pounds/pant size?

westerncaroline

Let me preface this by saying that I understand it will be different for everyone and that inches are more important than pounds. I get that.

I'm trying to set realistic goals and expectations for myself, so I'm just trying to estimate based on others' experiences, about how many pounds did you lose between pants sizes?

Debutante55

For me, it was about 12 pounds between a size 8 and a size 6... but that can fluctuate even from one day to the next! :noway: Not sure if it's "water weight" or what.

Keep going and good luck!!!

tendumom

I am around 5 feet tall. I0 lbs generally works out to a pants size for me.

kalch

I was just saying to a friend tonight, "you feel 5 pounds, you see 10 pounds"

BeccaCares

I am 5'1. I lost about twenty pounds. I weigh about 113 pounds now. I lost 2 pant sizes.

j1wright

The bigger I was the more I had to lose to go down in pant sizes. I started out a size 14 at 172 stayed there till about 154, stayed a size 12 until 143 then a 10 until 133 and then I dropped two sizes from 133 to 125 (size 6). At 120 went to a size 4 and now at 114 I could probably wear a size 2 but have not been able to afford anymore clothing so I just wear belts and I am hoping to gain back some weight in muscle here very soon.

I am 5.4 1/2"

NareenaTheGypsy

I am 5' 2"
I started at 240 lbs, size 24 jeans... I am now at 216 and wear 20's comfortably, but I can fit into 18's (no trouble putting them on, and yes, I can sit comfortably, etc lol). I suspect that I would be fine in 18's but I just haven't bought any. I want to wait until I can fit into 16's before I go buy any new jeans. There's just too much weight and inches for me to lose for me to go out and buy jeans every size drop, or every two.

Good luck!

tamikoss

Wow pounds and pants size......lets see i used to be a size 22 and now i'm a size 9.....its been a long snd hard journey that's still not over yet.

Christine1110

I started at 232.8 pounds....and wore a tight size 18....now I weight 113.0 and wear a 3/4 or 26
Top was 3X and now a size small. I started my journey Nov 2010 I'm 5' 5"

wheezybreezy

For me, the more weight I have to lose, a pant size lost normally correlates with about 20 lbs. However, once I get into the 35 left and under, I imagine it'll be more like 10 lbs a size.

theologynerd

About six weeks ago I was a 9/10 at 5'7" and 150 lbs. After doing body weight exercises, I am now a 5/6 at 150 lbs. I didn't even know that was possible. So am I now a strength training advocate? YES.

RedHeadDevotchka

I was a bigger 14 at 202, and at 167 I was a 10. Since I started weight training at about 180 I am still about a size 10.

P05T5CRIPT

I'm in the UK and found that to go from a size 24 jeans (my highest) to a size 20 took nearly 3 months and 36lbs. Then I went from a size 20 to an 18 pretty quickly (currently in the size 18). I think it is true that the first size or two takes a long time but after that it speeds up a little.

The annoying thing is the sizing is so different from one store to another, I can be a size 16 in one and a size 20 in another :grumble:

gemmalouise85

i'm only half way.

started 5ft 2.. 199lb uk size 16-18
lost 35lb
now weigh 164lb and size 14 comfortable

Ive had 2 kids and i very ugly tummy, and alot of flab ive only just got into 14s and still fit in some 16s but if i didnt have a flabby stretch mark tummy might be different

fitgma4

Maybe it's a percentage? If you weighed 130 and wore a size 8 and lost 10% or 13 pounds to 117- you could wear a size 6. If you weighed 200 and lost 10% or 20 pounds you could go down a size. Just a thought.....

Crazy4Healthy

I think height plays quite the factor in this. For me (I'm 5'3") 5 lbs can make the difference between sizes. I don't have as much area to carry the extra weight and I'm pear shaped so carry most in my lower region, which equates to pant sizes. I was in a XS\S top before I hit the lower pant sizes.

ShamaraRobyn

I'm 5, 10" with 31" inside leg. 20lbs took me from a comfortable UK 20 to a loose UK 18 trouser, and I can wear Size 16 jackets/tops now.

animatorswearbras

Hi start weight 147.5 UK size12/14 current weight 137.5 size 10/12.

I'm either an inverted triangle/goblet or apple shape although more of the former since I lost weight and my tummys not as prominent but still have a bit of a tum and shoulders that are considerably broader than my hips.

I am a size bigger for tops and dresses then trousers and have bought a couple of dresses and tops since my weight loss and gone down a size in the stores I usually shop (I am now a 12) however I don't want to buy new jeans or much of a new wardrobe till I hit goal and currently I'm having to keep most of my size 12's up with belts so assuming I'm down to a size 10 jean.

