Anyone out there 5' 6" and a size 12 - would you mind telling me your weight?

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I am slowly but surely losing weight after being overweight for 14 years. I am 5' 6", now weigh 11 stone 8 and can just about squeeze into a size 14, though look and feel better in my size 16s at the moment.

Feel free to call me shallow, but I have a goal to be a healthy size 12. So.... I just wondered what my goal weight should be to reach this size. It would give me a general target to aim towards and some extra inspiration.

Oh, I know there are other factors involved.... but I thought that at least having an idea of size 12 weights could give me some motivation.

Thank you very much!

I'm 5ft 4ins and a size 10/12 - I weigh bang on nine stone. Hope that helps in some way!

Thank you - that does help. Probably means that I need to aim for around the late nines early tens? Well, that's good to know - feels quite doable (is that a word?) Could even get there for Christmas

I am 5'7" and usually a size 12. I hovver around the 10 stone mark, sometimes a bit below but more often just over.

What I would say is, even though I am relatively slim I am totally un-fit and un-toned. To look good I really need to go to the gym as I still look flabby.

So, don't forget you need to exercise as well as diet to look good.

Good luck

i thionk it varies we had a thread on what people weighed before and dress size and there was a big variation

tho of course some people probably wear clothes that dont fit lol

i lost lots of weight and now weigh about 9st 11 i am 5ft 4 and ten at the bottom and 10 or twelve on top 12 for a dress usually 10 for a skirt or trousers 10 for a t shirt 12 maybe for a shirt but it dpends

bra size has changed from 40 c to 36 b or 34 d

i also have a flabby tum despite exercise but i think it is inevitable as i lost 5 stone or thereabouts and have had three kids and im 51

i am 5 7 to 5 8 and usually (now pg) 10 stone ish 10 2 - 10 4 but would be happier just under 10

i m a pretty average 12 i think

Thanks everyone. I think I'll set my goal weight to 10 stone for the moment and see how I get on. Zippitippitoes, your story is great to hear. Very inspiring.

As for exercise.... I can only say I'm trying. Lots of walking with double buggy, Zoe Lucker Little Black Dress workout once a week (not enough, I know, but better than nothing, I hope!) and crunches whenever I can (do crunches actually work? I guess I will see when my tummy is no longer disguised by layers of unsightly blubber.)

good luck with it it is definitely worthwhile

Interesting to know how much we all vary isn't it?
I am 5 feet 10 and a size 14, but my thighs are huge so I weigh 12 stone. I am aiming to lose another stone but the size I will end up probably depends on where I lose it from!

Peacocks size 12 seems to be the same as a next size 16 - so do bear that in mind.

Generlly at your height, drop a stone and you'll drop a dress size.

And are we talking size 12 top or size 12 bottom? Because I am wearing some peacocks size 12 trousers (non stretch) right now, but I can't button a size 16 shirt....

I am about 5'6 and a size 12 and I weigh 64 kilos which is 10 and a bit stone.

Does that help?

Monkies

Before I got pregnant, I weighed 10st and was a perfect 12 and I weighed 10st exactly

I'm 5ft 6 btw lol

I'm 5ft 7 but 31 weeks pregnant at the mo so wont frighten you with my weight at the minute ..... but I vary between 10st 7lb and 11st when not pregnant

I'm 5ft 5 and I fit comfortably into a 12 bottom & a 14 top (which is my 34g boobs)

I weight between 10st 3 to 10 st 7

in the interests of research I am 11 stone and a size 14 (but I hve big bazoomas and I think this keeps my weight/size up!)

harpsichordcarrier - I'm exactly the same as you!

I'm 5ft 6 and weight (today) 10st 4. I'm usually anywhere betweem 10 (haven't been in the 9s since the millenium)and 10 7. I'm a size 12.

5ft 6 size 12....always between 10, and 10 and a half stone.

im 5ft 6in and can get into 12's depending on shop (in Next I'm a 10 believe it or not),

i'm 10 stone 6 at the moment but apparently the ideal weight for my height, age and build is 9 stone 6 !

I think it depends on your build and probably how toned you are.

I am a pear-shape and even at my lightest (9st 7lb) had trouble getting into a 12 bottoms. Could wear a 10 on top and round the waist but could only just get into size 12 trousers and it wasn't comfortable - 14 was better even if the waist was ridiculously big.

I am 5ft 7in by the way.

I'm 5ft 6in and a 10/12 and am usually around 9 stone.

MankyMummy

"im 5ft 6in and can get into 12's depending on shop (in Next I'm a 10 believe it or not),"

me too, I think they are generous sizes!!!

Monkies

I'm usually 10 sometimes 12 and weigh nearer 10st than 9st but factor in big norks which weigh half a stone. Reckon 10stone should see you easily into sz 12