how many lb's did you lose before you dropped a clothes size

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  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    I go down a pants size about every 8-9lbs and a dress size every 10. No idea on shirts I've been in the same shirt size for about 15lbs now.
  • armadillolabrat
    armadillolabrat Posts: 104 Member
    Not sure of increments for each size but have lost almost 20 pounds and have gone from a size 16 to mostly 8's and 10's. 5'1'.
  • MrsCCWoods
    MrsCCWoods Posts: 142 Member
    I would say after 4 or 5 months after 50 or so pounds

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  • foleyshirley
    foleyshirley Posts: 1,043 Member
    I am 5ft 4in, and started at 189 pounds. It took 17/18 pounds to go from size 16 to 14. The 14s fit, but are snug. Not tight, just snug. I still fit in a 16, but they are looser.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    {quote]Are you getting the measurements from the same store brand that you are trying them on? I fit into 24W of Kmart brands, but for Target brands, I need a 26W. [/quote]

    The only stores that sell clothes large enough are Pennington's/Addition-Elle/MXM (they've consolidated here in Newfoundland, so it's all one shop). MXM has a small selection, but stuff I can fit into when I can find a 3X (it only sells in the X sizes, but never carries the size I need). Pennington's and AE size charts tell me I should fit into a 18W-20W top and 24W pants. Tops I'm not worries about. I can buy those *anywhere* that sells XL. The pants are killing me. The only reason the ones I have now stay up are the elastic waistbands being too small to fall down my big butt. :laugh:

    My first size drop was with my feet. Dropped from an 8 to a 7 1/2.
  • AsiasMommy
    AsiasMommy Posts: 64 Member
    Lost 12 pounds in first month from 254 to 242, went from size 18 to a loose 16!
  • foleyshirley
    foleyshirley Posts: 1,043 Member
    Yeah, it took me 18 pounds for pants. I carry a lot of my fat in my belly, and it is taking longer to come off the belly. So my pant size hasn't moved much. Still working on it.
  • ndblades
    ndblades Posts: 233 Member
    Every body is different. Some of the girls here are posting about being 200+ at a size 16. I am 177 and just moved fro 16 to 14. These 14s are not going to last long, they already look like I could fit another person in the butt area. But the waist... that is my biggest difficulty.

    I also think it takes a long time to drop that first size because we've stretched out our fat clothes in the time we spent saying, "woe is me, I am fat, what can I do? eat a cake."

    So really, many of us should have been in 1-2 sizes even larger than what we were but we refused to buy "fatter" clothes so we just went around with massive muffintops. :ohwell:

    LOL -- so true!
  • shebaw79
    shebaw79 Posts: 15 Member
    When I first started out I was a size 22 I never really paid attenion to how many lbs were equal to a drop in dress size until recently. I lost 20lbsand went from a 16 to a 14 but the 14 is a bit lose. Everyone's different though. Normally they say you need to lose 10lbs to drop a size but I realize that the larger you are the more untrue that is because my midsection has been the last area to start loosing so the legs of a pants a size smaller were always comfortable but the waist would be too tight.
  • Caligirl_92
    Caligirl_92 Posts: 53 Member
    I'm 5'11 at I started at 205 and last time I weighed myself i was at 185. I was still in the same size 16s but they did fit better. I started getting more toned and haven't weighed myself in a month but i had to go buy new work pants because my size 16 were falling off and I am now a size 12. Quite a jump if I do say so myself :happy: Its weird but don't get discouraged if you aren't dropping the pant sizes like crazy just keep going because it WILL come off.
  • Jkmumma
    Jkmumma Posts: 254
    It's hard to say 5'6" currently 219 lbs.

    When I started this life change journey, I weighed 268, and I couldn't button my 22 jeans (but could still squeeze in to my 22 stretchy slacks.) Said jeans started fitting right around 250, though tight. I just kinda breezed through size 20 on the "make my clothes last as long as possible" thought process, and at 219, size 18 is a perfect fit.

    As a side note: I have an hour glass figure, and really long legs, which does play strongly in to jeans sizes. To get them to fit at the thighs, they tend to be big at the waist, unless its that color coded lane bryant jeans dot system.
  • hbon
    hbon Posts: 5
    I'm a dude so obviously it's a little different. I lost 35 lbs total and went from M/L shirt to S/M. My waist went from 36 to 31/32 inches. Also... strangely, I dropped a shoe size.

    I used to think that was strange too. I went from a size 9 Wide shoe to a 7 1/2 Regular! My theory is that you put less pressure on your feet when you're lighter and therefore they fit into a smaller space? Not sure but I had to give away a lot of shoes because they no longer fit me.
  • squatsandlipgloss
    squatsandlipgloss Posts: 595 Member
    Lost 33 lbs and only dropped 1 jeans size. 2 shirt sizes though.
  • dawningr
    dawningr Posts: 387 Member
    My clothing size drops more when I work out more as opposed to just changing what I eat. Building muscle changes your shape and helps 'shift' things around ;-)
  • Sweets1954
    Sweets1954 Posts: 507 Member
    I remember reading somewhere that 10lbs is a dress size. I don't know that I have found that to be particularly true. With pants, I try to fit the biggest part, usually the hips then alter the waist. Some people it's the other way around. Sizes vary so much by brand as well, often times better quality clothes run bigger than the less expensive clothes. I say, don't worry so much about the "number" but the fit is much more important. Style will make a difference in how your clothes fit as well.
  • summery79
    summery79 Posts: 116 Member
    When I was in double digit sizes (I started this journey in the 180s or 190s and a size 14/16), I dropped a size about every 15 lbs. For single digits, about every 10. It prob differs a bit based on your body shape.
  • sunnyhlw77
    sunnyhlw77 Posts: 204 Member
    I started at about 250 lb, size 20-22, dropped 23 lbs so far and am wearing size 16. For me it was the exercise that is helping tone certain areas, like I row 2 to 3 times a week so my shoulders and arms have been my biggest improvement, still have a long way to go on them though. I also bike and walk (am working towards jogging for more than 5 minutes in a 45 minute span) - my husband said my butt went from being an orange to being a strawberry (still working on that too!). I'm just happy that I can now go shopping in a regular store and not the plus size only stores.
  • mrskeziawallace
    mrskeziawallace Posts: 40
    the day i can wear a fourteen instead of a tight sixteen will be the happiest day of my life. just saying.

    This is exactly where I am now :)

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