How many pounds equal a clothing size for you?

ProMama5

I'm sure this varies from person-to-person but I'm curious how many pounds you had to lose before you needed to go down a size in clothing?

Kodekai1988

I had to lose about 14 lbs - to lose 1 pants size and 2 shirt sizes.

That said, I was at the larger end of the larger pants size and am very comfortably in the smaller! I am also 178cm (f) so it seems to take 'more' weight too lose a size and the size I am is probably only a size up from the smallest I would comfortably be with my frame. Would recommend measuring yourself too as I found that helpful, as well as going by how you feel.

Lastly: sizes do fluctuate from store to store! Some stores I could get into another pants size lower, some I would be exactly the same size I was before! Again - measuring yourself helps combat this.

rabblescum

For me it is 25lbs per size.

Ready2Rock206

I lost 50 before I went down a pants size and even then I probably have no business really being in a smaller size but I was too stubborn to buy the larger size again.

amusedmonkey

It varies from person to person AND for the same person during different weight phases. It took me 50 lbs to go down a size at my highest. Right now it takes about 30 I think, and might take even less down the line.

callsitlikeiseeit

when i first started it was about 20 pounds. larger clothing has more room to go up - or down.

now, 80 pounds lighter - its about 10.

that said, i have clothes in my wardrobe that range from an 8 to a 16.

gotta love women's sizing ....

ShaleSelkies

My shirt sizes just seem to be pushing over the boderline of a smaller size now but I'm only a little over 15lbs down overall and I think I might have to get some new jeans soon or something. And I'd just learn how to actually get the correct sizing bother.

kristikitter

Based on how it went when I gained weight, if I go backwards:

- UK 18 to 16: probably 10-ish lbs - a lot of jersey material with a lot of stretch, plus vanity sizing = roomier clothes
- 16 to 14: 14lbs or so?
- 14 to 12: 24lbs

LEAS86

To get from a UK 14 (US 10) down to a 12 (US 8) it took me 20lbs, even so I am never the same size from one item to the next! Like other posters my wardrobe has everything from a 10 to an 16 and it's nothing to do with weight fluctuation. Luckily I'm more concerned about the fit than the size on the label.

mazdauk

I have everything from a UK 10 to 16 in my wardrobe, I have size 14 which are tight and size 12 which are loose! But I would say after the first stone (14lb) things which were tight fitted and after the second 14lb some things were too big to wear so were taken to the charity shop. The last few LB don't seem to make a huge amount of difference in actual size, its more about fitting better (fewer lumps and bumps), same if an extra few lb go on over Christmas/holidays.

KKHKISHZKH

I think it works out about 14lb per dress size for me. I was a snug size uk16 at my highest weight of just over 13 stones. I wore a size 14 between just over 11 stones and about 12 and a bit stones, and a size 12 between 10 and 11 stones. I can't seem to get below 10 stones, but I can start fitting in some size 10 stuff at that weight.

MagBird1103

Roughly 15 pounds per size for me. Went from size 14 to size 10 after losing 30ish pounds.

CMNVA

I lost 15 lbs and went from a size 10 to a size 6. From 10 to 8, was about 10 lbs. Then I quickly went to a 6. It was odd.

Kristi26

It only takes about 10 pounds for me. But I'm pretty short. I think that plays into it somehow.

ClosetBayesian

10 to 15 pounds per pants size. Lost 100 pounds, went from a seze 20 to a size 8.

canteronkat

I started working out I went up pants size due to building more muscle on my butt

Baruchuda

I can be down a size without any losses - sometimes I lose inches but no weight.

MommyMeggo

10-12lbs is usually enough for a loss in a "size" of pants.
Shirts require more loss- not really for size but to look good.

Currently:
Im 5'4 155-157
US pant size 8 ( Of course what does this even mean anymore. A size 8 at one store is like a 6 somewhere else)
Shirt M

Down from 162-172 range where I was a 10 : Size L shirt
From 173-181 where I was a 12 (post-baby) :Size L a few XL shirts.

