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Height, Weight, And Size Poll

Where do you stand?

No matter where you are on your journey, could you share some body stats? If not your current stats, then where you started?

I sometimes see people becoming discouraged if someone is losing faster, or someone who weighs the same as they do can wear a smaller size.

I think it will help to see that everyone is DIFFERENT, we all carry our weight differently, and height makes a difference. Muscle mass and gender make a HUGE difference.

Feel free to update as your size changes.

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My top weight was 255lbs Jan 1, 2012. I was wearing 20/22 pants and XXL shirts and some 3x.

I had my sleeve May 28,2012.

I currently am 180lbs and am wearing 31/32 jeans (some 34 depending on brand and fit) and shirts are LG or Medium.

I'm 5'3"

5'7"

HW - 337

CW - 330.6

Size -26/28 (snug)

Surgery - February

GW before pre-op visit - 319.5 (<50 BMI or it's 2 weeks of liquid diet before surgery)

GW - 150 (25lbs higher than my weight in my 20s.)

heaviest weight: 242.2 i am 5'3. i had surgery april 20th 2012 and currently weigh 155.8. i don't regret a thing!

I'm 5'5, 280, and size 22.

This is fun to see everyone's stats and successes!

Highest weight - 338

Surgery weigth - 307

Date of surgery - 1/31/12

Current weight - 216

Goal - 168?

I used to wear tight 26-28 and 4x or 5x tops. Now I'm in 18 pants and extra large shirts. None of my shoes fit...I lost a full size.

Started at 260lbs a year ago - now 173lb . Was a size 3x and size 24 pants - now regular large top and size 14 pants. 5' 3" tall

Feeling great !

I am five foot four and started at 262.. Size 22 pants and 2x shirt. (sleeved 3/12/12). Now i am 148 lbs and wear a 4 or 6 pants and a small or med shirt.

Height 5'3"

Highest Weight 260ibs' date=' size 20/22 pants and 1x-2x tops

Surgery Weight 221.5lbs, size 18/20 and 1x tops

Current weight, 138lbs, size 4/6 pant, xs/s tops

I was a slower loser, it took me 18 months to reach my goal of 140lbs, and now I have dropped a little below! And it is true about sizes varying wildly depending on bones, muscles, etc. I wear the same size as someone I know that is almost 10lbs lighter than me![/quote']

I'm your height basically (1/2 inch taller) and at my lowest adult weight, I was 140 (which on Weight Watcher's is still considered "out of range.") I felt great at 140 and my mother thinks that if I had gone lower, I would have looked emaciated and YET, I was never in single digits like you. My lowest size was 10/12. Congrats at meeting your goal and then some. YOu look great and I am sure that you feel wonderful, too.

Hoping I get back to 140-world. It was a good place to be.

5'4"--started at 246 pre op

Surgery 11.28.12

Presently 216#..not sure about what size I am in...started at a 12/14 top and 16/18 bottom..probably down a size.

  • 3 weeks later...

5'6. 225lbs

Size 14/16 ( now)

Goal 150lbs and size 10

Surgery date

2/27/13

Dr Garcia ( Tijuana Mexico)

Hello everyone this is my first post, I just found the forum recently.

Height - 5' 9"

Highest weight - 398

Surgery weight - 375

Surgery date - 7/13/12

Current weight - 208

Goal weight - ?

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5'6. 225lbs

Size 14/16 ( now)

Goal 150lbs and size 10

If you're a 14/16 at 225, you'll probably be a 6/8 at 150. :)

I'm 5'2" and apple shaped. I'm currently a size 18/20 and 2x tops at 240lbs. Back when I was 190, I was still a size 18, though it was loose, with xl-xxl tops, large at old navy because their stuff runs huge.

What's funny is that around 4 or 5 years ago, before losing and gaining back, I weighed 230 which is 10lbs less than I do now, and I was in a size 22 and 3x tops. Maybe the sizes are getting bigger?

At my highest weight many many years ago, I was around 270 or 280 (I stopped using the scale) and I was into a 3x, and 20-24 pants depending on the brand.

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