losing a jean size..
demonlullaby
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i'm just curious how long or how much weight it took before you lost a jean size? I realize that everyone is different.. but i'm just curious because one of my biggest goals is to fit into a pair of jeans that is far too small for me!
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I lost 17lbs and went down two jeans sizes. The jeans I buy aren't sized like 2, 4, 6, etc... though. I went from a 28 to a 26. I guess that's waist or hip size. I'm not sure how that translates into regular sizes.0
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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!0
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I also want to lose a jean size to get into a few pairs of my jeans and then a further jean size to get into goal skinny jeans!!0
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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.0 -
I dropped 13lbs and 2 inches in hips/thighs from a 6/8 to a comfortable 4.0
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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.0 -
when I started i was a size 50 , I hate clothes shopping so I waited until my friends started to joke around with me that I was swimming in my clothes before I started replacing stuff in the 5 months I have been going Ive dropped two pant sizes and am now a 46 and my went from a 4xl shirt to a 2xl shirt. it has been great to see the weight drop but now it is killing my wallet lol0
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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 lose0
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At my heaviest I was in a tight 16...
I have lost 50lbs...and I wear a size 5/6
ETA: so for me it's been 10 sizes...but that being said I lost 3lbs only and went down a size in my dresses...0 -
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.0 -
for me, its been 10 pounds means belt tightening, a total of twenty for another pants size.0
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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!!!!!0
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I have lost 23lb and 4 inches and I have dropped down 1 size.
I have gone from a tight size UK 16 to a not so tight UK 14.
It has taken me since Dec 30th 2013.0 -
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...)0
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I lost 20 pounds, went from a tight size 8 to a size 4. I carry most of my weight in my stomach, so I only had to lose about 5 pounds to go down a size.0
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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.....0 -
I went from a size 10 to a size 8 after 10 lbs. I had always heard that you drop a size after 10 or so pounds. But I guess that depends. I was squeezing into the 8 at first.0
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Well for me at my highest of 214 I was a TIGHT sz 16....now at 151 Im in a sz 7/8.0
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I lift weights, sometimes I'll go down in jean size but up in weight! But the muscle weight will make you leaner0
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i'm just curious how long or how much weight it took before you lost a jean size? I realize that everyone is different.. but i'm just curious because one of my biggest goals is to fit into a pair of jeans that is far too small for me!0
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Haven't lost a size yet. I'm so bummed - I really want to go shopping for new clothes!!0
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Current size 16 and 15 lbs down...have yet to drop a size!0
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Not sure I can help with the lose a pant size, but i do know the opposite. I went from a juniors 5/6 jean US to size 8 with only a 10lb gain size 10 juniors and 12 juniors seem to be a 15 lb difference. I have heard that the larger sizes take longer to drop. Heck a size 5 juniors and too much salt can mean your pants are too tight :frown:0
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Switch brands. For instance, switch from a Gap size 6 to Chico's size 0. LOL0
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Wow, everyone is really different here. I am down 65 lbs and started at a 22. I can get into a 14 now. I carry most of my weight in my hips and thighs. I hope to see a size 10 by August.0
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I've lost 12lbs since Sept and have NOT lost a jean size. Of course I was pushing the limits of my jeans then and now they are pretty comfortable. So I don't know, maybe 15lbs? I'm also 5'9".0
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It depends on a lot of factors.....I'm 5'2" and started in size 24 mostly (some 26, some 22). I've lost 18 pounds and haven't changed sizes yet. I started at 293 and am at 275 now, my pants are getting a bit looser, but not enough to change a size yet.0
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ive only lost 9 pounds and i already fit comfortably into jeans i could not close before.0
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I have just dropped a size within the last week or so. It took me almost 30lbs before it happened. I went from a 16 to a 14.0
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