What size are you wearing???

[weezle]

Firstly, I could have continued my life just fine without seeing that awful picture again, Ruthie. EWWWWWuh.

Secondly, sizes are way crazy. At 157 lbs, I was a size 16. Now at 140 I'm a size 8. Does that mean I'm half the size I used to be after losing only 17 lbs?

[RNMOM]

Ewww, thanks for the visual of it only matters what you look like nekked. Sorry Victoria's Secret isn't ever gonna give me a call. Maybe we oughta have Schatzi recount her getting on the scales nekked and the neighbor kid stories........................................... ...

[kyemom]

Ohhhh I love those stories!!!!!!!!! Come on Shcatzi!! Give us one for old time sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[beachgal]

Amen, sizes are just mind-baffling!

Not only are the confusing across the board, but they often don't make sense even within the same brand! I tried on a shirt a couple months ago and it fit well, but a bit more closely than I thought it would for an extra large. I thought it might be a large hanging on an extra large hanger, so I looked...it was a SMALL!!!! Come on, now! The girls are a 36D...there's no way they're fitting into a small...but this thing really was! Can you believe that? Yet there are some L sizes that I can't fit into. It's just totally confusing!

On top of that, the amount of pounds you have to lose to change sizes is totally different in the plus sizes than in misses. I had to lose over 40 pounds...sometimes more, to move a size when I was in plus sizes. Now that I'm in misses, if I gain five pounds, my clothes are tight...if I lose seven to ten, I'm in a new size. It's really odd!

Just goes to show...don't rely on the number size of your clothes to gauge your loss. Rely on how tight the clothes you've worn are, rely on your fat percentage, your measurements, your weight, even...but not on number sizes. They are unreliable!

BTW, Schatzi is totally right about your muscle mass...a maintaining mod on here told me that she had reached goal, but after continuing to lift weights, she lost several dress sizes without losing much weight, if any. Just goes to show... pays off!

Schatzi, how did I miss these great stories? Please share!!!

Hey, at least Ruth didn't bring in a wagon full of the 30+ pounds of fat she's lost a la Oprah!

[LegendaryZelda]

I'm currently 5' tall, 176 lbs, and I wear a 14. I got up to ~190 and needed to buy some size 16s. At my lowest I was 135 (still felt incredibly obese, which is really depressing to think about now) and I wore a size 8. The majority of my clothing is size 12, so I'm just a bit too big for them. That is major incentive to lose weight-all those clothes in the closet unable to be worn!! (Although, I intend to become too thin for the clothes, which will cause a shopping trip. Darn. )

[want2wearbikini]

I never go by size, but by how I feel. I own clothes ranging in all sizes and try not to get discouraged when I have to wear the bigger ones cuz I know I fit in the other smaller sizes too.

[Ames1223]

How funny, I was just talking to DH about this.

My friend LOOKS heftier than me but she weighes 200 and I weigh 237(approx). She says she's an 18, sometimes a 20 and I'm a 16-18. I'm 5'3" and she's somewhere between 5'0"-5'2". She was shocked that I outweighed her, she guesses 170.

Then when I weighed 150-160 I could wear anywhere from a 9 to a 16 and then I lost 10lbs and could wear 7/8's lol. Crazy. Now that my hips have spread from having DD I doubt I'll be seeing those 7's LOL.