Weight and dress size

[Keely]

I find it quite depressng, when I was at my heaviest (19st) I was practically size 26. Now after losing 3 stone I'm only size 22. Yet I read stories about people dropping as many dress sizes as stones! I think it depends where the weight is shifting from, suppose thats quite obvious really!

[ems81wales]

well im 5ft 2 maybe abit under lol and 11st 6lbs and im a size 14 in most places but some places a 16 it dont make sense how they can change in size like that

[IsabellaOlivia]

138 pounds. I buy a size 12.

[Crow]

I'm 11 stone even and I wear size 12 jeans. A couple of years back when I was 9st5 I also worse size 12 -- lots of them the same pairs. I definitely gain and lose from the top of my body first; sadly I'm a classic apple!

I think it just depends on your own body shape. It's disheartening to think that it'll take so long for me to go down a size, though.

[jayne231403]

Well im 13 stone. My clothing size is 14-16.. Think it depends on your build etc. X

[takingcontrol]

I'm 13 1.5 today, 184.5lb.

I'm wearing size 14 tops comfortably as long as they dont have tight arms on them.

I'm still mainly wearing size 18 pants though, getting into some 16s but not many.

[bella83]

I'm 5ft 5, 10st 3lbs and a 10 bordering on a 12
For me a stone = 1 dress size. At 9st I was the bigger end of an 8.

[Mishflynn]

Im now just over 13stone, & 16s are GENERALLY fine. Ive got one pair i still cant wear
.......but soon!

Cant wait to get the 14s !!!!!

[claire0412]

I weigh 10st 10 and am 5'8. I wear a size 10 top and size 12 bottom. I can fit into size 10s in shops like Primark/Tesco etc. While I was at uni I weighed about 11st 7 and was a size 12 all over but I looked way bigger than I do now, regardless of the relative lack of progress in sizes/weight.

[toastedsmoke]

I recently had a somewhat massive UK shopping adventure (first time in my adult life, I wasn't restricted to Evans!) Right now I weigh about 13st 6 and I'm in a size 16 top (36F chest) and size 14 bottoms at DP, New Look, M&S, Next, Esprit and most of the Debenham's brands. I can squeeze into a size 12 jeans but with major (to the point of what I consider indecent) muffin top.

I didn't really find that I fit right into any of the tops at Monsoon and H&M, the arms fit but the bust was not right compared to the torso. It took me like over 50lbs to really NEED new clothes, but then I carry most of my weight in my torso, which is where most clothes are sized from so it was a long journey. I'm finding that now that I'm a little lighter it's about 10lbs between clothes sizes.