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Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'8" and wear a size 12. I think you have to take body shape into account. I have a tiny waist, flat stomach, wide hips, and round ass. I'm also busty. I don't think I'm fat at all. I love my toned curvy body and so does my husband.

Hhhmm. I'm 5'8", very busty, 140 lbs, and a size 4-6. I'm having trouble believing you're not fairly chunky. Oh wait--you did say 'curvy'.

Agreed! I'm 5'9" 140#s and a 32DD. I'm truly curvy, if I were a 12, I would be straight up fat.

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Anonymous wrote:I wear a size 4 (6 in some pants) and I think I am fat a lot of the time.

I look horrible in yoga pants and most types of jeans due to my build--Stocky, muscular legs and 5'4".

As a size 12-- I'd be a house.

Yes, you would, because you are short. Someone who is 6' and size 12 might still look decent, because of her height and proportions.
It all depends on one's height and body composition.

I agree! My sister is 4 inches taller and wears bigger size and looks much thinner.

Some people are taller than others and have wider pelvises.

My hip bones are placed wide apart. Even when I was a underweight skinny 17 year old, I still had fairly wide hips. Thus the absolute smallest size pants I can wear is eight, maaaybe six with extreme sizing. That is when I am super skinny. When I am in the middle range of weight, I wear a ten or twelve. I am not fat.

All you little petite short girls, yes, you would be fat if you had to wear a twelve. Get over yourself.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'8" and wear a size 12. I think you have to take body shape into account. I have a tiny waist, flat stomach, wide hips, and round ass. I'm also busty. I don't think I'm fat at all. I love my toned curvy body and so does my husband.

Hhhmm. I'm 5'8", very busty, 140 lbs, and a size 4-6. I'm having trouble believing you're not fairly chunky. Oh wait--you did say 'curvy'.

Anonymous wrote:I wear a size 4 (6 in some pants) and I think I am fat a lot of the time.

I look horrible in yoga pants and most types of jeans due to my build--Stocky, muscular legs and 5'4".

As a size 12-- I'd be a house.

Yes, you would, because you are short. Someone who is 6' and size 12 might still look decent, because of her height and proportions.
It all depends on one's height and body composition.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand these comments at all.
At 133 and 5'8", I wore a size 10 wedding gown. How could a person think a 10 or 12 is worn by a fat person?
Also, with "vanity sizing", people are kidding themselves. They proudly say "I wear a size 4." when it really is a larger size.

I'm 145 and 5'3" and wear a 10. I'm definitely fat.

How can you be 145 and 5'3" and wear a size ten? I'm 10 pounds lighter and wear a size 10. Do your clothes feel like an old-fashioned girdle?

I'm 147 and 5'5" and I wear a size 4 (designer brands,etc). I wear 'small' in tops and nightgowns.

I am an athlete with little body fat, small waist. When I got down to 139 lbs once--everyone thought I had an eating disorder and kept telling me I was too thin. When I go to the drs and get weighed I always have to tell the nurse to move the marker thing on scale over-they always start on 120.

I wear a size 4 (6 in some pants) and I think I am fat a lot of the time.

I look horrible in yoga pants and most types of jeans due to my build--Stocky, muscular legs and 5'4".

As a size 12-- I'd be a house.

I'm 5'9" and a size 12 and I am smoking hot.

What a nasty thread. Since there is a stigma to the word "fat," this discussion can't be a constructive one. I am 5'10" and when I am a size 12 I look at feel good and all my blood work comes back fantastic. Do I still have fat on my bod? Duh, yes. But that is different from this stigmatized label "you are fat," which tends to mean "ugly, out of shape, and in need of more exercise and a diet." At a size 12 I am none of those things, since A) I am not ugly even when I weigh more than that, B) I have to work out HARD to maintain a size 12, and C) I have to eat very clean to maintain a 12. So at a size 12, yes, I HAVE fat, but I am not "fat."

Anonymous wrote:Today's sizing ~ this is the problem. I tried on some vintage (from 20 years ago) designer clothes and I fit 4 sizes smaller.

I think you have that backwards.

Today's sizing ~ this is the problem. I tried on some vintage (from 20 years ago) designer clothes and I fit 4 sizes smaller.

No, not at all.Some of my clothes are 12, specially tops, but you'd never consider me fat.More like top heavy.

Considering today's 12 is yesterday's 16...yes without hesitation FAT.

I'm 5'10" and 12 is the size I wear when I'm in a "good" weight (midrange for my height and build). Even when I'm extremely fit, I'm more of a 10 and possibly an 8. My thighs are heavy no matter what my weight is, so that's part of it.

I'm currently more of a 14/16 and definitely need to lose some weight. At size 12, I really don't.

I'm 5'8" and wear a size 12. I think you have to take body shape into account. I have a tiny waist, flat stomach, wide hips, and round ass. I'm also busty. I don't think I'm fat at all. I love my toned curvy body and so does my husband.