I have surgery in 3 days. I'm 5'4" and my healthiest weight post high school was 138 pounds and I was a size 12. I was in the military. As soon as I stopped that daily exercise is when I started ballooning. Anyway, I was searching for a size 12 goal pants this weekend and I didn't find anything that jumped out at me. Then, like magic, there it was. The perfect pair of Vera wang pants. For 5 Flipping dollars! How could I pass them up! The issue is...they are a size 10. The dream size. The size I've always wanted to be. So I bought them. Am I being unrealistic? Or do a lot of people actually surpass their goals and get thinner than they were in high school?

There are quite a few people on this site that have gone below their goal weight and are maintaining that weight. It is great to have that physical object (pants) as a tangible goal to reach for. Good luck!

Oh no its not...i bought a size 10 even before i had surgery...When i hit size 10 i did not even know...and now am a size 8 need to work on my tummy so i see no bulged LOL...it makes me work out at the gym even harder...I know what i spend to get those clothes...Am a bit LOL top heavy and i bought a medium dress all on sale of course....and it will fit TRUST me....good luck!!

The smallest size I ever remember being in middle/high school was a size 14. At 3 months post-op I'm wearing a size 11/12 (was in a really tight 18 when I started this journey). I think you could definitely get there.

If had more money and actually liked shopping again, I would buy all kinds of smaller clothes.

Depends on your body shape and the make of the pants. However, at 5'4" and 165 pounds, I wear a 10, and they are almost too loose. I think I would have been 14 at this weight in high school. The vanity sizing these days works for me

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Edited February 16, 201511 yr by woo woo

I am so scared to even dream of being a size 8. But my sister is the same height and is at the weight I have set as my goal and she is in a size 6! I have not worn anything smaller than a 12 as an adult and that was a flash in time when I was 23 yrs old. I'm twice the age and twice the size now at 47 yrs old and a size 16. I think about buying a size 8 and hanging them where I can wish on them everyday.....hmmmmm Might just have to do that!!!

Anything that motivates is a positive thing in my opinion! Your goal is totally realistic! Good luck to you!!

I have surgery in 3 days. I'm 5'4" and my healthiest weight post high school was 138 pounds and I was a size 12. I was in the military. As soon as I stopped that daily exercise is when I started ballooning. Anyway, I was searching for a size 12 goal pants this weekend and I didn't find anything that jumped out at me. Then, like magic, there it was. The perfect pair of Vera wang pants. For 5 Flipping dollars! How could I pass them up! The issue is...they are a size 10. The dream size. The size I've always wanted to be. So I bought them. Am I being unrealistic? Or do a lot of people actually surpass their goals and get thinner than they were in high school?

GOOD FOR YOU GIRL! Shopping is becoming fun again, isn't it??

I bought myself a pair of Lululemon yoga pants in a tiny size 8! I can't tell you the last time I was below a size 14 (or even a 16!) much less a single digit size haha but I bought them for motivation anyway! I keep trying them on (they only go above my knee right now lol) and they keep creeping up higher ,little by little, with the more weight I loose. Clothes can be a huge motivator! I hope that you ☆rock☆ those Vera Wang pants soon! ♡♡♡

I am so scared to even dream of being a size 8. But my sister is the same height and is at the weight I have set as my goal and she is in a size 6! I have not worn anything smaller than a 12 as an adult and that was a flash in time when I was 23 yrs old. I'm twice the age and twice the size now at 47 yrs old and a size 16. I think about buying a size 8 and hanging them where I can wish on them everyday.....hmmmmm Might just have to do that!!!

Anything that motivates is a positive thing in my opinion! Your goal is totally realistic! Good luck to you!!

You go Bobby! Do it! Do it!

I love it! Yes girl! Those size 10s are going to look great on you! This is the kind of attitude to have

I wore a 12 in middle school and am a 4 now. It's achievable!

5.3"- gone from size 22 to a size 8- 5 more to go!!!! You can do it

Today, clothing sizes for women are marketing tools--not keyed to standard sizes, which barely exist anymore at all.

Over the years, moderately priced women's clothing sizes have expanded:

"In Sears's 1937 catalog, a size 14 dress had a bust size of 32 inches (81 cm). In 1967, the same bust size was a size 8. In 2011, it was a size 0."

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_sizing

Today, clothing sizes for women are marketing tools--not keyed to standard sizes, which barely exist anymore at all.

Over the years, moderately priced women's clothing sizes have expanded:

"In Sears's 1937 catalog, a size 14 dress had a bust size of 32 inches (81 cm). In 1967, the same bust size was a size 8. In 2011, it was a size 0."

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_sizing

Yup! It's weird bc some things are still sized that way like uniforms. My sister is a paramedic and typically wears an 8/10 but her uniform is a 14!

Today, clothing sizes for women are marketing tools--not keyed to standard sizes, which barely exist anymore at all.

Over the years, moderately priced women's clothing sizes have expanded:

"In Sears's 1937 catalog, a size 14 dress had a bust size of 32 inches (81 cm). In 1967, the same bust size was a size 8. In 2011, it was a size 0."

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_sizing

I think it's not all for vanity tho... It's partially bc we've needed fewer of the smaller sizes (humans have just gotten bigger not fat, taller and bigger bones) and more sized added at the other end as the population has added more obese.