When Will I Start Losing Clothing Sizes?

So much depends on your starting weight, body shape, shape and style of clothing, etc. I have lost 45 lb and have dropped one size. I know that, when I get closer to my goal, every 20 lb is approximately a dress size because I tend to gain and lose evenly over my body. Others will drop a size with closer to 10 lb.

I haven't had to buy anything new except pants because my blouses and dresses are a style that doesn't look bad if they are a little loose (and they were a bit tight before I started losing). As far as when to think about buying new clothes, generally when your current ones are uncomfortably baggy.

I once read somewhere that 10lbs is a size, and that's not really true.

It depends on the clothes and the manufacturer. I've noticed that 20lbs and I still wear a L shirt...but it looks a hell of a lot better and when I buy new clothes sometimes I'm a medium. Just go shopping and you'll see what I mean, and don't give up

For me, I had to lose 30lbs before I noticed that I needed new pants. I'm 5'8" with a SW of 220. At 190 my size 14 jeans required too much belting to stay up so I got some 12s. At 170 I just bought 8s in the same brand. I want to lose another 20lbs and suspect that will get me to a comfy size 6.

in the past 4 months I have lost 25 lbs and still wear the same size, it will probably be another 10 lbs before I have to buy new pants, the ones I have now went from being really tight to really loose. I probably should have been wearing a bigger size pants to start with but I didnt want to admit it.

I have lost 35 lbs and still wearing the same size. But I am 6'1" and my weight is distributed evenly. I have noticed clothes fitting better but I know it's frustrating when you can't buy smaller clothes yet. I have several pairs of jeans in my closet waiting on me.

I wore a women's plus size 22 when I was at my all-time heaviest of 307 lb. I still wore a size 22 when I was at about 250 lb. That's a huge difference in size, but no change...then I quickly got into 18, and since then I have found that I lose a size about every 15 lb, sometimes less than that. For example at 190 lb I wore a 14 and now at 179 lb I wear a 12.

It is different for everyone and there are so many factors that play into it...your body type, the clothing styles/cuts/fabric...just endless factors. Just try to be patient and it will happen!

I've lost 45 lbs, 5' 2" (so, I'm short). Started size 16/18, now down to size 6, since Jan 22 (so, quick math.. about 5.5 months), BUT the first size change took about 20 lbs. Having said that, I've actually skipped sizes a couple of times, so went straight from 14 to 10, and then missed 8 more-or-less. So, it's slow to start with, but then it can get pretty quick..

For those of us who used to go through life in elastic waistbands, it can be awhile. I lost sixty pounds before my favorite skirt finally fell off. Thankfully it wasn't in public!

I would lose 8 to 10 and not see that much change in my clothes.. but once I started working out with strength/weight training I notice that my clothing size dropped faster than the scale. So for me and my personal experience... adding in the weight training really help my body to slim down.

It depends. My clothes were pretty tight when I started so the first 20 pounds just got them to fitting comfortably. It also depends on how stretch your clothes were. I have quite a few things that still fit because of stretch.

you also dont just lose fat in one place. You will lose from all over your body, so 20 pounds of weight loss didnt all just come out of the waist, it came out of your arms, back, chest, face, neck, legs, ect. Each person is different. I've been at it since januart and am down 24 pounds. I could potentially get some new clothes now but the size difference isnt big enough yet for me to waste the money.
Keep at it, try taking measurements instead of relying on what the scale says too.

I lost a total of 26 pounds and went down 1 size. from a 10 to an 8. Recently, in maintenance, I have been staying around the same weight, but have been tracking my body size and in the last month I have lost inches. I've been taking pictures of myself every week, taking measurements and doing body fat with calipers. I've gone down to 24% body fat (according to my measurements = MFP has me at 13%, which is athletic - weird),which is in the active range instead of average, and I've lost 2 inches in my waist and 1 inch in my bust and hips in the last month.

There was a study done that said part of longevity is not being too thin or to fat, rather having a bit of fat on you. I'm 67, expecting to live a good long time, so I'm doing whatever I can to enrich my life. (BTW, the other two factors are exercising and having a _little_ wine or beer regularly)

Last week I went shopping and found that mediums were starting to be too big. But with women's clothes it's hard to tell. More expensive clothes tend to run bigger at smaller sizes so it's mostly the fashion industry that's telling us we're smaller. ;-) But it's nice to feel like I'm smaller.

There's only so small I can get in the hips because I don't want to get too thin, and I'm curvy so what's left under there is pretty much bone. lol

i think i've technically lost half a size so far. About two months ago I was 5 lbs further down, and while there I was definitely a full size down. So it looks like 17 lbs is my first full size down, but most of that was at the very end (I lost most of my early weight from around my underbust & stomach).