My lowest ever - in my post-kid adult life at 133 I was a 4/6.

maybe1pe

I went from a tight 20 to an 18 really quickly probably 20 lbs. and then was in an 18 forever.... like maybe 40 lbs and then went to a 16. And actually lost only 5 lbs before going to a 14. (but lost quite a few inches in that time).

That said. I have pants that I wear on a regular basis for work that are a 14 to an 18. Women's sizing is a bunch of silly nonsense.

andrea4736

It is a lot more the more I weigh. It can take me 20 lbs to go down a size. The smaller I get, the more each pound matters. When I'm 10 lbs within goal weight, every 5 lbs is a different size.

tlflag1620

It changed as I got smaller. I'm 5'7", started at 195lbs (all sizes are US):

From 195-180 I was 14/16
From 180-165 I was 12/14
From 165-155 I was 10/12
From 155-150 I was 8/10
From 150-145 I am a solid 8
Below 145 I wear a size 6 (haven't gotten below about 138, at least not since I was significantly shorter)

My suspicion? Larger clothes are cut somewhat differently because as we gain we don't necesarily gain evenly over our entire bodies, and clothing manufacturers have to accommodate that. The difference between a pear, and apple, and an hourglass shape at a size 6 is not as significant as it can be at a size 16. So they make the larger clothes roomier everywhere and it takes a bigger change in weight to change sizes when you are in the bigger sizes.

butterfli7o

Roughly 10lbs per size for me, probably because I'm on the shorter side.

RAxB

I'm the same as most people above where the less I weigh the less it takes to drop a size. So it was about 20-25 pounds to drop one size, then only another 10-15 for the next and now with the last 5-10 I am just about down another size. Obviously the range depends on the clothing company.

I like Old Navy's pixie pants and have now owned them in 4 sizes, so I based the above on the pixie pant (US sizes 14, 12, 10 and 8)

Edited to add: I'm 5'3.5 with a larger frame

szkodzt

Yes, lots of differences here based on height, body type, etc. But I remember that when I started I wanted to go down in sizes SO BAD but it took SO LONG! Now they are going too fast (Clothes don't last long)! For me:

Started around 260 in a 22
Didn't get down to a 20 until around 235 (25 lbs down)
Now at around 215 and am in a 16, but a few are starting to get big

Weight lifting will also move you down sizes without seeing the scale go down as fast.

AnnPT77

I agree with those who're saying it's more pounds between large sizes, and fewer pounds between smaller ones. (I went from US womens 20 to misses 4. 6 and 4 were pretty close to each other, even in the same brand, and within one season so vanity sizing changes didn't apply there.)

Also - and I think this was not mentioned based on skimming the thread - it may matter how you lose the weight (speed of loss, and how much exercise). I lost the size from 20 to around 16 mainly via exercise, while staying at close to the same weight, but it took several years. From 16ish to 4 was all about the eating (though I stayed active, that part happened in only a few months, so it's not realistic to think I was building muscle that fast, as a woman, while in a calorie deficit, at that age (59-60)).

CTcutie

About 15 pounds for me (5'4" tall); In some sizes, as I went down, I could totally for into the next smaller size around 10-12 pounds lost BUT those jeans DID NOT look good- serious muffin top- so I had to wait it out to drop another 5 pounds before feeling good about how they fit.

murp4069

About 20lbs for my first size and varying since then.
I started at 170 lbs in a 12, moved down to a 10 at about 150 lbs, an 8 at about 140-145 lbs, and a 6 at about 135-140. I'm currently in a 6 at 138 lbs. At my low weight of 131 lbs, I was still in a 6 - I was able to put on a 4 but it was very uncomfortable. I think that I'll need to get down to about 125 lbs before moving down to a 4 comfortably.

fr3smyl

About 10-15lbs for me. I am 5'2" and 178lbs. Female

DisneyDude85

Down ~40 lbs, went from 38 to 36, and comfortable XXL to XL shirt (semi-comfortable L depending on style and brand). And just realized today I will need to buy a new belt (or add another hole )