60 pounds lost no pants sizes. :(

If you're pair shaped, I can understand how you might be a size 16 still. Your hips and bottom are probably the last areas to lose the fat. Keep going! When I was 155 pounds WITHOUT hips and butt (my butt is flat and I have no hips), I was wearing size 12, so that's why I think size 16 doesn't sound abnormal at all. I have lost 30-some pounds and went from size 12 pants to a size 4. However, I'm still wearing size medium shirts! That's because my weight up above is the last part to lose fat. Everybody loses fat at different locations. I also have a feeling when you were 60 pounds heavier, you were probably wearing the wrong size pants.

My problem area is my lower abdomen. I've slimmed noticeably around my chest, arms and legs but due to my problem area being the last to go, there's not much difference in pant sizes. I started at 18's and am just *barely* starting to wear some 16's.

Is it possible it is just your bone structure? I am an 'apple' or 'banana' but now that I am closer to my goal weight, I have discovered my hip bones are rather wide, but I just don't carry much weight on them, so even after I reach goal (about 20 more lb to go), I will probably only go down maybe one more pant size, which is a bummer because I had wanted to get down to a nice low number. lol

So...what happens if you put on the *same exact pants* that you wore when you were 60 lbs heavier? How do they fit?

I find it hard to believe that your measurements haven't changed after losing that much weight, but easy to believe that the sizing of jeans is incredibly inconsistent and shouldn't be taken to heart. I've got 16s that I can't get past my thighs and 12s that I'm swimming in. Just go with what fits and cut out the label if the size bothers you that much.

I don't have them anymore I gave them to my mom. My measurements have changed but I'm still wearing the same jeans size and I've tried on 15 juniors and they're extremely tight on me. I mean I even have 16s that fit me when I was younger and heavier and they're too tight still.

Yeah, there is your problem. A 15 and 16 are no where near the same size. I can wear a ladies 12 and it fit like a junior 19. Crazy.

Also, size change over time. I still have a pair of 10 Calvins that I wore when I was 130 lbs in the 80s. Now, at 180, I couldn't get one leg in them. But if I am willing to pay enough, I could find a size 10 today that would fit me. It is called Vanity sizing.

The grass is always greener...I have wished I was a pear instead of an apple. I've lost 45 pounds and gone from a 18-20 in pants to a loose 14, but only one size in tops. My last 25 lb is all around my middle, so many pants that fit in the waist are falling off my hips and butt. I would imagine you have the opposite problem. Be proud of what you've lost. You'll find clothes that fit eventually. I bet you look great in a dress!

Genetics is my guess for why you don't have it. Sounds like your body stubbornly keeps the weight around the middle and hips.You won't drop pants sizes until that happens. Those other people's body's just shed wieght differently. It'll come off eventually as you get closer and closer as you get leaner and drop fat.

How is is your upper body doing? Are your shirts or bra's fitting better? Celebrate the successes - whatever they are :flowerforyou:

I will say, as being one of those people who drops pants sizes nearly overnight, that it SUCKS. I have to keep a pants wardrobe of size 6-12 becuase of it. Its expensive, space consuming and time consuming.

This is so true. It took me nearly 70 lbs to go down a pants size, and at that point it was really 2!!! I weigh about 276 (started out over 360!) and I'm in a 22. Some people just carry their weight differently. Mine is all at the bottom of me. Oh, and my arms.
Hang in there. It'll happen.

Though my loss is not as much as your's, I can relate. I've lost 36 pounds and have just now went down a single pant size. It is definitely frustrating. I'm 145 and was a size 11 (a size 13 on the worst days) and now I'm a size 9. I don't mind having curves, and my legs and *kitten* definitely look a lot better than they did before, but I just feel like the lower half of me is massive and the only part of my body I still don't like.

So...what happens if you put on the *same exact pants* that you wore when you were 60 lbs heavier? How do they fit?

I find it hard to believe that your measurements haven't changed after losing that much weight, but easy to believe that the sizing of jeans is incredibly inconsistent and shouldn't be taken to heart. I've got 16s that I can't get past my thighs and 12s that I'm swimming in. Just go with what fits and cut out the label if the size bothers you that much.

