Wellness

[Group 5 minus 1]

Just saw a commercial for a weight loss product. Won't say what for fear of being poofed,but someone says she went from a size 10 to a size 4. I always thought size 10 was okay. Anyone out there remember a "perfect 12"?

[HULAGIRL]

Since vanity sizing has gone bezerk off the deep end, a size10 isn't what it used to be............

[qualitygal]

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@ncascade wrote:

Just saw a commercial for a weight loss product. Won't say what for fear of being poofed,but someone says she went from a size 10 to a size 4. I always thought size 10 was okay. Anyone out there remember a "perfect 12"?

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I think I was born larger than either or any of those.

[Desertdi]

Size 4 is a "standard model size"

[Peaches McPhee]

Yeah, it is crazy what we do to ourselves.  We are never satisfied.  

[SeaMaiden]

A size 10 is different for every person depending on your height and build.  

I was a size 2 and 120 pounds a couple of years ago after having several major surgerys.... I looked emaciated and  and bony... it hurt to sit on my bony bottom  at 5 '8 1/2" inches tall.  My doctor told me to put on some weight!  

   Today I am back to my more "normal" weight of 140 pounds  about a size 6-8.  I just stay this weight without counting calories.    I look healthy... still trim, but, not  super THIN.    Sure , I would rather be 130 pounds, but to be that weight I have to really cut back  and work at it.  Now 61, having that perfect body is not my main goal in life like it was in my 30's and 40's. I just want to be healthy.  Walk every day and eat healthy.  I think an extra 10 pounds is good for  our bones  and immune system as we age.  I am not talking overweight.... just not super skinny.

[millieshops]

My mother was a size 12 although she did not have a "perfect" figure (way too busty).  But I do think her 12's and today's 12 could be quite different.  I don't remember any elastic waistbands nor any stretch fabrics in her wardrobe. I'm thinking of the years when I still lived home -  so we're talking the fifties. 

Way different from the majority of today's 12's and today's fashion.

Alos, if we're talking about a celebrity diet spokesperson -  in that celbrity world, women who are size 10 or 12 are also likely not to be working all that much.  Sad state of affairs.

[willdob3]

Why would anyone pay any attention to what a commercial says (about anything) when all they want to do is make women feel like they need to purchase their products? 

Isn't the average American woman a size 12 (or is it 14? I don't pay attention)? By starting with size 10 as the "before" size they are suggesting that the majority of women in the country "need" their product. 

[OnlyShopsOnline]

I think a size 10, years ago, was smaller than it is now.  In the 1970's, I weighed 125 pounds, and am 5'8" tall.  I was never smaller than a size 10.

My daughter, at about the same height, can wear a size 6/8 when she weighs about 145-150.

[hoosieroriginal]

True - at 119 pounds I was never below a size 8 - I've only 5'3" - never saw a size 2 - ever!!  Each person is different.