Women: How many pounds to drop a pants size?

I have lost 24 pounds but still fit into my old pants. They are loose, but I want to go down a size!!

For me it's 20 lbs. I gain 20, I go up a size, I lose 20 I go down.

Same here. For me it's pretty much "Gain 10 pounds, pants get tight but still wearable, gain 20 pounds, go up a size."

Yep me too.

i'm 5'1 after birth i weighed 186 after a month in a half of working out I lost 13 lbs and went down from an 18 to a 16....although i refused to buy my size 18 pants lol. when I realize I fit in that size I got back on track on losing weight quick.

I think this is interesting i'm also 5 1 and started off at 217 wearing a size 16 jean, now that i weigh 164 i only dropped to a size 10. Goes to show that is has a lot more to do with bone structure than people think. Would you happen to know what yours is?

It depends on what you already weigh, and fat vs. muscle. I've gained ten pounds in the last five months, but lost a pants size. When I was still losing, between some sizes, I could lose 20+, and not change sizes.

Feeling good after you weigh in is better than pant size, especially if you do not gain!

Don't look at your old pants and think they are still to tight look at your everyday ones and see how they fit. Change your perspective. Once the everyday ones are annoying you because your pulling them up so often then try your old pants.

I don't think you can really equate weigh loss/gain with an increase/decrease in pant sizes, mainly due to body composition and differences in sizing between brands. Fat takes up more space than muscle, so one could gain muscle and go down a size.

Now, for me, I started at a size 18. I have no idea what I weighed then, since I refused to get on a scale. I do know that I went down to a size 16 and when I finally hit a scale I was around 206 lbs. When I hit around 180 lbs, I was able to fit into some size 14s but they were snug. At 175 lbs, I fit comfortably into those 14s and snugly into 2 other pairs of 14s. At 166 lbs, I had to wear a belt with the 14s and could squeeze into 1 pair of 12s I have from like 8-9 years ago.

ETA: I tend to carry most of my weight in my butt, hips, thighs, and upper arms. I lose in my waist first.

track your inches its more rewarding !

I lost 10 lbs before i changed dress size now ive lost another 5lbs and im nearly back down to a 12 but I do alot of pilaties and zumba which is more toning than anything some weeks i lose nothing on scales but lose inches x

Its not been linear. I seem to lose weight according to the scales then will have a couple of weeks where my weight loss slows but my shape changes. I've gone down from a UK26 to a comfortable size 18 (and can squeeze into a 16 but wouldn't risk sitting down yet!) and lost 93lbs. However, I kind of skipped size 22 and went from a 24 to a 20. This was in part because buying clothes is getting expensive for the wear I get out of them and in part because I changed shape quickly after my intitial loss.