What size do YOU think is the "new" skinny?

ClickMaster · June 2010

[Poll]

grinsandgiggles · June 2010

The general population probably would say anything below a 4.

Me, especially after having a baby, anything below an 8 or a 12.

mandaphilly · June 2010

Anybody without a muffin top.

I have a muffin top, I am not skinny. Lol.

heatherlane · June 2010

How is skinny defined? As a negative skinny, like "she needs a sandwich" or a healthy skinny like "I wish I was skinny like her"? B/c that would affect my vote...

jason&robin · June 2010

I think it really depends on what size you are. I used to be what I considered "skinny". Since then, I have gone up 2 sizes. I don't feel skinny anymore. I have friends tell me I'm skinny, but I know what I used to be so I don't feel that great about myself at this size.

Tomkat8403 · June 2010

Wow. this is dumb. Height totally affects this question. A size 10 on a six foot tall person would probably be the equivalent of a 2 on a normal sized person.

StrawberryBlondeMomma · June 2010

i think a lot of it depends on how you are built. for example, if you have naturally wide hips, you might never fit into something lower than a 4 no matter how much you diet.

some people i know i consider to be skinny, but when they tell me they're an 8 or a 10, i'm shocked. it's all their muscle and/or the way they carry themselves.

so, i don't think you can say a size.

also, someone could be a size 4, but have a ton of cellulite and not look as good as someone who's a 6 or an 8 who is fit.

BitterOldHag · June 2010

I blame fruit.

AfterAll · June 2010

StrawberryBlondeMomma:
i think a lot of it depends on how you are built. for example, if you have naturally wide hips, you might never fit into something lower than a 4 no matter how much you diet.
some people i know i consider to be skinny, but when they tell me they're an 8 or a 10, i'm shocked. it's all their muscle and/or the way they carry themselves.
so, i don't think you can say a size.
also, someone could be a size 4, but have a ton of cellulite and not look as good as someone who's a 6 or an 8 who is fit.

This. Exactly.

chiromommyMichelle · June 2010

Too many variables. For me, when I was a 8/10, everyone asked me if I was feeling ok and thought I looked too thin. But a 10/12 not so much, only compliments. So for me, there's the answer. My sister is taller than I am, but with a smaller frame, and when she is a 6/8 she looks amazing, but anything less than a 6 looks sickly.