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

It took about 40 lbs for me to go down my first pant size, but I think the more you have to lose the slower your sizes are going to go down.

Get your tape measure out and take measurements! Then visit the website of your favorite store and click on their size chart. That will tell you what your measurements need to be for any given size. Forget the scale and focus on the tape measure. When it comes to clothes, weight is completely irrelevant. Focus on the size of your body, not how much you weigh!

Lol, so why can't I fit into a 24W? All my measurements say I should.:huh:

I haven't gotten new clothes since my birthday last year. I tried going shopping a few months ago since I had a $50 coupon, but the 24Ws were either too tight in the waist (hip huggers, where the waist is at your mid-pelvis just above the crotch) or too tight in the thighs. I could get into 26Ws, but there were no jeans in that size.

I'd like to believe dropping 64# would put me down a size or two. I have yet to see the proof with myself.

zyxst, have you tried Lane Bryant or Fashion Bug with their right size pants? They're designed to fit your body type, if you're smaller in the waist, bigger in the thighs, etc.

I've lost 40lbs...and i've only gone down 1 size. I've lost alot of weight before (about 70lbs) and I only went down a size for every 30-40 lbs lost.... kind of frustrating, but i'm not focusing on that this time around... just feeling better is totally worth this new lifestyle!

Also... strangely, I dropped a shoe size.

My shoes are getting looser as well. I thought I was some kind of weirdo. Ha! Glad I'm not the only one. :laugh:

That's about the only place I've dropped a size. My shoes are falling off now.

I concur with the posters who have mentioned that we often are wearing pants that are TOO tight when we first begin losing weight- I am sure I was!

That said- after 44 lbs lost, I am down 1 pant size from what I was wearing, probably 2 from where I should have been!

I try to focus on the way I feel and not the size, but it is hard when you have never been in a single digit pant as an adult and would LOVE to be able to fit into them just once!

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:

^^ agree. I had to lose 30 lbs in the beginning for my clothes to fit like they should, but now I think it is like 15 lbs can fit another size and at the weight I am now I fit into smaller size than before but I think that is because I am exercising now and never did before.

Get your tape measure out and take measurements! Then visit the website of your favorite store and click on their size chart. That will tell you what your measurements need to be for any given size. Forget the scale and focus on the tape measure. When it comes to clothes, weight is completely irrelevant. Focus on the size of your body, not how much you weigh!

Lol, so why can't I fit into a 24W? All my measurements say I should.:huh:

I haven't gotten new clothes since my birthday last year. I tried going shopping a few months ago since I had a $50 coupon, but the 24Ws were either too tight in the waist (hip huggers, where the waist is at your mid-pelvis just above the crotch) or too tight in the thighs. I could get into 26Ws, but there were no jeans in that size.

I'd like to believe dropping 64# would put me down a size or two. I have yet to see the proof with myself.

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.

Clothes are sewn by measurements, not by weight. And each brand is a little different.

I am amazed at the people 200 lbs plus that are fitting into size 16 or 18. But they are built differently. I have a large frame, so even when I was young and thin, I wore larger sizes than friends that were the same weight as me.

I was 196 at my high and a 16. 193 when I started MFP. Down to 182 and down to a 14. I've lost a lot more in inches than in pounds.

You're tall (like me) so I think it will take longer to see your clothing sizes change. I know my clothing sizes have hardly changed since high school, even though now I weigh 30 pounds more than I did then.

the day i can wear a fourteen instead of a tight sixteen will be the happiest day of my life. just saying.

This is a little bit opposite/backwards, but I weighted around 115 and wore a size 5/6 comfortably (I am short, only 5'3-1/2" but claim 5' 3" lol) Over the winter I became inactive because I was a little depressed. I gained around 10lbs but went up to a size 9/10 (these are juniors sizes, btw). 10lbs doesn't seem like a WHOLE lot, but when you are short it doesn't spread out as far! lol
It took me close to 2 months (every using Hydroxicut Hardcore Elite and 30 minutes of elliptical and 1200 calories/day) to lose 5 lbs, so I am down to 120 now, and still wear the 9/10 but they are fitting loose. I can also wear some 7/8's, and have tried some 5/6 pants and they fit tight.
It is very frustrating, but keep it up and you will see progress!
Oh, BTW, the first 2 weeks that I started taking the Hydroxicut I WENT UP in weight. I was flipping out! lol But I realized that it was water gain b/c I was drinking SO MUCH water. It melted off quickly! lol

At similar starting stats, it was a good 30-odd pounds before I could say I really dropped a size. At 43lbs lost, I'm now in a small UK 18 or regular UK16, though not all 16s fit in all areas, so roughly a size and a half. I'm built on very big lines though, so I'll likely never be smaller than a small UK14/regular-large 12. My lower abdomen and upper thighs are also being very stubborn, so that skews things a bit.

I was 235 when I started and I'm now 200 - so down 35lbs and I'm still wearing the same clothes I did at 235. I wear a size 18 jeans and I can tell they are a lot looser but still comfortable fitting. I'm going to try a different jean size once I've reached 40lbs lost, hopefully it goes smooth!!

about 50-70 pounds before I went from 4x to 3x. now i'm down 126lbs and wear a 1x or 2x.

I'm 5'5 and I was a somewhat snug 18 at 222. now I'm at 202 and 18's are loose and a lot of 16's are too snug =/ Can't wait to be a good 16 on my way to a 14!