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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 7:47 pm
I'll admit, being tall I'm always curious about other women's height and weight. I'm 6' and small boned. For a long time I was always 145 lbs. At one time, a medical professional said I should weigh 130 - 135. I retired four years ago so am not so active now (I should be) and have put on ten lbs. In the mid to late '70s I decided I wanted to get thinner. I got down to what I was aiming for and got sick (unrelated to low weight) and lost seven more lbs. So at my lowest -- 6' and 113 lbs!!!!!!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 3:58 am
I am 5'8" and when I was 19 I got down to 125. I was skin and bones. I'm probably average boned. I couldn't even wear my bathing suit because my pelvic bones stuck out so far they made a big gap between my suit and my stomach. And I still wore an 8 or 9; never anything smaller. Where do they get a 2 from anyway? I'm going to have to go shopping and check out size 2 and 4. I don't think I've ever seen them. Probably they are for 5' tall weighing 90#.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 4:47 am
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 6:23 am
I can see how Poppy would be in a size 2. And bravo to her for all her weight loss!! I am 5' tall. At my lowest (as an adult), at 96 lbs (and I didn't look emaciated at all, i am very petite, but muscular), I wore a kids 14 or an adult 0. On average my weight has ranged from 100-115. I have worn mainly 4's but depending on the brand 2-8. The cheaper the clothes the bigger the size is what I have found. The better made/more expensive clothes fit better and had less alterattions.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:18 am
Texannie, I said that about the sizes of clothes too. The more expensive the garment is the smaller the tag says the size is. Makes the richer people feel better, I guess. LOL My grandmother was 4'10 and very thin but I have no idea what size she wore. I could see Poppy wearing a size 2 at her height/weight. The lady I was talking about who said she was down to size 4 is tall as me 5'8" and she looks about like I did at size 10. If I could wear a 4 there wouldn't be anything of me left. I've just never seen a size 2 personally but probably because I've never needed to look for it.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:40 am
Chili, I was looking at it from a different angle, not really sure if it's the designers trying to make the 'rich folk' feel better, I usually wear 4's and can go down one size to a 2 (and I am not wearing designer duds, mostly Macy's/Dillard's) but with clothes from WalMart, I go up to almost an 8. I have also noticed that I wear a smaller size in regular clothes than I do in petites. wonder if the volume of production somehow effects the size???? I have read that the forms designers (designer and mass production) are using are getting bigger.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:49 am
Through many years clothing makers have not been doing the public (U.S.?) any favors by continually increasing the measurements for sizes. That allows the public to increase in bulk without increasing in number size. A number of years ago I came across a dressmaking pattern from quite a few years previous to that. Wow! The measurements given for various sizes! Certainly not what they are today.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 7:56 am
I gather from all of the above discussion, that once I make a bunch of money, I can be a size 8 or under. Until then, poor old me is just another big fat slob who will forever wear a circus tent. I am so sad now...
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 9:48 am
I was under the impression they were home for 6 months. So overall this was a 8-9 month process. 'squeek'
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:47 am
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Trueheart
Member
09-12-2006
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:20 pm
I don't know....maybe it has to do with where you carry the weight. I have to admit I was a little put off by the fact that Poppy was a size 2!!! How tall is she? 5'2"? I am 5' and weigh 115 as well, however I fit in mostly size 5's and some size 7's. I would KILL to wear a size 2!!! I find it so odd when people look at me and ask me if I where kids sized pants because I'm so petite. I WISH!! I can sometimes squeeze my butt into a 4!! I really need to lay off the soda!
