losing a jean size..

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I lost about 75 lbs total and went from an Old Navy pant size 14-16 to 2. That said, I didn't really start dropping sizes until I'd lost the first 35 ish lbs or so. Seemed like an eternity before I started needing new clothes, then like I was constantly having to replace them!

I wore a size 22 from my highest weight (307 lb) all the way down to about 240-250 lb, and then went straight into a size 18.

Lately though it changes much faster. I wore a size 16 at 200 lb and now most of my 14s are getting big at 186 lb. A couple of 12s work but not all of them yet.

My experience (having been a lot of different sizes) is that it depends a lot on what the sizes you're going between are. The larger the sizes, the more pounds between them.

For example for me, to go from a 20 to an 18 takes ~15 pounds, a 14 to a 12 takes ~10 and from a 10 to an 8 take around ~8 pounds.

I was going to say that there's probably a minimum somewhere, since it's unlikely someone could drop a size while only losing a quarter pound... but then, upon further thought, if one is actively working on reworking body composition, technically, it's possible to drop a size without losing any weight (or even gaining)... so that's not true.

Honestly? Pretty much none, I've lost inches off my waist and only 3 pounds in well over a month but I've been working out a lot and have a lot to lose

Inches lost more than pounds.....I dropped a full size without losing anything on the scale - but inches were coming off. Tape measure is better than scale for progress.

Overall I've gone from a size 12 to a size 4 (or 2 or 6, depending on brand) after losing 26lbs.

I am wearing a pair of jeans at the moment, that back in January, when I visited family in the uk, were tight - as in I had to suck in to do them up. Today, they are loose - not so loose I can take them down without undoing them, but I can grab a handful of material on each thigh, and if I want to, I can put my fist in the waistband - so, for me, I think it's time to go jeans shopping - I may not be a full size down, but I reckon I will be by the end of the month! So that will be 3 months from tight to new jeans, a loss of around 6.5kg, perhaps a little more. I have dropped from a UK 18-20 18 months ago, to a UK 14-16, my goal is 12-14. I have been 10-12 before, and looking back at the photos, I feel I look a bit unhealthy, so I'm thinking that around 12 -14 will be where I look my best. So close!!!!!

Definitely depends on where you carry your weight... I lost about 40 lbs, and went from a tight size twelve to a comfortable, sometimes a little loose, size 6 (I can wear a 4 or even a 2 in brands that seem to do a lot of vanity sizing...)

I haven't lost a jean size yet as I seem to hover around the same weight and my jean size hasn't dropped. I definitely have lost inches and feel much "better" in my jeans... I don't have that tightness around my waist and thighs I used to have!!! I am curvy so my jeans are mostly fitted to my curves.

Like to see the comments on this one as I'm curious if there is an answer myself.....

Well for me at my highest of 214 I was a TIGHT sz 16....now at 151 Im in a sz 7/8.