Do you look your actual size?

[NMAmy]

I'm just a shade under 5'7" and people always think I'm taller. I think it's because I'm pretty much all legs--makes me look taller.

 

[Christine]

In my "heart", I am a size 10. But the stores keep telling me I am a size 6. What can I say--the older I get the smaller my size. For most of my life I've been a size 10. When I was 5'7 and 130 lbs, I was a size 10. Now I'm STILL 5'7" but I weigh 145 lbs. I'm a size 6 now so go figure that one out.

 

[4formickey]

I only look my size when I undress!

 

[lucyanna girl]

My weight is perfect.....if I were seven foot tall!

 

[swanmom]

In my case, "Objects in the mirror are actually much smaller than they appear"....................... I hope!

 

[luvmydogs]

I once had a dream that my dh was only a foot tall.

I kept him on a bookshelf.

 

[Briarmom]

I once had a dream that my dh was only a foot tall.

I kept him on a bookshelf.

Hmmm...perhaps you have the secret desire to be able to read your husband like a book?

 

[Stitchfans]

this should be a taboo subject.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

In my "heart", I am a size 10. But the stores keep telling me I am a size 6. What can I say--the older I get the smaller my size. For most of my life I've been a size 10. When I was 5'7 and 130 lbs, I was a size 10. Now I'm STILL 5'7" but I weigh 145 lbs. I'm a size 6 now so go figure that one out.

Sizing has changed over the years! When I was in high school in the 1970s, I weighed 100 pounds and was a size 3-5. Now I'm 120 pounds and I'm a size 4-6 petite. I would be more like an 8-10 in 1970s sizes!

 

[ilovepcot]

Sizing has changed over the years! When I was in high school in the 1970s, I weighed 100 pounds and was a size 3-5. Now I'm 120 pounds and I'm a size 4-6 petite. I would be more like an 8-10 in 1970s sizes![/QUOTE


Exactly! That's what messes me up and I'm always sooo shocked when people tell me the sizes they wear. People always look so much bigger than they "say" they are. As for me....I have no idea how I look to others. They're kind enough (so far) to keep silent on that matter!

 

[Art Vandalay]

I was in the pool! I was in the pool!

 

[luvmydogs]

I was in the pool! I was in the pool!

 

[icebrat001]

I am a size 1/2 I think I look like a size 5/6. I wish I looked smaller.

 

[VSL]

I once had a dream that my dh was only a foot tall.

I kept him on a bookshelf.

I opened the thread straight to page four and saw this!

As for looking what I way - my BF says no. Most people have been a touch shocked when I've told them.

The pics in my thread are recent (of me and my BF - I am not Paula Radcliffe!), and I weigh the same then as I do now. I know you can't see my body, but here are my stats:
Height 160cm / 5'3"
Weight 78kg / 172lbs [12 stone, 4 lbs] - conversion approx.
Clothes Size
- UK size 14 / US size 10 bottoms
- UK size 10 / US size 6 top

I'm working on losing weight. I'm not huge by any means, but I feel very uncomfortable (unfit, etc.) at this size, and really want to get back down to being a UK 8/10 [US 4/6], or hopefully a touch smaller (I'm getting back into running and want to run some races next year - and run them well!).

 

[ElizaB39]

Of course I don't, I am a PERFECT size 6, the labels in my clothes that say 10, are just saying that I am a PERFECT 10, like Bo ya' know!?

 

[MinnieM21]

Yes, I look my actual size, I'm really tiny. I'm 90 pounds and wear a kids 12. I can't even fit into a size 00. I hate it though since I'm 21 and wish I could fit into womens pants. Thank god I can fit into the sweaters, tank tops, shirts in the womens section.

 

[wellesleyprincess]

People always think I'm taller than I am. I have long legs and am also prone to wear heels. People also seem to find me a lot skinnier than I think of my self. I'm 5' 5.5" and a size 0 or 2.

 

[Aurora63]

I think I look my size. I'm about an eight. That's fine by me.

 

[Briarmom]

I was in the pool! I was in the pool!

 

[Feralpeg]

My heart is pretty big. I refuse to discuss the rest!