You'll probably be in smaller sizes than you think -- sizes have gotten bigger as the population has gotten bigger. I'm 5'4" too, and at 135 I'm usually in a 4, sometimes a 6. I started at 225, wearing size 20 or 22. I'm not completely sure, but I think at 175 I was in a 14. At 150 I was probably in an 8. Hope that helps.
Thanks, that's very interesting. And I really like the idea of being in an 8 (who cares if the mfg'ers are making the sizes different - an 8 is an 8!!)
i think it also depends on the brand..i know if i shop at a plus size store, some things its 14..but i just went shopping at walmart..cause i refuse to pay top price fro clothing thats only going to fit for a month and they were size 16 or lg...
I'm 5'9" with very narrow hips. At 350 lbs, I wore a size 24, around 290-270 I wore a size 18-20, Right now at 243 lbs, I fit into a 16 in some pants, 18 in most. Right now the 16's fit my legs perfectly, but squish up my stomach fat! I wouldn't wear them.
I'm 5'4. At 150, I wore a 12, but that was over ten years ago. I don't know if the sizes have changed. Somehow I wore an 18 when I was 190 - 215. I wear a 20 at 230 lbs.
215 - 20W
185 - 16W
160 - 14
150 - 10-12
140 - 8-10
130 - 6-8
120 - 4-6 (with an occasional 2 or 8 hanging in my closet - there is no rhyme or reason to clothing sizes these days)
Last edited by CountingDown; 08-06-2009 at 10:39 PM.
All my life I was a size 0 or a 1....I weighed 112 in high school...and I was VERY skinny...I hated it...Mostly because Im a black mixed girl and with having black friends (in compton) you must have "hips and @ss" that is associated with being black (stereotypes)...My sister did though....everyone loved her.
After my first baby I went back to a ) after the 2nd I went to a 3...After the 3rd I went to a 5...and now I am a 5...I dont have hips and I have a nice butt but hey...I have always been small so When I was 165 it was heck for me! And people around me had a good ol time making me cry and hurt about being overweight....