How Many Pounds Does It Take YOU To Go Down A Size?

I was always told it was like 10lbs before you can jump down a size......

i think the average is around 15lb

I've lost 14lbs but I can't see me dropping a size any time soon. Clothes are looser but not loose enough to be considered too big or the wrong size.

I know that about 15lbs a go i was a size smaller than i fit into now. But it does depend on where you gain /losse from and where you tone up.

I believe I read somewhere its 15 and I am at like 14 and everything is getting loose Great feeling.

I lost 26 pounds and went down 2 jean sizes

I've gained almost 15 and haven't went up a size, so for me it will probably be at least 20. I think it depends on where the weight goes on your body.

It's 10 to 20. I've lost 20, and now fit into all my largest size things (which were too tight for a while).
Some are too loose, but I'm waiting for another 10 to go before I start wearing my size smaller things.

Totally dependent on where you're losing body fat, frame size (as in, waist/hips), etc.

I tell this all the time when these threads come up, particularly when people get upset about not losing a size.

At my heaviest, I wore a 13/14. At my "normal" weight, I wore anywhere from a 9/10 to an 11/12 (I know, I'm still trying to break away from the junior sizes). At my incredibly low, anorexia ridden, treatment-inducing weight, I wore a 7/8 (once found a pair of 5s that fit--briefly).

That's an 80 pound difference between four sizes. At my highest, the 13/14s were loose, but the 11/12s were still snug. At my lowest, I was still tight in the 7/8s. My BMI was very underweight, but my hips are just naturally wide-spread, regardless of the padding they carry at anytime.

I've seen people lose half as much weight as me and go down twice as many sizes; there's no point in comparing anyone else's progress to your own.

ETA: These sizes are, specifically, because of my hips/*kitten*. I've also never owned a pair of jeans that could hug my legs because how much thinner my legs have been than my hips... so now I'm just angry at jeans

For me each dress/pant size covers 14-21lbs.

I don't know.. I have not dropped more than 3-4lbs in the last month and am almost down 2 (from a 14 to a comfortable 12 and almost 10).....

I blame it on lifting.

It depends how tight you are comfortable with your pants. Personally I didn't go down to the next size until I could wear them very comfortably with no hint of a muffin top at all. It was just recently.. I know that right now I CAN fit into another size lower but I would rather wait until they are almost 'loose' so that I don't look like I'm trying to stuff myself in there. I have however gone down that extra size in shirts and dresses.

I have lost about 45 lbs and 'technically' 3 sizes so about 15lbs for me. I think it will also depend on how you lose weight / hold weight. I lose evenly all over. Some people will lose more on the top or bottom or face or other parts so it will take them longer to go down sizes. It really isn't going to be set in stone for everyone the same way.

Also as omma_to_3 said above.. It really depends how big you are right now.. Larger people will have to lose more weight before they see a difference where for a small person losing 5 lbs is VERY noticeable. I had to lose almost 40 lbs before people started to notice it. Yet if my boyfriend (who is very slender) gains 3 lbs he has to go UP a size.

I blame it on being epic.

fixed it for you

I've lost 45 pounds and gone from a tight 16 (US) to a loose 12. I think I'm almost in a 10 which will be 3 sizes. Planning to do some shopping this weekend to test this out

For me it tends to be about 12lb - 15lbs between sizes for trousers and skirts, takes my top half a LOT longer to drop down a size because even if my arms, waist, everything else will fit my damn boobs just can't take the squeeze! Haha!