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Is size 10 the same as 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.

What melts body fat overnight?
What melts body fat overnight?

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What foods help burn body fat?
What foods help burn body fat?

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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.

How will I look if I lose weight?
How will I look if I lose weight?

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How many calories do you burn while sleeping?
How many calories do you burn while sleeping?

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Can I take a break from Saxenda?
Can I take a break from Saxenda?

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What is the average weight loss on phentermine?

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