I don't have them anymore I gave them to my mom. My measurements have changed but I'm still wearing the same jeans size and I've tried on 15 juniors and they're extremely tight on me. I mean I even have 16s that fit me when I was younger and heavier and they're too tight still.

Juniors are cut different than womens and ladies. I always wondered what the difference was, and a sales woman explained to me that Juniors are cut specifically for younger people who have not developed all their curves yet, or particularly athletic people, and that once people either get a little older and things shift, or people gain weight, go through puberty, have a baby, or the other changes that give people more curves, then we move to the clothes with the even numbers. Apparently there is a difference between women's and ladies too - I think ladies might be the "regular adult" sizes, and "womens" are for those of us who have had extra weight or babies. Not 100% sure if those are the correct distinctions - ask someone at a department store - I never buy clothes. But for instance, I would wear a 14 in women's but a 17 or so in Juniors (and they still wouldn't fit right!). People used to say that the numbers related from Juniors to women's/ladies but it isn't really true. In Juniors, my waist needs a 13 but my butt needs a 17 - exactly the sort of curves that women's sizes fit, but no junior pants will ever fit.

So...what happens if you put on the *same exact pants* that you wore when you were 60 lbs heavier? How do they fit?

I find it hard to believe that your measurements haven't changed after losing that much weight, but easy to believe that the sizing of jeans is incredibly inconsistent and shouldn't be taken to heart. I've got 16s that I can't get past my thighs and 12s that I'm swimming in. Just go with what fits and cut out the label if the size bothers you that much.

I don't have them anymore I gave them to my mom. My measurements have changed but I'm still wearing the same jeans size and I've tried on 15 juniors and they're extremely tight on me. I mean I even have 16s that fit me when I was younger and heavier and they're too tight still.

Yeah, there is your problem. A 15 and 16 are no where near the same size. I can wear a ladies 12 and it fit like a junior 19. Crazy.

Also, size change over time. I still have a pair of 10 Calvins that I wore when I was 130 lbs in the 80s. Now, at 180, I couldn't get one leg in them. But if I am willing to pay enough, I could find a size 10 today that would fit me. It is called Vanity sizing.

Just to add that with vanity sizing I have pants in size18 that fall off (fairly new), another pair size18 that just fit (20 years old) and a pair of size18 (over 40 years old - they were my mom's in high school) that I can't get the button anywhere close to the button hole.
You just have to find what fits, ignore the number on the tag and know that you are not alone.

The grass is always greener...I have wished I was a pear instead of an apple. I've lost 45 pounds and gone from a 18-20 in pants to a loose 14, but only one size in tops. My last 25 lb is all around my middle, so many pants that fit in the waist are falling off my hips and butt. I would imagine you have the opposite problem. Be proud of what you've lost. You'll find clothes that fit eventually. I bet you look great in a dress!

Me too. Seems the consensus is that there are trouble spots that hang on. That explains why my waist never seems to get any smaller but my jeans are sagging in the seat! And in my case I can see the pattern in my parents and grandparents (ie skinny legs, no rear, and thick middles). Yikes.

Hi, I know what you are saying. I have lost 50 lbs and have only dropped pants size after 40lb loss. But the last 10lbs have seen another jean size drop. I have heard it explained as a roll of paper towel. if you remove five sheets from a full roll there is not much difference in the circumference of the roll, but as the roll gets smaller, if you remove five sheets it is very noticeable. So don't give up, you will drop a pants size and I guarantee that after the initial pants size drop it will only take 5 to 7 pound loss before you drop another pants size.

Everyone is just so different. I have an "hourglass" shape. So far I have lost 12 pounds, and I have gone down 1 pant size. I hope to go down at least another three sizes before I'm done.

One thing about pants. The sizes have changed over the years. People are always talking now about wearing such small sizes - sometimes even a 0. Well, when I was young there was no such thing as a 0. The smallest sizes I ever saw in the stores was a 5. The point is that somebody who is wearing a 0 is not really as thin as it sounds.