For fun, please help! Clothing Size vs. BMI?

[fruitandveggies 456]

Pre-op BMI: 51 - Size 22/24

Post-op BMI: 36 - Size 18/20

So weird that I've lost 90 pounds and only two sizes! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Newme17 3,444]

Pre op BMI 41, size 20

Post op BMI 35, currently, size 16ish....based on exercise/yoga pants.

[jess9395 5,448]

Pre-op BMI: 51 - Size 22/24
Post-op BMI: 36 - Size 18/20
So weird that I've lost 90 pounds and only two sizes! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Larger sizes accommodate more pounds. Women's plus sizes Room maybe 30-50lbs between sizes for me. When I got down to regular misses it was more like 10-20 and the smaller sizes (below 10) were more like 5-10.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

6 hours ago, GotProlactinoma said:

I'm going to mess up your chart! My correlation is freakish larger than anyone else's here. My starting BMI was 34 and I was wearing 18/20. I weighed 205. Why is my fat so light and fluffy and taking up all that room??

one week post op my bmi is 31 and I'm still fine in my size 18s.

The longer someone is heavy, the more their body adjusts to carry that weight.

I carried over 300 pounds for about 18 years.

My bones are 3x denser than a normal person my age (DEXA scan). I have more muscle mass than a normal woman who was never morbidly obese would have.

Most women my weight wouldn't be this physical size at my height and weight.

Edited July 27, 2017 by OutsideMatchInside

[sgc 538]

I wear a size 32 pant and have a 26 BMI. I have a lot of excess skin around my waist that hangs so I wear my pants a little bit lower than they should be. With all the skin removed, I would probably be a 23-24 BMI with the same pant size but higher up.

[AZBlackhawk 122]

Pre surgery:

size 22 & BMI 44

one month post op:

Size 16ish (18 is a bit too big😀) & BMI 37!!

[Apple1 2,572]

Pre-op BMI 31.6 size-14-16

Current BMI 27.4 size 10

[fruitandveggies 456]

15 hours ago, jess9395 said:

Larger sizes accommodate more pounds. Women's plus sizes Room maybe 30-50lbs between sizes for me. When I got down to regular misses it was more like 10-20 and the smaller sizes (below 10) were more like 5-10.

Interesting! No wonder I can't find anything decent-fitting right now, they must have fit models on the higher end of the spectrum for each size.

[hmills653 365]

I started at 43.9 BMI and size 22 pants. I'm 8 weeks out and my BMI is 34 and pants sz 20.

[Kat410 423]

Pre surgery weight 335. BMI 51. Clothing size 24
Current weight 274. BMI 41. Clothing size 18-20.

[Diana_in_Philly 1,426]

HW 271.5 BMI 48.1 - Squeezing into a 24 and looking like a sausage

CW 172 - BMI 30.5 Currently wearing size 8 or 10 depending on how things are cut - want to drop another 20.

[Myaiku_Kuraitani 245]

HW- 273 BMI was close to 48 or 49... Back then I was a size 22

CW- 181 BMI is 32.6
I'm currently wearing a size 10. But in some stores I'm a size 8.

My goal is to be in a healthy BMI range... So I have 52 more pounds to go.


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HW- 273
Pre-op Wt- 230
SW- 226
CW- 181
GW- 130
Ht- 5'2.5"
DOS- April 26th, 2017

"Only those who try will become." ~FFX

[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

I started at a size 38 and now I'm a size 14/16

My BMI when I started was 77.5 and now it's 35.6!

I was 540 when I started and now I'm 248!

I am 5'10

I am 14 months out from surgery and so ecstatically happy with my sleeve!

Edited July 27, 2017 by Dashofpixiedust8

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

3 hours ago, fruitandveggies said:

Interesting! No wonder I can't find anything decent-fitting right now, they must have fit models on the higher end of the spectrum for each size.

It isn't that necessarily. If you have ever used clothing patterns or have experience as a seamstress, the cuts of plus size clothes are completely different and allow for more weight fluctuations, also currently most clothing has a touch of stretch in it which also allows for weight fluctuations.

Which is why personally I am so against wearing things like leggings and stretchy clothes all the time. They allow you to gain weight and not feel the effects. Even jeans have stretch now. Clothes without stretch, the slightest weight fluctuation, you feel it right away. It is a good way to keep yourself in check.

[jkppt 76]

Pre op wt 256# size 24 BMI 42.60

Current wt 141 size 4 BMI 23.46

I get concerned about putting too much emphasis on BMI as my son who is an athlete/weight lifter is over weight on the BMI scale.

Also if I gain 9 pounds I would be overweight on it also. It is a tool but should not be the only tool for measuring obesity.