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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I went from a size 6 to a size 14 very quickly. It's not sick at all. I was not healthy and depressed by it. PArt of the reason people are so large in this country because it can never be addressed properly. For my size--5'3"-- a size 14 in 1990 (not even today's vanity sizing yet) was huge.

20 lbs would not take you from a 6 to a 14.

This.[/quote]

I"m 5'2" and when I was in college I put on a lot of weight too--at my highest was around 138. At the time I was wearing at least a size 10, maybe 12. I lost 20 lbs, am the same weight now and wear a 4 or 6. When I was 112 (eg 6 lbs thinner) I was a 2.  When you're this short, 5 to 7 lbs is an entire dress size. [/quote]

You can drop a dress size with 5-7 lbs, but that's the smaller you get - ie, from a 4 to a 2. There is no way there is 5-7 lb between a 12-14 or something. I'm the pp who went from 185 to 130, and 14 to a 4 at 5'2" (for the most part, comparing my usual size at most stores)

Yes, the shorter you are the difference between sized might be less. [b]But there is no way 20lbs will take you from a 14 to a 6, unless you gain competitive body-builder levels of muscle[/b].[/quote]

This is especially untrue.  If you build muscle, you remain compact. Fat is much less dense than muscle. If you gain 20lbs of muscle, your size will not go up nearly as high as if you gain fat.  NOT EVERYBODY IS THE SAME.

I'm 5'9". I went from 180 to 145. I went from a 14 to a 4.  As I lost weight I gained muscle. I'm sitting at 15% body fat.  I look like I weigh much less than my actual weight because I have muscle mass.

If I were 5'2" and lost 20lbs the same way I did at my height now, the change would be dramatic.[/quote]

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