5ft 4 and 12 stone - what size would you think would fit?

[Jenasaurus]

I ask this because I am the same height as a colleague and recently have lost 2 stone (now weigh 12 stone), I had a health shock in July, where I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol, fatty liver etc - proper wake up call.

Now my weight loss is about health and not how I look, but it would be nice to be able to shop in main stream shops rather than the plus size stores.

Even though I weigh 2 stone 4 less, I am still a size 41inch waist which makes me a size 20. (I have stick thin arms and legs)

My colleague went to slimming world and we were discussing our lifestyle change and diets, she is the same height as me, but never really looked fat even though she said she was 15 stone before, she said she has now hit her target of 13 stone, and doesn't want to lose more or she starts looking gaunt, she is a size 12/14 and a stone heavier than me but the same height.

I beleive to be a size 12 I will need to lost another 4 stone and be about 8 stone, I just wondered how typical this is for someone of 5ft 4 and interested to know if you are the same height/similar weight to me what your size is

If you have stick thin arm & legs but a 41 inch waist then you carry your weight at your middle & sound like an apple shape so you will be a bigger size. Your colleague, if you think she never really looked fat, carried her weight more evenly spread so it doesn’t matter what size other people are if they are a different shape iyswim.

Well done on your weight loss, it sounds like you are making a huge effort to reverse the diabetes, cholesterol and fatty liver issues- that’s really great.

I'm the same height as you op.

At 12 stone I'd be a 14/ small 16.

I'm 10 stone at the moment and a ten. I look slim but in no way thin.

I'm an hourglass shape.

If I was 8 stone I'd be a bloody zero!

Thank you, I am 57 now and there is a real risk of complications from things like a stroke or heart attack, my GP says a lot of what i have is hereditary and may need medication (statins for the cholesterol) but I am trying to see if I can manage with diet alone for a bit. I am indeed an apple (or potato) shape, I would probably still be a pink lady apple at 7stone :)

I’m the same height, and 11 stone. I’m a size 16, at 12 stone I’d be an 18. I need to be 9stone to be a size ten, but it’s been a while…

You sound a lovely shape :)

I have added a photo of me today, below (head removed and apologies for the yellow marks was trying to crop it and this yellow appeared :) ) but you can see what I mean, about 12 stone but still plus size

I’m 5’4 I was 12 stone last year and was a size 14/small 16
ive since lost just over 2 stone so im just under 10 stone now and I’m a standard size 10 I’ve got big boobs and am fairly curvy shaped with chunky legs!

I can relate to that, I think I can fit an 18 as long as its stretchy like leggings etc, its literally an apron of fat stopping me :(

Join the apple club it's a depressing awful body shape, unhealthy and not the easiest to dress.

I wear a well fitting bra with some oomph padding and wear knee length dresses/tunic that are straight and skim my stomach.

that photo shows clearly my stick legs and big boulder of a stomach

I'm 5ft 4 and 11 and a half stone and size 12.
I'm a powerlifter though so a lot of my weight is muscle.

I’m the same height and weight, I’m a size 14 on top 16 on bottom

Another 5.4" . I started at 12 stone 1 and was a size 14. Now a little under 11 and still wearing some 14 but just back in my 12 jeans.
When I was 15 stone 5 I was in size 20 - even 22 in some shops - at 13 stone it would have been 16+

Do the smaller sized ones same height and weight, all have flat stomachs? I blame my middle son, he was a 10 pound baby and my stomach hasnt been the same since :)

I'm that height and weight but I'm generally in a size 12, occasionally a 14 in trousers but I rarely wear them.

yes op I have a small waist although loose skin
but don’t feel bad as my legs are at least double the size as yours

I've just seen your picture. Your arms and legs are fine you just carry weight on your middle. It's flecking annoying how little goes off my waist compared to my boobs.

I'm the same height, 11 stone and a 14. Would be 16-18 at 12 stone I think. Used to be pear shape but now in my 40s I have a definite stomach although not quite an apple still - chubbyish with small boobs. My legs have always been proper chunky though even when a size 10.

I'm 5,2 and 13stone currently a size 16. People carry weight differently. Trying to diet down to a size 12 need to reach 11stone.

Ill trade you my legs if you let me have your waist :)

Same height, 11 stone 4 last time I weighed and usually wear a 12 although as you can see these 12 trousers are kind of baggy on me. Funny how people carry their weight differently. I do have a fairly slim waist after a few weeks of 30 Day Shred and running again.

Wow.

I'm 5ft 4 and 9 1/2 stone and I'm at least a 12, you must be an amazing shape! I haven't been able to fit a size 10 for years!

I like your figure x

Mine is 35 - was 37 when 12 stone. I blame mine on scar tissue. 😆

I would say for your weight and height you would be around a 16.

@Jenasaurus I think apart from your stomach your figure isn’t massively different to mine though - you have slim legs and arms and totally average hips/bum. I don’t know if there’s anything specific to do about your waist but I don’t think you’d need to get down to 8 stone if you see what I means.