Lost 24lbs still in same jeans?

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  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I lost 30 before I went down a size and I just barely fit in the new size. Gained a few pounds and couldn't fit in them. So frustrating.
  • lisamarie327
    lisamarie327 Posts: 77 Member
    do they fit differently? I've lost almost 30 lbs and haven't bought any new pants yet...but my old pants had gotten a bit tight and now they are a little too big...not quite a size yet though.
  • srecupid
    srecupid Posts: 660 Member
    Be happy you don't need to spend the money yet. I kind of have the opposite problem now. I've lost the fat everywhere but, my thighs. I buy pants in the size i should be wearing and a week later they are falling down. I absolutely despise clothes shopping though. I went the first 50 pounds before I broke down and went to goodwill. Heck I started carrying a pocket knife around with me just so i could make new beltholes rather than buy new pants
  • Veryana
    Veryana Posts: 122 Member
    srecupid wrote: »
    Be happy you don't need to spend the money yet. I kind of have the opposite problem now. I've lost the fat everywhere but, my thighs. I buy pants in the size i should be wearing and a week later they are falling down. I absolutely despise clothes shopping though. I went the first 50 pounds before I broke down and went to goodwill. Heck I started carrying a pocket knife around with me just so i could make new beltholes rather than buy new pants

    I know this feeling too well! I took my belt to the shop I bought it from three times now to add more holes and to cut some of it off. It used to be 130 cm long belt (from furthest hole to buckle) when I bought it and I had to use second furthest hole from buckle that time but now it is 114 cm from buckle to the furthest hole (had to cut it twice and add 7 holes) and I'm using second closest hole towards the buckle which makes it 100 cm. Makes it sound like huge loss but I've lost only one jean size down because my lower tummy and butt won't shrink much even when everything else does lol
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Jeans are tricky and bodies are weird! It all depends on where you are carrying/losing fat and how you are shaped. To illustrate the enormous variation: there is another member here who wears the same brand of jeans that I do, in the same size (8S) who weighs something like 80 pounds less than I do. I bet that if she lost 10 pounds should would go down a size, but that is probably not the case for me.

    I will second the observation that it takes more of a loss to change sizes when you are a 20 than when you are a 10.

    Another thing to consider: you might want to take a friend with you when you go shopping. Sometimes when your body is changing a lot, it is hard to know what really fits and what does not--a trusted friend can be very helpful in figuring this out. Actually, what you want is a brutally honest friend!
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    I didn't drop a size until I hit 30lbs. And it was sudden. Like stretchy gym pants falling off on the treadmill at the gym sudden. All the pants I was still wearing at 28lbs lost were too big and I fit into the next size down..depending on the brand. Everyone's different, but if you have a lot to lose it can work out like this.

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