What is your height?
5'3.
What was your highest weight and jean/shirt size?
197, 16 pants.
What was your starting weight and jean/shirt size?
See above.
What is your current weight and jean/shirt size?
I'm 134, a size small shirt, a size 8 pants, and a size 6 dress. Sometimes I can wear a size small dress if it's got stretch or loose over the hips, since that's where I carry excess weight.
What is your goal weight and jean/shirt size?
I'm not sure yet. At 134, my waist is 27 inches and pretty flat/fit-looking, which makes me look smaller than I am. However, I carry excess weight in my legs, and I'd like them to firm up. I'm guessing I won't achieve my desired body until about 120, and that'll have to be with lots of exercise. I'd like to be a size 4 pants.
Total weight lost?
Almost 65 pounds.
After or while losing weight, are you still the same height?
Yup.
After or while losing weight, are you still the same shoe size?
I went down about a half size (from an 8 to a 7 1/2), but I can still wear my 8's.
Do you have any loose skin or sagging?
Fortunately, I didn't. I think it's because of my age? I do have mad stretch marks on my thighs, though.
At what amount of loss did it start showing?
I noticed the biggest change around 160. After that, I noticed EVERY 5-10 pounds lost. Most people just started remarking on the difference now. I have strangers at work come up and tell me how much progress I've made.
What was your bra size, and what is it now?
I was wearing a 38DD back then, but the bras were too small. I never cared about bras because I was too ashamed to care about my appearance. Now I'm a 32DD/34D (I usually have to wear the latter because 32DD's are hard to find, although 34D's are too small).
Are you happy with your weight loss?
Very! My life has changed in so many ways. I feel like I need to make up for lost time and want to do everything.
If there is anything you could change about how you lost the weight, what would it be? (more exercise, healthier diet?)
I would have been more active the entire time and I would have not cheated so much. I have never cheated enough to gain more than a pound or two back, but I'd have made quicker progress if I had stuck to 100% healthy all of the time instead of about 75% healthy.
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If you have any pictures to show your different sizes, feel free to post them It's amazing how height and body shape makes a difference in sizes. I think this would be a good way to show each other that although you may have lost 50 lbs and gotten to 200 lbs you can be anywhere from a size 14-20. Seriously, you'd be surprised what size jeans some girls where. We are all different on the outside and in and we shouldn't get discouraged if we aren't exactly the same as the next girl.
I love this. It took me a very, very long time to stop comparing myself to other girls. I've finally realized we're all different and even if we're the same weight, height, and even measurements, we still won't look the same.