Dresses can sometimes be a real pain for me as they are usually too tight round my tum and boobs when they fit my hips or really baggy round the hips if it fits my torso, I presume most dresses are designed to fit the more common pear and hour glass figures so finding the right size is a difficult one. x

osualex

It really depends on shape. At 200 lbs I wore a 14 or 16, now at 155 I wear a 12 or 10. I'm very pear shaped with big thighs though, so I'm not the norm. I don't think I can get below an 8 because of my bone structure.

meghan_elizabeth

I'm 5'2". It took about 20lbs to get from a size 8 to size 4. A 4 is a little tight, depending on the brand though...but a 6 is too big. I think about 5 more pounds and they'll fit much more comfortably.
I usually wear junions sizes though...so I was at a 9, now I'm either a 5 or 7 depending on the brand. But I juniors sizes seem to be cut much slimmer than womens sizes.

BlackKat75

I'm 5'5" and I was 177 when I started. At that time, I was a size 14 (although I still try to squeeze into size 12s!). At 155, I was definitely into size 10 territory, and, now, I'm at 143.6 and a true size 8 (which is beginning to get a little big on me.) I felt like I was in size 12 for a long time, and then quickly went from size 10 to size 8. Basically for me roughly 10 pounds correlates to one pant size. However, I'm quite hippy, so that affects what pant size I can wear. I just bought some new jeans from Old Navy, and they're sized perfectly at my hips, but gape at my waist. The smallest I've ever been is a size 4 about a decade ago, and I was in the high 120s at that time.

BigG59

I had to go buy new clothes last weekend, three new pairs of jeans, three sizes smaller than when I started. Lost over 30lbs now.

I looked like a farmer in my old jeans, all scrunched up with a belt.

Lisah8969

I am seriously so glad to read this topic! i have lost 52 pounds and only dropped 2 pants sizes (from a 20 to a 16). I have been thinking that there is something really wrong with me. I guess I will just be a little more patient and try on the 14s in another 5 pounds or so.

cmwhited6204

I think one thing to keep in mind is the weight loss does not always equal the size you think because of inches. People lose weight differently and that will effect how the clothes will fit.

I tend to have a small waist as I lose weight and it takes longer for my hips to get down. I have always had curves which I am fine with but clothese can be a challenege depending on what the style is at the time.

I am happy when the weight comes off but I am even happier as the inches come down.

nascarted10

Truthfully, I wait as long as I can to go to the next size down. If I can go two sizes even better. Now dress cloths I have to keep up with. But jeans and less "style like" cloths I don't want to waste money constantly buying them. So, I go as long as I can between sizes. (Normally someone tells me I look terrible which is my signal to buy new cloths). What can I say, I am a guy and don't decorate well! But I can hunt and shoot with the best of them.

katealbright

I know the measurements of larger sizes are 2 inches apart and smaller sizes (I think 6 and below) are only 1 inch apart so this definitely plays into it. I honestly don't know what size I am because every brand is so different. I have pants from size 4-9 that I think fit pretty well. But after losing 14lbs now when I shop I start trying at size 6/7 and go up or down from there as needed instead of size 8/9, so I would say I've lost a size -- which makes sense because I have lost almost 2 inches from my waist and hips each. I am 134, 5'7" btw.

bymyslf892

5' 10" and 35 pounds has equaled out to about 2 pant sizes.

emmeylou

I was curious about this too when I first started!!

I actually did not drop many "sizes" until I dropped 60 lbs. My clothes were looser, but I could still wear them up until this point. Then I started dropping inches like crazy and actually skipped a few sizes!! The next big drop was when I hit the 85lbs lost, and then around 100lbs lost... and then 110... and then 120....

My point is that, at least for me, the larger I was the longer it took inbetween sizes. Its almost like there was more leeway with the larger sizes. I was a size 6 jean 10lbs ago, but now I am wearing size 3/4 jeans (I am pretty short!)... 10lbs a year ago I probably would not have even noticed a difference.

I will also say that I stuck to the same brand for jeans during the entire process.... I cannot stand going into one store and being a size 14, and then walking into another and needing a 18. I went with my old navy jeans (same style too!) the entire time. I ended up having them in a size 24,18,14,12, 10, 8 and 6 (I skipped some sizes).... I was also lucky and only actually bought one of them! The others were gifts (xmas and then bday)!!!

Hungrygirl88

I'm 195ish and I wear a size 10

jessicataylor2

I'm 5'8" and I've ranged from 123-103 and always worn the same pants. So I don't know if I can help you here.

DaphneAtx

I am seriously so glad to read this topic! i have lost 52 pounds and only dropped 2 pants sizes (from a 20 to a 16). I have been thinking that there is something really wrong with me. I guess I will just be a little more patient and try on the 14s in another 5 pounds or so.

If you worked out, you would be dropping more sizes for sure.