How many lbs equals a dress size?

I think it's more or less a matter of inches/measurements. I'm 5'4" and fluctuate between 125-130lb, and I'm normally a dress size 2 or 3. I have a friend, also 5'4" but at 115lb she's also the same dress size.

I haven't lose weight since I started doing HIIT but I dropped a dress size. Haven't been this small since I was a pre-teen. I'm currently at 149lbs and I'm about a size 8.

For me, only 1 pound! At 149, I had 29% body fat, 106 pounds lean weight, and I wore size 8. Now I weigh 148, have 20% body fat, and have 118 pounds lean weight. I attend a boot camp 5 days a week (sometimes 6). I also swim (vigorously) at least once a week.

Nice work!!

And that's exactly why it varies so much!

Not to mention - I was just comparing notes with a friend who is an elite athlete (one spot away from being on an Olympic team). We're the same height and I'm now about 10lbs heavier than she is. But her thighs are an inch bigger than mine due to all the really heavy weight training that she does - I also have a much bigger chest. So I'm actually able to wear smaller pants in some instances because she needs more room for her thigh muscles.

Like most people have said - there are SO MANY variables to this. You can track your own progress and then have an idea of where your weight will probably come off first if you have to go through it again, but trying to compare yourself to others is probably an exercise in futility.

For me it's 5-7 pounds in pants/skirts. I gained 35 pounds in the past two years, but only went up three sizes in jeans and one size in tops. I'm 5'11".

But the question is about dresses and they are normally sized for the bust. When I was a teenager, I was a loose size 5 in jeans, but I wore a size 8 in dresses because I had more up top than down below. Nowadays I'm a 10 or a 12 depending on how forgiving the material is.

Lost 15 pounds, went from a 10 to a comfy 6.

But it varies from person to person so. take that as you will.

Now I am at 15.2 pounds total lost which is equalling 2 sizes lost. Current 192.2 = size 14 jean, 12's go up but will not button or zip.

It was about 25 for me to drop from an 18 to a 16. Now I'm in a 14 close to a 12, and that was in only 13 more lbs. So it's very individual, and I don't think it's a set number of lbs even for the same person from size to size. My hips really narrowed when I started lifting, so that may have had something to do with the quick subsequent drop.

At day 1 of week 6. Current weigh in is 191.5. Total is 15.9 lbs. Start at size 18. Wore my Calvin Kleins size 32 today. Think that translates to a 14, but these are in the size 12 pile of clothing (The biggest end of size 12 pile). (I am the Typical skinny clothes collection holder...sizes down to 4) The other 12's will button and zip but cut in too much to wear outside of home yet. Size 10 pile clothing will go up but not button or zip. Size 8 won't get over hips at all. On the other side, 18's would fall off, 16's are baggy, and 14's are loose pretty much all over the way they should be. Brands of 14's right now: GAP, Dockers, CK, Lee, Target labels. Brands of 12's that are just a bit too tight to wear out: Same as 14's but add Eddie Bauer, Ann Taylor and Brooks Brothers.

Water intake is hard for me to do consistently well, but when I do drink more (10+ glasses a day) my "chubba" deposits seem to shrink more. So only 0.7 lbs since last official check in, but the cubic volume of fat seems to have decreased A LOT.

Well I wish that 15 or 20 lbs put me down a size, because I've lost 29 lbs and I'm still wearing the same clothes I was before losing anything, they are VERY loose though . I'm wearing a 16W, but the 14s regular size are still too tight. Maybe it is the transition between Plus sizes into regular sizes I don't really know, but it really is depressing. I have a closet full of 14s that I would love to be able to wear!

BTW - I'm 5'7"