I think a size 16 is 'big' and a size 8-10 is normal. anything smaller is skinny but it really depends on your shape

like other posters have already said, i think it's all sorta relative to your size and frame and also your frame of reference. in my mind, normal is 6 or 8. 0-4 are skinny. but that's of course only based on my own experience with my body. i'm 5'4". also i haven't been a size 6 since i was 15 probably.

I guess I always thought of 10 as being a normal size. I feel like when I wear a size 10, people wouldn't necessarily look at me as "the fat girl" but I would still want to lose more weight. 12 is borderline... a lot of people lose weight and get to a 12 and look awesome. I still think I look big at a 12.

It's really a height thing too. I'm 5'1 and so a 12 on me looks big but to someone almost a foot taller, a 12 might look great.

It's very subjective in that it should really about what size you were most comfortable at. Last year I was talking to a personal trainer and she asked me "at what weight did you feel best at?" and my initial thought was "120! size 5" but then I realized that was when I was 13 and an inch shorter... I quickly realized 135 size seven is probably going to be that 120 size five for me now. It's just about at what size you feel best at and a lot of that relates to height and frame...

The smallest I've ever been was a size 10 when I was 18. I felt huge at the time, but when I look back at those pictures I wonder how I could have ever felt that way. Just looking at my face back then, I feel like I look starved.

Different people think different sizes are big or small. I think if you can buy it at a normal store like Target or Walmart in the non-plus sections, that's society's consideration of less than too big. I would kill to be a 10 again, but then again, I'm stuck at a 24!!

As long as I can shop at the normal section and not the plus size section of a store I will be happy. So a size 12 or under. I spent my life (before children) in a size 0-2...and at the time I thought I was fat! Right now my 16's are falling off of me, but I couldn't squeeze into a 14 to save my life!

As others have said, frame, height and weight distribution make all the difference. The numbers on the scale or in your waist-band only mean something to you as an individual.

For me, size 10 starts to feel normal. That's partly because I know that the difference between a 14 and a 12, as well as from a 12 to a 10 is 1.5 inches. But the difference between a 10 and an 8 is only 1 inch. So once you get to a 10, every inch lost makes a bigger size difference.

Here's another question: about how many pounds do you loose to go down a size? For me it seems to be about 10.

It is very interesting that you bring this up. I am right now a 10-12. I am about 20 pounds lighter than my heaviest and I pretty much feel the same. Unless I compare pictures, I can't tell a difference.

However, as a clothing store owner I have come to realize that size is relative. Height and other things make a HUGE difference. I've had women who look a little overweight to me who turned out to wear a size 0-2.

size 12 is considered 'normal' but really who is anyone to tell anyone else what normal is? everyone's body is different! I'm a size 14 in pants and I feel like a fat monster. Thankfully though my pants have gotten looser over the past 2 weeks. I want a single digit or yeah anything in the downwards direction would be pretty awesome.

It depends on your height and how you carry your weight I think if I was a 9/11 I'd look skinny-ish

It depends on how you feel. I a mamagazine brainwashed 20 year old who has it burned that the only way for me to be beautiful is if i am a size 2. I see other girls who wear size 10 and think they have amazing bodies. This proves that size is just a number, It depends on how you see your self. Haha now if I could only apply this to my own body :/

I don't think 10 is very big at all...of course I'm a giant lol...hey i look at it like this my wife Beyonce is a size 9...and she looks great lol

It really depends on what everyone else here has mentioned. Height, frame size, etc. When I was in a size 12, I looked fairly slim. I was definitely on the curvey side, but I have a large frame (based on one of those "measure your wrist, measure your elbow test things), and I do have very large hips. When I was a 12, I maybe could have gotten down into a 10, but that's probably the smallest I could go and feel healthy. I'm 5'6, so not terribly tall, I just have large hip bones and a large ribcage. *nod*

Right now, if I could get back down to a size 12, I'd be happy. A size 10? Well...I don't even remember the last time I fit one of those, so I don't know. I think as long as you're happy, you look healthy, and your other health factors (BMI, etc.) are in the healthy range, people can tell.

I agree with all the above post. Size is subjective. It amazes me that people can weigh different I mean 20+ pounds different and wear the same size. Feel great about your weight loss and celebrate the fact that you are a 10 there are numerous people myself included that would love to be a 10

Definitely a subjective thing that you have to decide based on your own body.

I wouldn't think a size 6 is big for almost anyone else... but I know that when I'm a size 6, I'm not yet looking my best. Even when I got down to a size 4 once before, I wanted to lose more weight... I might end up a size 2/3 at goal. (I'm very small framed and short).

If I'm not thinking about a specific person, I think of whether the size falls into "normal" or plus-sized departments at the stores I go to. So while someone might look totally hot in a size 16, if I just hear the number, I know it's often the largest "normal" size and one of the smallest "plus" sizes, so I may think of that as "big."