Question:
Whats up with clothing size?

Ok I need some help here..25 years ago the smallest I ever have been in my life I weighed about 140 and wore a size 10/12 now after wls 10 months post up down about -113 pounds weighing in at 192 at 5'3 inches I wear a size 10/12 I just dont understand it?? Someone guessed my weight yesterday and told me they thought I was about 130-140 geeeezzz!!!! Is this a good thing? I recently just fell below my 200lb goal. What do you think? Debra    — Debra J. (posted on August 3, 2003)

August 3, 2003
Hi Debra, You have loss inches of course! I'm sure you know this or should. lol
   — Hazel S.

August 3, 2003
being morbidly obese makes our bones denser - the longer one is morbidly obese, the heavier the bones become. Hence, you will weigh more than you look like you do and have a smaller body than you would "normally" have at that same weight. Someone who'd never been morbidly obese at the weight would look heavier. By the way, CONGRATS!
   — [Deactivated Member]

August 3, 2003
Debra, I know what you mean. When I was 16 I weighed around 200lbs and wore a size 18 I am three months post op and down to about 260 and am wearing a 18. Makes no since to me, but I am not complaining..
   — Angie H.

August 3, 2003
The difference in clothes sizes is due to the manufacturers trying to make us feel "thin" so we'll buy their clothes. I think Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14, which in today's sizes, would be a 6-8. Congrats on the loss!
   — Leslie F.

August 3, 2003
260 and wearing an 18, I am 167 and wearing a 16. Obviousely size is not a matter of weight, but a matter of build.
   — faybay

August 3, 2003
Sizes are crazy. I am 10 months post op down 111 since surgery weighing in at 134 lbs 5' 3.75" and just now getting into a size 10. I can't remember the exact size I wore at 192 but it was probably a 18. Strange :)
   — Shanchel

August 3, 2003
I noticed the same thing when looking at profiles and journals. When I weighed 150 way back when, I was lucky to fit into a 14; but seems as though most women my height at 150 are now wearing a 10. I was told it was because sizes were restructured down in the 1990's to reflect the "real" female body. Makes sense to me.
   — antiques55

August 3, 2003
Hi there, Debra! I guess you and everyone else here are very fortunate. I am 174 lbs. and I am still in an 18, the last time I was in this size I was 195 lbs.! For some reason, this tummy does NOT want to leave me, despite all the work I try to do on it. :-O I wish I could get to a size 12 !! Vi. open RNY 9/23/02 down 149 lbs.
   — Vi F.