Say you’re an overweight woman and your measurements are 46-34-46. And let’s say that you weigh, oh, 200 pounds (I’m pulling these numbers from my ass here).
Say that you want to lose 50 pounds and you want to know what your measurements would be if you did lose the 50 pounds.
Is there any way to figure this out?
Or, alternately, is there any way to figure out “Okay, I’m an American size 18 right now at 175 pounds, let’s plug some numbers into a formula and see what size I’d be at 130 pounds.”
I don’t think it can be done with any great accuracy. You don’t necessarily lose weight from every part of your body at the same rate, and the rates will vary from person to person. You might find, for instance, that your thighs lose fat very quicky, while your waist hardly budges, or the opposite may be true in your case.
The other obstacle is that your size at 130 pounds can vary widely depending on how much fat you have. At 15% bodyfat, you’d be small, but at 25%, you’d be a bit larger.
What Q.E.D said is true, although most women tend to lose fat from their upper body first.
It doesn’t give bust/waist/hip or clothing sizes – because, as has been mentioned, those are hard to predict – but gives you a general idea of what you might look like given a height and weight measurement. Lands’ End and other retailers have been using it to help their customers model clothes online before buying.
It works for me. It worked for others on the message board. But It’s very strange that it takes age into account and mentions nothing about bone structure.
I also have no cite from the person who posted it and can’t find it anywhere else online except quoted on another dieting message board.
But it’s fun to play. Except according to this I will never be under a size 12
In addition to the factors previously listed (how an individual’s body stores fat & the fat/muscle ratio) I’d like to include height as a factor that makes this really hard to do with any accuracy.
As a fairly tall woman, my weight can fluctuate by about 10-12 lbs. without even affecting the fit of my clothes. To a woman who is 5’4" that same amout of weight could mean going up a size (or more?) in clothing.