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Trueheart
Member
09-12-2006
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:23 pm
A while ago I looked up weight charts online. After searching through dozens I could not believe that they all said my "ideal" weight should be 102-111. How will I EVER fit a size 2 in that range? I'm only 4 pounds heavier and fit in a 5! ARGGGGG!!! I just wish I understood pant sizes!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 3:28 am
I don't know....maybe it has to do with where you carry the weight. absolutely! When I was 167lbs (5'2 tall) I could wear a bikini and looked pretty good. Its strange how weight goes on. I am pretty well the same measurements as when I was 181 EXCEPT the waist/ rib roll. all my extra weight in the worst spot where you cant hide it LOL EXCEPT with a huge baggy top and then I look like a linebacker ROTFL What kills me is when I go thru old boxes and see the clothes I used to wear. At 25 yrs old I was still wearing kids size 10 tops and my jeans waist now fits ONE of my legs. Yes, the waist is now my Thigh measurement! I've often wondered what they would do with me in one of those WeightLoss ranches (like Biggest Loser) I cant hardly exercise due to health probs and even when I was young my Heart rate just wont go high enough to be considered cardio LOL I'd be lucky if it hit 130 while I was on the bike at the gym ROTFL. Fat burning is considered around 160 or higher.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 4:44 am
Maybe it was a coat? I know I once had sizw 3 coat but size 5 dresses (lol, this was in the 60s and dresses were not so fitted and so short they barely covered the butt, worn with tights. but coats came in smaller sizes. I was 5'2" then, 21 and about 100lbs
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 4:47 am
I also remember lots of talk during Starting Over when PJ was on it and would talk about sizes and apaarently plus sizes are different, so that if you are a plus zize 14 that can be completely unrelated to a regular 14.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 8:08 am
it's gotta be the way we are built, Sun. I am 5', and at my highest weight of 140, I looked like the Pillsbury doughboy. I could never imagine wearing a bikini! My normal top range for me to feel comfortable is 115.
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 10:53 am
It is so strange how bodies carry weight so differently. At my absolutely skinniest, I weighed 127 pounds and looked like I could be checked in for treatment somewhere and I'm only about 5'4 - 5'5. Even I realized I looked sickly - at that weight, I could wear size 3. Eventually, my weight evened out at 140-145 (before pregnancy) and I was wearing sixes.
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Shel
Member
07-27-2005
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 11:04 am
I am 5', weigh 126 and wear anywhere from size 3 to size 10 in "adult" clothes, and size 12 to size 16 in "kids" clothes. It's all in how the item is cut, who made it, and how I feel it fits. I did try on a size 1 skirt at Macy's and was shocked at how the "industry" has decided to make people think they are smaller then they were last year just by changing the size labels. Pretty sick if you ask me. They are trying to mess with our heads.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 2:02 pm
At the ranch the emphasis is on numbers….weight and the contestants take that numbers emphasis over to size on clothes. I guess it’s natural since they all were obese and had been for sometime. I buy clothes that fit well and when possible always take a size range into the fitting room. I’m about 5’2 and weigh about 125-130. I fit clothes pretty easily and never have trouble finding things but the size doesn’t mean anything it’s always the fit. I understand that people that have lost as much weight as this group did, that it must be a mind trip to be healthy and able to buy off the rack. When I see people walking around with too tight clothes I wonder if they a) grew out of the item and hadn’t realized it Or b) they bought it too small not realizing it. Just my 2 cents BTE I disliked this season so much. No matter what the reality show is…casting is king and this time around the kingdom crumbled.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 2:23 pm
Sunshine, you burn calories no matter what your heartrate. It's about moving your body. Heart rate is just one indicator of effort level. There are plenty of others. 'squeek'
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, December 18, 2006 - 11:46 am
OK, I'll weigh in on sizes. At 5'6", 154 lbs I wear size 10 in most everything except teen jeans. Teen jeans run small, like a size 10 in Seven Jeans is about a size 4 or 6 in woman jeans. That why I like Lee jeans, I can wear an 8/10 in Lee's. My favorite jeans are from Arepostle, size 11/12. I think my size must be very common because I always see a lot of size 3/4 on the rack but not a lot of 11/12. Anyway, I love the Biggest Loser!! Can't wait till next season.
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Way2prissy
Member
07-21-2002
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 2:28 pm
Anyone have a link to the story about Marty and Amy hooking up? I heard he left his wife for her. Didn't something like this happen last season with Mark and Shannon too?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 5:27 pm
Not sure this is the same link, but.. http://www.reneegetsfit.com/archives/2006/12/biggest_loser_g.php
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Peapod
Member
01-31-2004
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 9:17 pm
Sea, the link didn't work for me. It just kept opening this same page.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:03 pm
This is the craziest thing.. that url is bringing up this one even from google.. It was listed as gossip/rumor but said that Marty's wife was last seen on the cruise ship episode, reminded us that he returned home to his high school students, no wife seen and that her info was removed from th eofficial site. Very odd.
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