Size?

MyWedding13

Does the size of your clothes matter to you? Is there any size that you refuse to go to or above? I know it shouldn't matter, but I just got jeans today that I ordered and I was irritated because the size is printed on the inside and not on a tag and it is in hugeeee letters/numbers. I guess I just don't want people knowing what size I am, particularly my mom and sister because they tend to be hyper-critical. Does anyone else think like this or is it just me??

vballgirl78

I often think that too, but I try not to.  The thing I try to remind myself, is that a size 12 (for example) can be so dramatically different depending on where you buy that size 12 item.  Its really silly.  I know at a time when I wore a size 12, I had items in my closet that were size 8, size 10, and size 14- all of which fit.  Try not to worry about the number, but worry more about how you feel.  (Honestly, I'm trying to type this out as a pep talk to myself too..... I need to stop thinking about number).

slubkin

Only matters to me insofar as the difference between regular and plus sizing.

At my thinnest I wore a 9 or 11 when I was working at Wet Seal (junior sizes), and at my biggest I was a 22W or so... I'm at the point now where I've lost enough to be trying to cross the gap back from plus sizing to regular sizing without looking like a sausage.

slubkin

Well done, Joy! 

I remember when I was putting on weight how I had to eat my pride and accept the fact that I would look better in bigger clothes that fit properly than I would spilling out of something that was too small. 

I have to say it's nice to have the opposite occur now that the weight is coming off.  I get excited when I can fit back into some item that I haven't been able to wear in years.

jenb1205

Size is another number (just like weight) that I try not to let bother me.  Easier said than done though!  There are days after shopping (especially for all the wedding related dresses I've needed this year) when I wanted to go home and put on my own clothes that I knew fit! 

I don't getnerally get too worked up about it anymore though because my FI doesn't really care and I am generally more concerned about fit.  I vainly bought a pair of shorts one size smaller than everything else I have and I was so darn proud of myself.  For some reason they only fit me that day, I must have been having a really "skinny day" or looked in a funhouse mirror in the dressing room.  Now, when I put them on, all I see is SAUSAGE THIGHS and MUFFIN TOP so to Goodwill they will be going soon. 

kailapennington

I dont want to sound rude but shouldnt this be motivation to be healthy and excercise more? This should be used in a positive way and motivate yourself to get back to a healthy size and weight.

sammichele

I would say yes and no.  For me anyway, I want to lose about ten pounds, but I want to stay the same size that I am now.  If I went down a size, that would be okay, but when I was ten pounds lighter than I am now I WAS the same size (don't really know how that worked out) so I'd basically just be really upset if I had to move on up in any way.  I don't want to give myself the leeway that one size bigger wouldn't be too bad.  Technically, it wouldn't, but there is no need for me to be gaining any more weight/mass.

raynes

I would honestly prefer to use clothing size as an indicator of my fitness than my weight.  I mean, I lost 2 pant sizes and only 1.4 lbs.  If I was only tracking weight, I'd be banging my head against the wall wondering what it was all for.

I don't really have a weight goal, but I do have a goal to fit comfortably into size 8's.

I will admit, though, I usually hate shopping.  Sizes vary so much that you grab what you think you are, and when that doesn't fit, it does get depressing.

jonchrissy

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[QUOTE]I dont want to sound rude but shouldnt this be motivation to be healthy and excercise more? This should be used in a positive way and motivate yourself to get back to a healthy size and weight.
Posted by kailapennington[/QUOTE]

I have to agree...if I go into a store and the size that I usually am doesn't fit or is too snug I take it as I need to re-evaluate my diet and exercise rather than buying a pants size up. While I agree, it sucks to have the size stuck right there on your pants, it should say something if you're normally an 8 at the gap and the next time you go the 10 is too snug.

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]  Sizes vary so much that you grab what you think you are, and when that doesn't fit, it does get depressing.
Posted by raynes[/QUOTE]

This is exactly what happened with those jeans!  The checkout girl at the Gap said those particular jeans ran super small and she had the same problem with buying a size up.  I know it's just a number, but sometimes it can make you feel really bad. 

EDIT: and yes, I did use it as a way to re-evaluate what I'm eating and how well I'm exercising anyway.  I knew that I wasn't doing the best job and "running small" or not, it was time to pay attention to those things.

LilyS2011

I am a lurker coming out of hiding, Thank you for posting this I am  sometimes more concerned with length ( I am 5'11) than the size, I am a  8/10 and trying on dresses for the wedding, I was so depressed with the crazy sizes they tried to put me in, and were rude about having to "outfit "  a tall person that was not a 2. But as a previous poster pointed out its just another number.

MacFreitas7

This is a perfect post...

I say to myself all the time that I need to change my eating habits and strictly go to the gym every single day. It comes in spurts.

I don't understand why I can see one girl who (hope this isn't mean) clearly bigger than me... yet she is buying a size 10. (I'm a 16) I have a thing against a muffin top - i think it's one of my BIGGEST pet peeves... I don't have one and I REFUSE to have ANY excess hanging over my pants... HENCE why I dress my body accordingly.

Maybe it's the girls that DON'T care that will buy whatever they think is their "size" even though it may look awful on them.

I'm getting married in exactly 1 year (and 2 days) and the buck stops here... I confess that I'm an addict to Diet Coke and this is not helping. I confess that I love McD's hasbrowns and why do they offer 2 on the $1!??
i also confess that FI LOVES me just the way I am (don't they always? BUT he wants ME to be HAPPY with MYSELF... so ENOUGH is ENOUGH- I will fit into those size 12 long and lean tall jeans at GAP before I get married

Sorry for the VENT.

raynes

Weird, usually people on these boards are short, I'm usually considered tall (and I'm only 5'7")  MyWedding and Lily, you ladies are tall!  I hope you rock it.

kayakrunhike

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[QUOTE]I am tall also, so length is always an issue but I am a size 12. I am six feet tall, so I don't think I could realistically/healthfully be below a size 8. I just sometimes feel that because my friends (who are all around 5'4-5'7) are all small and size 2's and 4's that I am big because I am 12. I guess I also forget that I have six inches or more on those girls lol.
Posted by MyWedding13[/QUOTE]

Lol, welcome to my world.  I'm 5'9", usually a size 12, and by far the tallest of our group of friends, not to mention the only one who has an athletic build.  My one bff barely hits my chin, and she's a 2/4 size.  It's tough to feel like you're the 'biggest' one, esp when shopping together, but you're right.  Realistically for us, anything below an 8 wouldn't be healthy.  I've been measuring as well as weighing myself, so that even when I feel like I didn't accomplish anything scale-wise, the tape measure usually gives me a pleasant surprise. 

MM&JB

I think size has always been a big deal for me.  I'm 5'8" and currently a size 8 but I was always very thin growing up and was a size 4 when I met my fiance.  Now I am twenty pounds heavier.  I know I am still healthy, but it is hard for me to feel comfortable in my current size.  Many of my friends are shorter then me and are thin so when I am around them I feel huge.  I know its an unhealthy way to look at things so I'm working on being happy with how I am now.