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Ladies, what do you consider your ideal dress size ?



Ideal dress size after a successful weight loss surgery  

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

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      49
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      99
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      89
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      39
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Honestly now that I think about I wouldn't mind being an 8. The single digits once in my adult life would be awesome!

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Right now after a ninety five pound loss I am a size 16/18 I'd like to lose about 20-25 pounds, which would probably make it a size12/14. Good enough for me.

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Size 10/12's to me are the sexiest women. Hopefully, I'll be there one day.

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Maybe this is just me, but I think having an ideal dress size is a little silly (it's totally fine if you do, this is just my opinion for myself). We make dress size into an identity, when in reality sizes vary widely across brands. I could probably pull on a size 6 pair of pants laying down and sucking in, but that doesn't make me a "size 6" and it doesn't mean that a pair of pants in a size 6 in another brand wouldn't fit great. We talk about ourselves like we a "are" a dress size, but we are the same size no matter what size pants we end up wearing. That being said, I know how painful it was wearing plus size clothes and I feel the same joy that everyone else does when our weight loss comes along with smaller clothes. So my ideal dress size is looking good in whatever size clothes I wear.

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An 8 US at 5 4"

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My perfect size would be between 6 to 10.. Hopefully i will get there

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I'd love to be a 9/10. I'm 12/14 at almost 2 years out. I still have hope I'll get to a 9/10.

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I was a size 24 pant and 2x shirt. 2 weeks after surgery and I'm in a 1x shirt and 18 pant. I would love to get down to a 6/8 or med. I'm 5'3 so my goal weight is 120. We will see though.

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This size target continues to change through maintenance. But as so many others have pointed out, sizing is unreliable, store to store.

In the last month (while weighing 140-143 pounds) I have bought clothing that ranges from size 2 petite to XL. I kid you not! For the record, I'm 5'5" with bust/waist/hip measurements of 39" - 29.5" - 39".

A word to the wise: Don't assume when you hit the first new all-time lowest size (or one you've not fitted into for 30+ years) that your weight / size losses are over. I now wish I'd not invested in any new size 10s.

Live and learn. ;)

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I'm 5'6", ideally I would be a size 8.

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I am 5'4" and went from a size 24 to a size 10. I love being small but still have curves. I thought about losing more but I'm comfortable at 158. I want to maintain in the 150's.

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