I've lost over 20lbs and and still wearing the same jeans?

I was wearing the same jeans after losing a lot more than that.

It depends on the jeans & how they fit before you started losing. The jeans I was wearing had 1% spandex & they were at least a size to small when I was at my heaviest. The way they fit changed a lot as the pounds & inches were falling off. I did eventually have to stop wearing them.

While it was a bit annoying to be able to wear them that long I realize they were originally way too small.

Funny, I'm stuck at 8 lbs lost but have gone down 2 pant sizes. All just depends on the body i guess. Frustrating either way!

1. You were wearing them too tight before.
2. You are wearing them too loose now.
3. You are from elsewhere (boobs tend to go quick for a lot of women, gut is also a possibility if you are wearing low cut jeans).
4. You are losing a high percentage of muscle as compared to fat which leads to losing less inches per pound.
5. Some combination of the above.

According to my scale this morning I've lost around 26lbs and I am still wearing my same jeans I was at my highest.
I would have expected to have dropped at least one size with 26lbs. They are probably a little looser but not enough to move down a size.

What the hell?

Also,
How much weight did you lose before you dropped a pants size?

I have lost 21 pounds recently and i'm still wearing the same size. they just arent TIGHT ANYMORE!! They are fitting correctly or lose. It's normal.

Hang in there.
I was where you are, and then suddenly, one day, I got back into my size 6 jeans again.

Have a pair of jeans a size smaller and make it your goal to fit in them.
Try them on every 3 weeks, but never more often than that.
You'll get there.

I'd definitely pay attention to how the jeans fit. While I can still wear my 'starter' jeans after losing 18lbs, I can also comfortably wear my 'Goal 1' jeans that I couldn't even attempt to button when I first started. This is also why I pay more attention to measurements than weight. Even though I gained 2lbs (I originally lost 20), my measurements are still smaller than before I gained. Weight can be a decent tracker of progress initially, but after a while they just get frustrating and don't give you an accurate representation of the work you've been doing.

You could also have lost alot of Water weight and that can result in a change in the scale but not so much in clothes... Rejoice in it anyway a loss is a LOSS!!! Yay

I have a pair of size 12's that must have a lot of spandex in them. They shrink back after every wash and then I don't stretch them out again. I finally did have to quit wearing them. They were starting to just fall off of me. I almost had an embarrassing moment in Kohl's one day when my grand daughter grabbed me by the pants. It was all I could do to keep them up. I am 140lbs and just got into 10's comfortably. Although if they have a lot of stretch like Gloria Vanderbelt pants, then I wear an 8. My boobs are too big at the moment for the fitted medium shirts.

That was me 5lbs ago. I've been wearing size 18. They still fit but were getting a bit loose (they were very tight when I started). Then two weeks ago I went and tried new shorts... size 16. And they fit perfectly. So i tried another size down... 14... and they are a bit tight, and give me muffin tops, but they fit.

I still fit in most 18s fine. Ok they're loose and I can take down most jeans without undoing the buttons now, but they still fit. It doesn't mean I'm still a 18. Heck those 14s shorts fit better now than 2 weeks ago too.

Bottom line is there really isn't such a huge difference between sizes, and if you go and try new jeans you might be surprised. But it's a good thing. I bought some size 16 shorts but only because they have a belt (and I need shorts in 2 weeks), otherwise I would have skipped 16 altogether. I'm guessing that if you wait until your jeans really fall off, you'll probably be able to buy 2 or 3 sizes under!

Sorry Op. I know this is a little derailed.

3. You are from elsewhere (boobs tend to go quick for a lot of women, gut is also a possibility if you are wearing low cut jeans).

I wanna lose weight from my boobs. :sad: I've only gone down one cup size since I started losing weight. :sad:


But back to the original post. You just probably aren't losing weight in that area. I haven't had much change in my thighs, hips, or butt in awhile, so I'm still wearing the same pants (size 16) that I bought back in August. They were big then, then got tight (i gained some weight back) and now they are getting lose again. Give it time, people lose weight at different rates and in different places.

Losing weight is also not the same as losing fat.

I lost 25 and dropped 2 sizes. But I think it's relative to how much you have to lose to begin with. I only needed to lose 30 so 25 was a significant chunk of that.

How much fat and water vs muscle you lose could also make a difference.

Oh, I had the same experience! I think it's perfectly normal.

It's really relative to how much you have to lose. If you have a lot to lose, you're not going to go down in pants size quite as fast because the belly area is a primary storage area...so your body is going to generally take fat from elsewhere at first. For me, it was my face, neck, legs, arms...everything but the belly. I've gone down one size with roughly 35 Lbs lost, but I only had about 45 total to lose. I suspect I'll go down one more size with this last 10ish Lbs as I'm definitely down to primary storage at this point.

I had to get new jeans at 12 pounds lost, but I was wearing them loose. Tight clothes are too uncomfortable.