Anyone started at size 24...

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  • skinnybearlyndsay
    skinnybearlyndsay Posts: 798 Member
    I started at a 26 (gasp!). Right now I'm between an 18 and a 20. I have no goal size...I just want to be fit and healthy.
  • I'm starting today and I am a comfortable 18. Looking for motivation and support as I have tried and tired on my own but has fallen off the wagon. Looking forward to going on this journey with all of you :)
  • jeany3
    jeany3 Posts: 5 Member
    I started at size 22:happy:
  • Gwynhyffar
    Gwynhyffar Posts: 24 Member
    I started at size 26. I'm now (depending on the brand) 16 to 18.
  • Starting at as a 26, I WILL get down though! I'm going to DO THIS! Add me for motivation! : )
  • KrazyAsianNic
    KrazyAsianNic Posts: 1,227 Member
    I'm a 22/24 dress size. IDK if that counts. In pants I'm about a 16 but in shirts I'm like a 3x.

    EDIT:

    I have a really big stomach, but my hips are fairly small
  • bodiva88
    bodiva88 Posts: 308 Member
    Started in clothes that were all too small for me at 24/3X. Elastic waisted 24s and loose unfitted 3x shirts from Land's End (runs big). Now am in 3x sweaters that look very nice and loose in a good way (Eddie Bauer, runs small), 2X Land's end pants and a Talbot's sweater (runs true to size). My fitted 24 pants and jeans all are 24s and are all too loose, but I'm not buying until they fall off me! And wore a 22P London Fog raincoat yesterday that I haven't been able to wear in 15 years (can't imagine how it never ended up in the charity bin, but glad it didn't!). Can wear my work appropriate jackets now (24s--my arms were too big for them, now they fit in the arms and are a bit too big in the body).

    I can see the loss in my face/neck and in my abdomen/waist in particular but notice it in my clothing in my thighs/butt most of all. It may seem like a lot of weight to lose to only be down probably a size. But the difference between shoving yourself into clothes and being able to wear things that fit loosely is huge.
  • Just want to say HOLY HECK you guys are all AMAZING!!!! Totally feeling inspired after reading this post ... gives me hope for sure!
  • LosinItAll2012
    LosinItAll2012 Posts: 238 Member
    My heaviest was a tight 24.... now I am wearing 18, some 16's.
  • lovechicagobears
    lovechicagobears Posts: 289 Member
    I was a size 28/30 when I started. I'm down to a 22/24 now. (It depends on the brand.)

    You can do it. :)
  • Danielle_2013
    Danielle_2013 Posts: 806 Member
    Started at 330 lbs and a 24. Currently 259 and a 16/18.
  • kimberly702
    kimberly702 Posts: 369 Member
    I was!! Now I'm an 18/20... hope to get to an 8! You can do this!! Good luck!
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    I started at 327 size 24 and now I am a 22 (sometimes still a 24). You are definitely not alone! Feel free to add me.
  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
    I started at sizwe 20. However, size 24 is the biggest I have been and that was after having my last child. I been stuck at 20's for a few years. I am now a size 14! You can do this.
  • EmilyG34
    EmilyG34 Posts: 23 Member
    I started out as a very snug 24 (refused to by pants any bigger) and am now a comfortable 8.... It takes a lot of hard work, but you can definitely do it.
  • me... I can get in some 16 now.. but comfy in a 18.....
  • Treece68
    Treece68 Posts: 780 Member
    Started at 24 can now fit in to some 22 pants ... all pants are diffrent
  • Started at a 24...joined MFP about 2 weeks ago...at a 22 comfortably. :) You can do it! Feel free to add me if you'd like. :)
  • I am currently a 14 and heading down. :) You can do it!
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    I was a size 20 when I started and am now a size 6. It isn't easy, but it's possible.
  • DeniseBromley
    DeniseBromley Posts: 123 Member
    I was at a 22/24. Now I can still wear 18s okay, but 16s are fitting good too! Yay!
  • Yes, size 24, I can now get my butt into a size 22.
  • revgosik
    revgosik Posts: 62 Member
    I started at a 30/32 and am now wearing a 14/16! You can do it! Feel free to add me if you want
  • MarinaPacheco
    MarinaPacheco Posts: 95 Member
    I started at 22 ish (UK sizes) I was in denial and refused to buy anything bigger, so the clothes were tight, very tight. Now I'm a loose 16 or tight 14 (so probably a 15 if they made that :happy: )
  • dietpepsi100
    dietpepsi100 Posts: 76 Member
    started at a 5x top and bottom in scrubs, size 28 pants now down to a 3x top and 2x bottom for scrubs, and a 20 in jeans. started my new lifestyle almost 8 months ago. It can be done, The thing I continue to remind myself is that it took me many years to gain the weight so I need to give myself time to lose it! Slow and steady. This site is very helpful lots of people in the same spot as you! Here is to a healthier happier you!
  • I started at a 24/26 back in May of this year, wearing 3X or 4X tops, at 310 lbs. I have lost 45 lbs so far this year, and am now wearing 22/24 size bottoms and some 2X or 3X tops. Part of that is the way I carry my weight (most of it in the tummy/mommy pouch area) and part of it is the sizing of the clothes. I had lots of clothes in my closet that I bought that said they were size 24 or 3X, but fit more like a 22 or 2X. So, they didn't fit me at all before. But now, I am definitely wearing some smaller clothes, but some of them are still marked the same size as what I was wearing before. That doesn't really bother me, because I can see the change in my shape, as my mommy tummy doesn't stick out (or hang down) quite so much as it used to. I still have a long way to go, but I am excited to see the changes that I know are coming if I keep working at it. I want to get down into a 10-12-14 like some of these other great success stories in this thread! You are all amazing to me!!!
  • Bignfulww
    Bignfulww Posts: 26 Member
    26/24 more of a 26 now a 20/22 more of a 20
  • gobraves47
    gobraves47 Posts: 213 Member
    I was bigger than a size 24w when I started, I just refused to buy bigger, so everything was stretched to the max. I can wear 16w or 18 in misses (in pants), but I'm a little bigger in tops. I'm excited that soon I'll be able to go into any store and buy something that would fit.
  • raindancer
    raindancer Posts: 993 Member
    I started in a 26w and now I am in a16w. working hard on a 14w
  • ejbraun
    ejbraun Posts: 93 Member
    I started a tight 24 and am currently a comfortable 18, hoping to get into a 16 soon. Oh I can't tell you when the last time I've worn a 16 was....