Sometimes I buy a 12 and have it altered to fit me (6-8 with a weird body) then I rip out the tag. I am not overweight but I don't like skintight. Point is just rip out the tag.

I was always size 4 or 6, and two years after the baby I finally have to face the fact that I am now size 8 on the bottom. Sometimes I hate my body so much I want to take a knife and start slicing pieces off. That's for me.

I think size 12 is overweight unless you have mitigating issues (you are very tall or a serious athlete or just naturally big-boned). If you are size 12, I think you already know whether you are this way because of fat, or because you are fit and healthy but are just designed on a larger frame.

I don't know. The next time I see a fat lady, I'm going to ask to look at her clothing tag.

if not fat then must be very "big boned"

I'm size 12, rarely a 10 wi fit, I'm 5-10 and I've been a 12 wife I was about 22 or so

5' 10" and size 12. I could get into a size 8 it I want to sport clam diggers with a camel toe. Some of us need the length. I know, I am blessed with amazing legs.

I'm 5'10", and I feel good in size 12. It's all proportion.

Hey 11:20 - you are a real ass. I'm 5'9 and curvy, and yrs, my three c-sections....including the most recent one for my baby...have done some damage. And some of the body stuff is genetic. My mom weighs just under 100 but her tummy is where she carries weight after having four kids (like me). And she's a size 8....5'5, less than 100 lbs, skin and bones, but with a tummy...just like me. I eat rather healthy. Mostly protein, few carbs, and no sugar. Need to lose the last ten pounds of baby weight, then I'll be a size 10 (or perhaps an 8 at Loft or Ann Taylor). But I'll still have a tummy thanks to multiple sections, the fact that I had my last baby at nearly 40, and genetics.

Who knows....maybe my tummy will go down a bit and I can drop another size....but you will always be a bitch regardless of your pants size.

Have a nice day, Toonces

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who say size 12 is not fat- what weight were you and what height? maybe a body fat calculator would be a better guide as to whether someone is fat or not.

For me a size 12 is not fat and I guarantee none of you would think I am fat. I am 6'0 and 160 and wear a size 12. Not fat!

I'm a size 12. I'm a bit overweight, say 15 or 20 pounds. I get hit on all the time though so who cares?

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Anonymous wrote:Few women are a size 12 due to muscle unless they are body builders. I would consider a size 12 chubby but not fat. Probably someone who could lose 10-30 lbs depending on height

This is me. I am 5'9" and defintely need to lose 25-30 lbs. But I have never really been below a size 10, even when I was 40 lbs lighter. Of course that was before size deflation.

I'm 5'8" and normally a size 12 when in the "normal" not overweight BMI range. When I had an eating disorder in HS I was never smaller than a size 8/10 even though I weighed 35-40 pounds below my healthy weight. I can't change the size of my frame.

Anonymous wrote:I used to be size 12. Now I'm a size 6. I didn't do anything at all -- my body is exactly the same as it was before -- it's just that vanity sizing has become completely ridiculous. So yeah, if what was a 12 is now a 6, then 12 must be fat.

unless your 70 I think you are simply squeezing your fat *ss into pants that are too small. because sizing has not change that quickly.

I used to be size 12. Now I'm a size 6. I didn't do anything at all -- my body is exactly the same as it was before -- it's just that vanity sizing has become completely ridiculous. So yeah, if what was a 12 is now a 6, then 12 must be fat.

I am a size 12 and think i am fat. I could definitely stand to lose 20+ lbs and hate the way I look. I'm working on it, but i do not lose wieght easily.

At the same time I don't at all think I am unhealthy. My bloodwork is good, i exercise regularly and I am probably in better shape than a lot of people who are not overweight.