Wow. This is pretty insane. I had no idea it varied so much. I'm 5'9" and I put my first goal at 165 because that is the highest number on the healthy BMI range for my height. I want to be healthy! That said, I want to look good too. All along I've been assuming that I would need to go way lower than 165 - maybe even as low as 130. This thread made me feel so much better. Mandallin - I want what you have exactly!
Thanks guys. Everything feels a lot more doable all of a sudden. I think being on weight loss sites and reading about people in the 180's aiming for 120 and 140 aiming to lose weight really makes it difficult to get a good sense of what you're doing and what you should be aiming for, personally.
Mandalinn…how can we be the same height and basic weight and you’re almost two sizes smaller than me?! No fair! Lol.
I am REALLY muscular (both from weight lifting through entire weight loss and from just being built that way), which makes me compact even though I weigh more. Also, my build is very athletic/boyish (no chest, very little hip/butt, straight at the waist), which means I don't have to get bigger sizes to accomodate larger hips or a bigger bust.
My wife weighs 10 lbs less than me, same height, and wears 2 pants sizes bigger because of her hips...but we have to get her pants taken in at the waist.
The variations in our bodies really is amazing. I'm 5'9", and I went from 275 to 165 a few years ago. I was in a size 8 and 10 and wearing medium shirts and size small running shorts (which blew my mind). I gained a ton of weight back with my pregnancy and am working on getting back down to 165. I think it will be different this time, though, because pregnancy changed my body. My stomach has always been my biggest part, but now it's even bigger, so I think I'll be in a larger size when I get to 165 this time. I'm perfectly ok with that, though. I just want to be in regular sizes and be fit enough to run long distances again.
To the original poster, I know others have said it too, but 140 pounds at 6 feet tall seems rather low!
Thanks! I agree... I think 140 will be too low for me, but we will see.
My friend that is a size 24 is only 5 feet tall, so that may explain why she wears that size.
Another question tall ladies - When you started, how many pounds until you saw a difference in your clothes. I see ads that say lose a dress size in a week, etc. From what I can lose in a week, I doubt that will be a dress size... just curious.
I know I've already posted once, but I just got home form work and I had to come back on and just say how much weight (ha) this thread has taken off my shoulders. 5'9" and 165 here I come.
Scatterheart, you're going to love 5'9" and 165! I did, and I can't wait to get back there! I was only there for about five minutes before I got pregnant, but it was a good five minutes!
Another question tall ladies - When you started, how many pounds until you saw a difference in your clothes. I see ads that say lose a dress size in a week, etc. From what I can lose in a week, I doubt that will be a dress size... just curious.
It took me a really long time to see a difference in clothing - close to 30 lbs, and even now, at 40+ lbs, I'm still wearing some of the same things, although a lot is too big.
Your general build plays a part, too. I'm top heavy, so of course, I see a much faster change on the bottom, where I need to lose it less! lol!
I'm just over six feet tall and my best weight, as an adult, was in the 170-180 range. When I was exercising regularly I was a size 10 at that weight and felt wonderful. I wore a size eight for a while (a LONG time ago) and my friends kept offering me food (I didn't look so healthy, apparently).
How about clothing sizes. I know I will never be a size 2, but what size can I expect to wear once I am within the goal range? Would love to know from your experience.
Thanks!
Sorry - I have to add this: we tall chicks need to quit comparing ourselves to short girls who can wear size "2" or whatever! Healthy is much better than overweight but some arbitrary size shouldn't matter.
It's like my friend told me - a Great Dane doesn't feel bad about not being a chihuahua!
I am 5'11" and currently 195 lbs and wearing size 12. I have my goal set at 170 lbs. I think that I look like I have more than 25 lbs to lose, but I also have a huuuuge loose skin problem, so I really don't know. I am trying to not focus on the scale at all, and will see as I get down further whether or not to adjust my goal either up or down. I have never been this size, so can't relate, and hope that I will know when it is a good weight for me to maintain.
This makes me feel huuuge lol. I do work out a lot, and I have a bit of muscle from weight training, but I also have a big bust and hips...but a smaller waist...I seem to be bigger than everyone else by size D:
I'm a bit confused on the UK/US sizing issue as well. Most websites I looked at say UK 12 is US 10. But then a few say UK12 is a US8. Confused, I should be .
Having lived both places, and worn a variety of sizes in each, my honest take on the sizing difference is that it's more like 1.5 sizes between UK and US sizes. Of course, sizing is so bloody variable between manufacturers that I really only start with any given size as a rough guess, and then go up or down as the garment requires.
Anyway, topic! I'm six feet tall, and currently hovering around 179-181 pounds, and I'm mostly wearing UK 14s and 12s. My best guess as to what that would mean in US sizes is around a 10, with some 8s, maybe. My weight is just below the overweight line, and while I despair of some areas of my body, at this height and this weight, I honestly look normal-to-verging-on-thin, and in some areas, such as my shoulders and upper torso, actively skinny. My build is on the high end of medium, and at this point, I really think I'm only trying to take off another five or ten pounds to see if it does any good for my last trouble spot, which is my midsection, and drops me solidly into a UK12.
Im 5'11 and I'm currently 172 (size 12) My goal is to be 160 and hopefully a size 10. I will be happy with a 10. 12 is still the lowest plus size and I really would love to get out of the "plus" sizes.
I'm 5'11" and my goal is 155. This was my weight after losing about ten pounds my freshmen year in college. I wore a size 8, and of course didn't think I was thin at the time. I maintained between 155 and 160 for three or four years. And then lost another 7 pounds to 148. I don't think I looked underweight at that size. People didn't tell me I was too skinny, they'd tell me how good I looked. But I was only able to maintain that weight for like a month and a half. So I don't think it is as viable goal for me. Honestly I feel good in a size ten. Which universally fits me around 165 to 170. But I feel great as a size 8.
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