots of other factors but I’m
mainly asking because I’m trying to lose weight for my friends wedding and I’m just wondering what dress size I may be by then if I keep on track.
Also I’m just curious, it’s so interesting how everyone’s bodies can be so different!

I’ll go first! I’m 5ft 7 and I weigh 11.5stone I’m a size 14.
even at my thinnest (around 9.5-10st) I don’t seem to go lower than a size 12.

obviously size doesn’t actually matter, but I’m just interested!

5ft6.5 10stone 8 I’ve come down a few lbs in the last few weeks and I’m fitting in more size 10s

5ft 7in and 12st 1lb, size 14 on the bottom and usually 16 on the top as I'm fairly booby. Between 11 and 11.5st is where I feel good but can still eat and drink fairly freely, finding it really hard to shift this stone though!

Five foot 6 & three quarters. 10stone 10 pounds.

Inverted triangle shape so wear a 12 on top and a 10 on the bottom.

38-28-38 which makes me sound like an hourglass but Im not as I have very long slim legs and hips.

I just wondered if those of you around the 10.5-11 stone mark at 5'.6" wear clothes that are quite snug or what?

I am 67 kilos (10.5 st) and anything smaller than a 16 it feels like I am poured into it and swaddled! The only exception is trousers, a 12 or 14 fit perfectly depending on the cut.

Maybe it is just me, but I dislike anything tight, I always feel that the fleshy bits are visible, you know around the bra back/belly area and so on. I am looking at walking/rain jackets online right now and am just bamboozled. Should I get a 16 or even an 18 for looseness and comfort. GAAAAH.

Honestly I am amazed at those of you at or above my weight who fit a 12/14. What am I doing wrong! Probably too conscious of clothes being snug on me I suppose. The "sit down test" usually makes me cringe even though the item fits so I go a size up. Maybe I need to work on my confidence or something.

Curlycew
It is odd that you are wearing a size 14-16 at 10.5 stone. I am a whole stone bigger than you and wear a size 10 (5ft 8 though). Not just floaty dresses, but fitted dresses with/without zips, skinny jeans, paperbag and skinny trousers, skirts, jumpsuits etc. They all fit comfortably.

I am, admittedly, an inch taller and a few pounds lighter than you, @CurlyCew , but I'd drown in a 16. I accidentally bought a pair of size 12 jeans yesterday (they were on a size 10 hanger) and they've had to go back as they won't stay up. I don't wear my clothing tight, either, as I hate feeling constricted.

Yes curlycew I am the same but 5ft6 and about 11.4 or 11.6. I am 12 or 14 on the bottom - I don’t mind jeans etc being tight but I tend to get 16 or even 18 for tops. I actually started measuring me according to the manufacturers guides and sure enough 16 is the right size when I measure chest. So 18 if I want it to be loose. It’s so weird though. I don’t think of myself as a 16-18 at all I look fairly swim in a swim suit (I think) . Maybe I am deluded !

Honestly I am amazed at those of you at or above my weight who fit a 12/14. What am I doing wrong! Probably too conscious of clothes being snug on me I suppose. The "sit down test" usually makes me cringe even though the item fits so I go a size up. Maybe I need to work on my confidence or something

That's why I put my measurements. I'm very solid and 14s are comfortable, not tight.

People carry weight in different ways though - small waists, small top half, leg sizes, arms sizes etc.

Sounds like you prefer a loose fit!

Fatty over here
12 stone 5 foot 7. Inbetween a 14 and 16

Thanks for your obs on my clothes size mania! I think it is a confidence thing. As I said trousers/jeans are fine in 12/14, any bigger and they would fall down! But re dresses, tops and casual jackets I am never comfortable in anything less than 16 even though I would probably squeeze into 14. I have a 36 D bust and it's getting a bit bigger as I get older, womenopause lol.

I'm not slim and trim and toned either but am not overweight. Illness has ravaged me lately but am getting back to kind of normal. I have lost my confidence a bit I think. I have returned three dresses recently because they were either too snug or too loose. I am a bit fed up trying to get things to fit me, but I am probably just far too self conscious and want to disappear unnoticed!

It is great to let all this out at last, I thought I was going mad.

5’7 “. 61kg size 12.
Occasionally size 10 in M&S but I’ll never be that small in average-shop sizes because of the width of my shoulders and hips - it’s bone not fat!

Curlycew
I have similar items of clothing - all a size 10. I agree with other posters that we all carry our weight differently.

Im 5ft 7 and 12st 13 this morning. I've just bought several items of clothing in a 14 which are comfortable, not at all tight. Interestingly, many years ago I was 9st 2 and a 10/12. Also interestingly at 15st I was a 16. It makes no sense.

That said my 10/12s from years ago are TINY.

Yes my old 10/12s are tiny. Even if I lost weight now I am not sure I would ever fit them again. Really should just charity shop them actually!

Whereas I am under 9 stone and wear a size 10 at 5'7. I just have no waist so can't get smaller sizes to fit around the middle.

5'6 and 11.5 stone ish. Carry it all around my middle, have narrow shoulders, small boobs, thin legs, Tops size 12 bottoms, size 18 trousers. . Have a huge belly that I wish I could get rid of as I'm overweight.

5'7 18 stone (😮😮) and size 16. I carry it well but can't lose it lol

Looneytune
You really must carry your weight well to be a size 16 at 18 stone!😱

Artisan
When you say you have no waist, do you mean it is not defined as opposed to it being small?

I am 5 foot 7 and weigh around 68-70 kg. I’m generally a size 12 or a medium. Sometimes in dresses/tops I’m a size 10 as have a smaller top half. If I want bottoms to be super comfy, say pyjamas I’ll go for a 14.

@Lovinglife45 yep I was wearing size 18 earlier on in the year but no weight change and back in 16s. Very muscle heavy I think

5'6 and 11 stone size 12
Small waist big hips and boobs.
Ideally I would be 10st 2lbs and size 10

@CurlyCew I'm 5'6" about 10st 2
I can wear M and S skinny jeans in a 10 but favourite new dress is a size 20, I wear it belted in. Nice generous sleeves, good length too.

Same as you 5”7 , 11 stone 3, size 14. The slimmest Ive been as an adult, 10-10.5 stone and size 10 or 12.

5ft 6, 8st 6, dress size 8,10 or 12 🤣