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Is a size 10 equal to a size 30?

(In case you're not familiar with these sizes... a size 27 is generally a size 4, and a size 30 is generally a size 10.

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If you know me at all, then you know I'm a thrifter, through and through, but every once in a while, I make an exception. Jeans that fit are HARD TO FIND, so when my body changes and I need a new pair of jeans, I’ll try ‘em on anywhere I can find them. One day, while out shoe shopping for my kids, I spotted a J.Crew Factory store, and decided to pop in to see what they had. The store was filled with skinny jeans, which tend not to work on my super-triangle-shaped body, but they did have two pairs of boyfriend jean in stock (literally, two pairs - a size 27 and a size 30), so I grabbed the 30's and gave them a go. I've been wearing J.Crew jeans for years, and I tend to vacillate between a size 30 and a size 31, so I didn't LOOK at the jeans, I just grabbed the size I thought would work, and headed to the fitting room. But hell if those size 30 jeans were not twice the size of my usual size 30's! I could have fit a watermelon inside those jeans with me! (In case you're not familiar with these sizes... a size 27 is generally a size 4, and a size 30 is generally a size 10. I range between a size 10 and a size 12 on bottom, so the 30's and 31's are usually just about right for me.) Anyway, when the 30's didn't fit, I went back to the rack and looked at the size 27's and thought... huh, these LOOK like my size, but they can't be! I tried them on just for the sake of has-vanity-sizing-really-gone-THAT-far and hell if they didn't fit me perfectly! Gals, I haven’t been a size 4 since I was 16 years old.

The sizing is bullshit. I am not a size 4.

Hell, I’m not a size anything. I’m a woman! Who wears jeans... jeans that are apparently arbitrarily assigned a size number based on unicorn science. J.Crew's very own sizing chart says that a size 27 fits a woman with a 27 inch waist. My waist is more like... 32 or 33 inches. When it comes to inches-around-a-waist, that's a pretty big difference.

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Does looking down on the scales make you weigh more?

As soon as you bend down, the muscles in your body that do the bending also act to pull up the lower half of your body. So this reduces the pressure your body places on the scales, and make you appear to weigh less.

physics.stackexchange.com - Why is the apparent weight smaller when you crouch down on a scale?

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To shamelessly steal what James says above: the scale doesn't measure your mass, which remains the same no matter where you are, or what movements you make. The scale measures your weight, which is your mass multiplied by the acceleration due to the Earth's gravity, acting between your feet and the base of the scale. You will measure your correct weight only if you stand on the scales without moving. As soon as you bend down, the muscles in your body that do the bending also act to pull up the lower half of your body. So this reduces the pressure your body places on the scales, and make you appear to weigh less. Then, when you straighten up, your muscles act to force both the upper and lower halves of your body away from each other, now the scales will show a heavier weight since the lower half of your body puts a greater pressure on the scales.