How much did you lose before you went down a pants size?

I've lost 53 pounds, and I'm still wearing the same jeans I did when I started! They're stretchy skinny jeans, and they've gotten baggy, but I'm more than a little annoyed that I haven't shrunk out of them. Well...a little happy that I haven't had to buy new jeans, too. It took about a 40-pound loss before I started fitting into my smaller pants.

My beginning weight on my journey was 275lbs. Since then I've lost 40 pounds and have only gone down 1 pants size. I was a tight 20, and now I'm a loose 18.

I'm very bottom heavy which frustrates me. I have large hips and thighs and a small waist...so I tend to have to go a size bigger just to button up.

Just feeling a little discouraged and wanting to know if anyone else has gone through this too.

Tight 20 = 21
loose 18 = 17.

You start loosing where the most is,
It tkes me 30 pounds to loose 1 size.
My belly was big, so loose the most from there.

Keep on going, on a certain time you hate to shop everytime for new size clothes.

Marc

hmm..

when i was 200lbs i would shove myself into size 30 jeans. they were TIGHT and i probably should have been wearing a bigger size.
i'm now down 30 pounds and some of my size 29's are getting loose.

I'm down 60 lbs and now down a solid 2 pant sizes. But that being said women's pants are not very consistent in size. I still have pants that fit from my highest and also a few pairs that are the next 2 sizes down.

I've lost about 90 lbs and only gone down about 2 pants sizes, but the size I started at was pretty tight on me. I'm at 267.6 lbs and a loose 20, but the 18s I've got are still a little too tight. Hopefully in another 15 lbs they'll fit better.

I like that roll of paper towel analogy though, never thought of it that way, but it explains things pretty accurately.

I think it depends on how you lose weight. I've lost 13 lbs and have gone down 1 pant size. It will probably take another 15 lbs before I go down another size. Once that happens, I will probably drop sizes quickly because I usually lose weight in my hips and butt last!

Hi..i've currenly lost 60 lbs...i started losing pant sizes around 20 lbs, but didn't have to buy new pants (made them stay up) until around 40 lbs. Since then I've been buying new sizes every couple weeks...i've dropped 6 sizes in total.

:ohwell:
I am down 21 lbs and still in the same UK size 16 pants, but they are no longer squeezing me like a sausage in it's skin, they are loose and comfortable. I think like everyone else I will have to lose another 10-15 lbs to get down a size, and whilst we all work hard to get there it is still disheartening sometimes when no-one notices your efforts or the physical results take a while to show. but we know how far we've come and it's a bit like the tortoise and the hare....they'll all be amazed when we get to our finish line!

I was a slightly loose 22 when I started. I think I went down to a 20 after about 10lb lost, but it took another 25 to go down to an 18. I'm now at almost 50 lost and I am just today going to buy my first size 16s.

same here! I am bottom heavy. I have lost over 30lbs n gone down 1 pant size and down 3 sizes in tops. :mad: