Ladies, what do you consider your ideal dress size ?

[triplethreat 257]

I was purging my closet and have a nice size 12 dress that fits me and I'm a size 8. I can wear a smaller size sometimes, even have a size 4 in my closet...but I'm closest to an 8 than anything.

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[Mrs.ChangingTX 51]

I can wear a "10" now. When I get to goal "4 or 6" that will the smallest ever. I always wanted to be a "10." Now what I want most is to be healthy with a normal BMI. A dress size alone is not a good indicator of "good health."

[Kathy812 794]

I was down to a size 10 about a year ago, loved how I looked in clothes and was trying for a size 8. My doctor told me lots of patients regain 10-20 pounds around the two year mark, so I wanted to make sure I gave myself a cushion. Welllllllll...... Fast foward almost another year, I am now a size 14! And it's a real struggle to lose a pound! I would be perfectly content being a size 10.

[armywife79 123]

I am now more than a year out from surgery. I'm 5'9 and I now wear a size 10/12. I am at my Dr. Prescribe goal weight. I could get thinner but, honestly, I feel beautiful and very confident at this size. Im near 40 and I think this is the most attractive I have ever been in my life. When a clerk at any store asks me my size, I hold my head high when I say what size I wear!

[savyourdvine1 110]

2 months out.... Size 8 would be my ideal size. My husband would say that's too small.

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[Candygyrl 637]

SO in my head an ideal dress size is a 6. That's also the answer I believe if you surveyed 100 random women in the street they would say. I'm currently a 10, sometimes an 8. I can buy dresses from Fashion Nova in a Medium and they fit great.

@Kathy812 I'm glad you commented about regain. As I'm getting closer to my goal I need to keep this in mind although I hoped to maintain my weight within 5-10 lbs of goal by going slightly under so when or if I gain, I'm still at or near my goal weight.

[akaet 91]

6 working on it. I'm a 12 right now.


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HW-220
Pre-op 194.3
RNY
SD June 16th 2017
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GW-140
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[monalyssa33 138]

I believe I am "big-boned" so I think going past a size 10 for me would look odd. I'm in between a 14 and 16 right now and already you can see my ribs sticking out if I wear tighter clothing.

[Julie norton 2,850]

Wellll... 10 years post wls.

Would have liked to stick to size 10, (size 8 for about 2 weeks)but my body apparently had other ideas

So 12 it is ...and shall remain....and I'm still trying almost everday

I am hopeful

[Bombs 353]

Wellll... 10 years post wls.
Would have liked to stick to size 10, (size 8 for about 2 weeks)but my body apparently had other ideas
So 12 it is ...and shall remain....and I'm still trying almost everday
I am hopeful

Inspiring! 10 years. Be proud!![emoji4]