Ladies only please.....

I'm doing some quick research and would love some assistance from our gal members.

What do you consider your ideal dress size after a successful weight loss surgery ?

I am currently in a size 6 dress. Sometimes an 8, depending on the make. I feel a size 6, for me, is ideal but I wouldn't be mad if I ended up in a size 4. As long as the dress has sleeves. It's so hard to find dresses with sleeves anymore.

Oh I put waist size by mistake, ideal dress size is 8-10 which now I'm in a 10 and at my surgeons goal but I want to lose 10 more. I started at size 22.

Dress size doesn't mean much without height. Kinda like goal weight. I like the lean look and at 5'6" I wear a size 6 or small in women's clothes from most stores. In pants, a 28.

Lynda

Lynda, we are similarly sized ant height 5'6". At 139 lbs I am in tight 6's but I think in 4 pounds the 6 will fit perfect.

After my mommy makeover next year, that size 6 could possibly be a 4. I have a bunch of loose skin on my stomach.

Edited May 9, 201412 yr by NMJG

In my 20's I was a size 5-6 before I had a child - I was very athletic - after having a child the smallest I was able to get to was a 10. My first goal is 10 - but looking forward to getting into an 8. Currently wearing 14 size dresses, but they are starting to get really loose on me - but holding out until I reach 10 again before shopping for dresses

Ladies only please.....

I'm doing some quick research and would love some assistance from our gal members.

What do you consider your ideal dress size after a successful weight loss surgery ?

I'm 5"7. I would like to be a 10. I am currently a size 12. I was a 22. I have 15 pounds till goal weight. So hope I will get there soon.

Alex, one of the problems with this poll is vanity sizing is OUT OF CONTROL.

I went pants shopping yesterday and fit most 6's although some 6's were too big. Last time I was at White House Black Market I weighed 10# more than I do now I fit into their 2's-4s....I'd probably be a 0-2 at my current weight. I tried on a true designer label a few months back... and I was more like an 8... so what size do I wear?

Most of my dresses are 8-10s but I am bigger on top then on the bottom. Yet, some tops the small fits and the mediums are too big.

Seriously, the sizing is so inconsistent it is almost meaningless.

I consider being "single digit" sizes to be a big success - but frankly anything without a "W" after it was my idea of successful results post weight loss surgery. My all time largest size pants were 32W (plus sizes use a whole different system) and I pretty much wore 2-3X tops.

Oh Alex...I've had two children and am down more than 120 lbs. It just has to look good on me. And I don't care about the size as long as I'm not in the women's (plus) section anymore...which I'm not.

Edited May 9, 201412 yr by gowalking

Alex, one of the problems with this poll is vanity sizing is OUT OF CONTROL.

I went pants shopping yesterday and fit most 6's although some 6's were too big. Last time I was at White House Black Market I weighed 10# more than I do now I fit into their 2's-4s....I'd probably be a 0-2 at my current weight. I tried on a true designer label a few months back... and I was more like an 8... so what size do I wear?

Most of my dresses are 8-10s but I am bigger on top then on the bottom. Yet, some tops the small fits and the mediums are too big.

Seriously, the sizing is so inconsistent it is almost meaningless.

I consider being "single digit" sizes to be a big success - but frankly anything without a "W" after it was my idea of successful results post weight loss surgery. My all time largest size pants were 32W (plus sizes use a whole different system) and I pretty much wore 2-3X tops.

You'd be surprised but vanity sizing occurs in mens clothing as well. I frankly find it very annoying but I've come to accept it.

I look best as a size 4. Getting back there the second time is even more fun. In vanity sizing I was fitting a 0 or a 2. I loved it.

Edited May 9, 201412 yr by LilmissDiva Irene

For the first time in my life I am able to wear a size 8 dress!!! I have not met my goal (still have 30+ lbs to go but I am able to wear the "dream" clothes I bought a year ago. I will watch what I eat but I am not as focused on loosing these last few lbs since I can wear the clothes!

I think an 8 would be ideal. I can't imagine i would possible get much smaller than that.

Ladies only please..... I'm doing some quick research and would love some assistance from our gal members. What do you consider your ideal dress size after a successful weight loss surgery ?

Saw my doctor today and he is thrilled where I am now. I wear size 14 pants. I would love 12. I have never worn a 12 in my life. Dress size , don't know. Never wear them. I think a 12 there also.

I'm a size 8, and a small in Lands End dresses. :-)

Height definitely figures into it. I'm barely 5' tall - my doc says 4'11" but I claim the whole 5 feet! Sometimes even petite sizes are a little too long. :-)

Hi @@Alex Brecher

I'm in the UK. I'd like to be a US 4 (which is UK8). Particularly for jeans size!

Thanks

The ideal dress size for me at 5ft. 7in. would be a 12. I've never been this size before (it seems I skipped this size and went to a size 16 in my early teens). My ideal weight for my height is 150lbs and I am very optimistic that I will reach this goal within a year's time. Thanks to this site and all of the supportive feedback on what to expect and what not to I know that I am successfully transitioning to a lifetime of health and wellness. I'm three weeks post op and I've lost about 40lbs thus far.