Sizes and Weight

Isn't it amazing how people can weigh the same and wear different sizes. I guess it has a lot to do with body frame and how toned your body is. My weight last week was 202lbs and I am wearing a 14 comfortably, can squeeze into some 12's (uncomfortably). Most people (that I have shared that I had WLS) can't believe I still weigh in the 200's. I guess as my son would say, I'm just thick. What's your take on this?

Happy to say 196 wear size 12...10's uncomfy...but darn it I can get in em'...lol heheh SO happy to be in 12's though...and I think I lost about 1/2 and inch on my boats...err...feet! love ya'll, TJ

Well I am officially as of today 212 and wear a size 16 though those are getting a littly saggy. I haven't attempted to do the 14 thing because in my mind i'm nowhere near that. Also I think height factors in and the fact that we are less a great deal of fat than your average weight loss person. I figure personally that maybe when I am around 200 I will be a 14, and probaby around 185 I will be a 12 at least thats the prayer. But I've also found that the price of the clothing and the manufacturer makes a huge difference in the size. In expensive clothes heck in tops I am a 12/14 in not so expensive tops I am easily an xl with 16 at the bottom. Great job on your weightloss!!!! Morgan 295/212/160 ish

It is so true what you said, about different people with the same weight wearing different sizes. My friend who had her surgery a year ago, and started out much heavier than I did. She is now about the same weight as me, but I'm in a size 18 and she is in a size 20/22. She is also taller than I am, so I would have assumed that she would be a smaller size, but she isn't. I guess it just depends on the person. I can't wait to get down to 202!!!!!! I'm still stuck at 231. Have a good day. Deanna

Beejay, I've lost 104.5 lbs and have went from a size 32 to a size 24. I still weigh 280 lbs. It seems that even though I've lost so much weight I haven't changed that much. Weird huh? I was told that the sizes on people don't change that much for the 1st 100 lbs, but, they really go down on the 2nd 100 lbs. You have had a lot less to lose, so won't go through that. I think a size 14 is fantastic! Lori 384/280.5/170

I am a total PEAR shape. Right now I weigh 178 and am 5'4" and still wear a 16 pants but a med top. I have always been "little in the middle but she got much back"

I am 5'5 and weigh 208. I currently fit into a 18 bottom and a LG-XL shirt depending on the maker. I am a thick Mexican girl with tortilla thighs and a guacamole gut. I cant wait to fit into a size 14! lol I dont really feel like I weigh 208... I guess it has been so long since the last time I was here that I forgot how it feels. I still feel really big some days... I hope that eventually my body image issues change! Kathy

Lets see I am a size 10 trouser...and a medium sweater, a large button down top, and a size 13 jean. People also don't beleive my weight of 182...and when I tell them I need to lose 40 more pounds they say...well where are you going to lose it from...

You know it is funny too...because I can look in the mirror and sometimes I STILL see the old me and I get sad... : ( Am I weird? TJ

I can relate. I started this journey as a SMO (super morbibly obese) @400 pounds. I know weigh 288. I have lost -112 pounds in 5 months. I was wearing a 30/32 top and a 32 Tall "stretch" pants. I'm 5' 10", and I can fit into a 22 top and 22 jeans now. I did manage to get into a 16/18W top, but it "fit". So I agree, we are all different. I'm am basing my goal now on size. I want to be a size 14. I don't care what I weigh. Being that I'm soo tall, I have seen some profiles where they have weighed 220 and wore a size 14. That works for me. But I would love to be 199 too!!!!! Carmella