I would like to know how many of you are trying to get to a goal size as opposed to a goal weight?

Weighing in everday has become an obsession for me. I find myself on the scale up to 4 times a day. I have finally come to the conclusion that I need to be more concerned about the size of my clothes than the number on the scale. I was excited when I tried on a pair of pants that I bought 2 years ago that did not fit. The price tag was still on them. On a whim I tried them on and they fit perfectly.

Edited March 27, 201016 yr by 2911plans

My goal is for BOTH my weight and my clothing size to begin with a ONE. Anything beyond that will be "icing on the cake" (sorry for the delicious choice of words)!

I do weigh every morning, but I am more about size and how I look in my clothes. (well, out of them too)

I would LOVE to be below a size 12, but size 12 would do.

My goal size is also a 12. I was in a very tight 14 before surgery because I refused to buy a size 16. Some of the size 14 clothes did not fit and some did. I had several pairs of slacks where the buttons had popped off.

Both really, but I guess size is ultimately more important than weight. I am now a weight that I am not embarrassed to tell anyone, but I'd still like to be a smaller size!

The problem with size is the vanity sizing here in North America. I wear size 4 or 6 here, but wear 10 or 12 in Aussie or UK sizes. Therefore I always feel really fat when travelling ! With weight, I am the same weight no matter what continent.

I am a scale whore, I had to put mine in the trunk of my car and only bring it out Tuesday mornings for my weigh in. I know it's sad but you gotta do what you gotta do. So the answer to the question for me would be weight. My jeans are a size 10 right now and I beleave I could do a 9 as I'm using a belt to keep them up. But I care more about what the scale says.

I can't really aim for a size, not knowing what that really means. The last time I was the weight I'm aiming for, I wore anywhere from a size 6 to a size 12. I have no idea what that will translate into in today's sizing. And because sizing is not uniform ---designers tend to lean toward vanity sizing even more than most other US clothing manufacturers---I just can't even begin to figure out how to create that goal.

I've got clothes in my wardrobe in an Australian 8 to an Australian 16 - and they all fit me. If I try on a fitted dress I'll likely need the 12 for my hips and the top part of it will be enormous. I always buy jeans from jeans west and have to buy different sizes according to the style.

I'd like to come to America and fit into a size 6!!!! But what does it really mean?

I'm in America and would like to fit into a size 6 (LOL)

I've been the exact same weight for about two months, but my 14's are getting too big and the 12's are starting to fit pretty well. I'd like to be a 10. yes, it would be nice if the scale would cooperate, but fitting into smaller clothes and looking thinner is a bigger success than the actual weight--I can be 175 pounds of muscle in a smaller size because I'm toned, or 150 pounds of flab in a bigger size--I'll choose the former.

My goal weight would put me in a 2-4. I'm in a 6 now, and I'm still pretty big. When I lose these last 22 lbs, I'll be happy at whatever size I'm in.

It's so frustrating that women's sizes are so crazy. My husband doesn't understand at all since men's sizes are more standard. He asks me every Christmas-- "honey, what size are you?" And I tell him not to even bother. When I was at my goal weight last time, I had clothes size 6 -12, and tops size S to XL that all fit the same. Aaargh!!

My skeletal remains will be larger than a size 6 !

Humming Bird,

>>My skeletal remains will be larger than a size 6 ! <<

This made me laugh out loud. I'm with you on this!

You know I always thought so too.

Of course, some people are "big boned" and more muscular and meant to be bigger (not fatter!). But one thing that absolutey blew me away from weight loss is that I dont have the body type I thought I did.

I'd always look at models in magazines and think I was like a totally different species, that I could never get that thin. By the way, I'm NOT that thin and wouldnt try to be, health is more important. But it turns out I actually DO have that sort of body. I dont have the wide hips and broad shoulders I thought I did, I'm actually fine boned and fine muscled.