What will I look like?
I have been spending a lot of time today wondering what I’ll look like when I hit a few milestones. I have never been thin, even in high school I was probably a 14/16. It honestly never really bothered me, though, b/c I was always an athlete and my size didn’t interfere w/my ability to play. I wish I could remember what I weighed back then so I could use it as a comparison.
If anyone out there is about 5′6″, fairly muscular and about 200 pounds, would you mind sharing w/me what size you are? I generally carry my weight well, even right now at 245 I’m about an 18/20, and sometimes I see the infomercials and women will say that they are my weight and a size 26. So I would hope that by the time I lose another 45 pounds that I would at least be down to a 14, but who knows???? And I honestly have no clue what my goal weight should be. I have always been thinking 150 but when I check the BMI chart I see that this weight is at the very high range of normal. To counteract this I have set a goal size of being a 6/8, but that’s too abstract for me. I can visualize losing a certain number of pounds, but I can’t factor how long it will take to get to a certain size. If anyone has advice I would definitely welcome it.
Today I came home after school to lift weights. I’m so glad that I’m lifting weights at home now instead of the gym. I did a 45 minute FIRM DVD and I can already see the muscle definition starting to come back into my biceps, no kidding! That’s the beauty of weight lifting, it all comes back so quickly.
Progress toward workout goal: 79/250
Just saying “hi” — because I certainly don’t fit your shout-out!! I *wish* I were 5′6″ and “fairly muscular”!!!!!
Nope, I’m only 5′1″ - so my weight of 252 lbs sitting on my short little frame is a “bigger” load, so to speak. Like you, though, I’ve been overweight my entire adult life - so I don’t know what I’m gonna look like either!
I’m 5′10 and 203 lbs and in a size 16. However, I carry the vast majority of my weight in my midsection. So I have no idea.
My best friend, who shall remain anonymous
and has no idea I’m doing this, is 5′6″, 215 pounds. She wears a loose 16. I know, because I gave them to her.
Aren’t biceps the bestest?
Oh! I should have added more info, since I know her and her various weights so well…
At 185-200 she’s in a 14, 170-185 a size 12.
A classic hourglass shape, muscular legs, or I think she would wear smaller sizes.
Hmm… similar to me. In high school, i never cared b/c I too was an athlete and my sixe never interfered with my sports. Just the comfort of my uniform
I can’t help you on the height. I am 5′9″ and am thisclose to being under 200, but I am still in an 18 sometimes a 16. It’s all in my butt and thighs though. I think it just depends on the person. I read or see people my height that weigh more than me and they are talking about their 18’s being loose and I think to myself “how does that happen?” But i think it has a lot to do about where you carry it.
I am 5′9″, weigh about 202 with a crazy muscular frame, and wear a 14. I’m probably about 10-20 pounds away from my size 12’s, which for me are my goal size… at least for now. And this BMI business is so weird. I was 180 my whole life and looked fine, but technically that is overweight for my height. It’s all so confusing! Good luck!
This whole weight/size thing is crazy. I can’t figure it out. I’m 5′2″ and I wore a size 10/12 most of my adult life when I weighed between 130 and 140. I got up to a size 18/20 at 204 but that was the largest I ever got. What’s strange is that I almost doubled my weight and yet my clothing sizes didn’t change all that much.
Even now, I’m in a 14 or 16 petite but petites run smaller than other sizes so I don’t know how that compares. I don’t feel like I’m HUGE anymore but then I see women who look MUCH heavier than me and they say they wear a 14 or 16. I can’t figure it out.