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Anonymous wrote:145, 5'6"

Let me ask you a question, PP. Do you feel like you are a reasonably thin person? I'm the PP who is 5'6 and fluctuates from 148-155, and I feel like I would be perfect at 145. But then I see many of my friends who weigh in the 120s and I think I'd really like to look like them. Am I kidding myself that 145 looks great on a 5'6 woman? I have big boobs and a spare tire around my belly, but my legs are ok.

I have the same numbers as the quoted lady, and I definitely feel... curvy. Not thin, not by any stretch. The big boobs are the worst part. I feel like they make me look fat. But yeah, the poochy tummy doesn't help, either. But hell, I'm 40 and healthy. It's not something I expend a lot of mental energy on.

Ha, weigh, not way

I way 500 pounds and am 5'0 and wear bedsheets instead of pants. Why do we have these stupid threads? So people can validate their weights with each other?

OP, why do you ask?

117 5'4

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:145, 5'6"

Let me ask you a question, PP. Do you feel like you are a reasonably thin person? I'm the PP who is 5'6 and fluctuates from 148-155, and I feel like I would be perfect at 145. But then I see many of my friends who weigh in the 120s and I think I'd really like to look like them. Am I kidding myself that 145 looks great on a 5'6 woman? I have big boobs and a spare tire around my belly, but my legs are ok.

I am not that PP but I am also 5'6". I like my body best in the 125-135 range. Around 130 is perfect for me. When I edge up to 145-150, I definitely do not feel thin and that is where for me I start to feel 'fat' as I have more rolls and my clothes don't fit as well. I still think I look okay at that weight, I don't look fat, but that is where I start to feel not thin/not fit/and pudgy. I have been as high as 170 and at that weight I felt and looked fat.

This is me exactly. I'm now 1 kid in at 160 and am working hard to get back to the 140's. To the other PP, I don't think you're kidding yourself about 145, that is a perfectly healthy weight for your height, as long as you're exercising. There's a big difference between a fit 145 and a fat 145 -- that's true for any weight. I run about 3-4 miles/5 days a week so my current 160 is a totally different size and shape than my fat/lazy 160, but there's still a lot of work to do. I was a fit 140 at my wedding and I looked a lot healthier than I did when I was pretty much anorexic at 118 in college. I think your goal is a good one!

5'6" 130

8 sometimes a 10. I do not like wearing tight clothes so I don't even try on a 6. Depending on the brand, an 8 or 10 is a good place to start for me. A nine is good but I don't like younger styles. I try to dress age appropriate. You see lots of older women doing the 20 year old look and it comes off sleazy almost pathetic slutty. I like coverage and I'm not trying to get attention.

Last night on Millionaire Shoppers an actor's wife had on what the gay dude told her was a size 6. She looked like a 200 pound sausage stuffed in that dress. It was a tight 18 at least.

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Anonymous wrote:Man am I wearing the wrong size? I'm 5'4, 133 lbs and wear an 8. Trying to get back to pre preg weight of 128 where I was a size 6.

That's crazy. Do you carry alot of weight in your stomach? No way you should be an 8.

I think I probably just need new pants. Not too much weight in my stomach, no, but still a bit poochy from two babies. Still nursing the 8 month old and hoping to lose a bit more, so I haven't shopped in a century.

5'10'' - 150lbs

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Anonymous wrote:When I was 150lbs, 5'8", I was a size 10/12. But then I have a large bust.

+1. WTF with the 5'2 155 size 8 poster? how is that possible?

I'm 5'3", 155 lbs, and a size 8. I workout 6 days a week, and have legs of steel. An hourglass waist. DD bust, well defined waist, and a bigger butt & hips. It is what it is. People's bodies don't come off an assembly line, and they're built pretty differently from person to person.

Anonymous wrote:I was a size 8 in pants at around 130; I'm 5'5". I was a size 8 in dresses at around 145. I'm not Kim K., but apparently my booty is wide.

This is me too. I'm a 4 on top and an 8 on bottom. 5'5", 138

OH, and I've been an 8 forever -- even back when I only weighed 125. Vanity sizing is both good and bad.

Anonymous wrote:5'6 162 Low body fat

I just don't believe this. When I was running 6 miles a day and weighed 10 pounds less than you at an inch taller, I couldn't have squeezed into size 8 if my life depended on it.

Anonymous wrote:Man am I wearing the wrong size? I'm 5'4, 133 lbs and wear an 8. Trying to get back to pre preg weight of 128 where I was a size 6.

That's crazy. Do you carry alot of weight in your stomach? No way you should be an 8.

5'6", 145