Dropping a dress size?

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  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
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    I think it depends on your height and where you carry your weight. My jeans were falling off of me after 15 pounds. I actually went down from a 16 to a 12 in the exact same jean and while they're snug in the waist, because that's where I carry most of my weight, they fit me everywhere else just fine. And I'm just 5'2". I think 15 pounds would be less noticeable on someone who was much taller.
  • Jazz_2014
    Jazz_2014 Posts: 142 Member
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    It varies greatly with all of us losing weight. How much weight you need to lose and genetics (where we keep the weight)
    But for me at 255lb I wore size 22 jean (they were tight). At 233 I wore a size 18 jean. And TODAY at 217 I wore a size 16 jean.
    So I am averaging about every 20lbs.

    Hang in there, it will come. I know exactly how you feel in wanting that NEXT size down. To me it is a great mini goal.
  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
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    The larger you are the more weight it takes to lose a size, and then as you get smaller it takes less and less weight to a size. It took me around 50lbs to go from 38" jean to a 34" but 18lbs to go from a 34" to a 30" jean
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
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    I'm 27 pounds lost and haven't dropped a dress size yet. For me I think it is that for the larger plus sizes it takes a lot more to do it. Give it time!
    It will vary from person to person for sure. I've lost 27lbs total and dropped from a US size 10/12 to a 4/6.

    At one point I dropped a full size without losing any weight on the scale. Scale weight doesn't always line up with the tape measure, so it's a good idea to track both. Some form of weight training (or strength/resistance of some sort) is also helpful for making those changes in the body, helping to maintain firm muscle while the fat comes off.
  • RachelSteeners
    RachelSteeners Posts: 249 Member
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    I'm 5 11" and have lost 46lbs... and gone from a 18/xxl/16/xl to 12 pants, large top.

    It took at least 20lbs before I noticed a significant difference in my clothes.

    My goal is size 8 pants and medium top (but not sure if medium top will work due to the large boobs... hopefully they shrink)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    36 pounds and I've finally dropped from 1X tops to XL. Pants I've been wearing 20s for a bit now (started at 22), and possibly on the verge of checking some 18s out.
  • Sailatsorf
    Sailatsorf Posts: 161 Member
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    I think it might depend what size you are starting out. When I first started, I was 214lbs, and it took me a 30lbs loss to drop from a size 16 to a 14. The smaller I get, the less weight loss it takes to drop a size. I bought my last pair of jeans 10 lbs ago, and they're already too big. I've dropped almost 2 sizes in a span of 15lbs, which is at quadruple the rate my resizing was when I was heavier and losing.
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
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    Really, it depends on how well your clothes fit beforehand.
    For example, I've lost just shy of 60lbs and am trying to lose the last 30 now, and I only went down one pant size, which seems crazy. But, before I started losing weight, I was probably wearing pants that were a size to two too small that I was stuffing myself into (like laying down on the bed to get the zipper up type stuff). I probably should have been wearing 16/18's, maybe even 20's since I was around 230, but I refused to budge from my 12/14's.
    I'm less stubborn now and I buy pants that fit regardless of the number on them because pants that fit don't give you muffin top even if you've got a little, but now I wear 10/12s for the most part. So in reality, a lot of my clothes have only changed by one size.
    On the bright side, I've had to buy fewer pairs of pants?
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
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    I lost 20 pounds and only went down one dress size (used to be an 8, now a 6). Though I mean, when I was wearing an 8 it was tight on me, so I might have technically been a 10 and just didn't want to admit it to myself, lol.

    So I'd say 10-20 pounds per dress size. Depends on the person though.
  • squishycatmew
    squishycatmew Posts: 151 Member
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    32 lbs, 2 pants sizes, one (?) top size, dress sizes are too bizarre to even bother with…

    Went from a US 14/16 pant to a 10/12 (mostly 10, could probably wear an 8 in legging jeans), from a large/XL in knit tops to a M/L and from an XL in woven tops to L. I have broad shoulders and a largish chest and huge legs, so I've always had to go a size up in woven tops, and I just bought a pair of leggings that's a size L, fits my legs… and is too loose in the waist.
  • theCaityCat
    theCaityCat Posts: 84 Member
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    In general, the larger you are, the more pounds need to be dropped in order to drop a size.
  • smarieallen85
    smarieallen85 Posts: 535 Member
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    Someone mentioned something about being curvy. I've lost 15 pounds and while I've gone down from a 32 to a 29 in jeans, I could wear a size 4 dress A LINE dress even at 160 pounds. The dress size is harder to change for me.
  • stephe1987
    stephe1987 Posts: 406 Member
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    I've stayed the same size (US 8/10) this entire time, when I was smaller (120 when I graduated high school), when I gained weight (160-167 at my heaviest), and now that I've lost some of it. It's just that my clothes don't feel as tight anymore. I guess everyone is different. I think it's because my weight is stored around the middle.
  • knoelledi
    knoelledi Posts: 91 Member
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    One time I did my weight loss, I lost 2 jean sizes and only lost about 10 pounds but it was hard working out. This time, I'm down about 10 pounds and the pants are just getting a little loose (most likely I was in denial that I should move up a size). It really all depends where the weight wants to go that day! Keep on!!
  • meltedsno
    meltedsno Posts: 208 Member
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    dropping a size or two took a little bit of time, but then I had a whole range of clothing sizes in my closet--from size 12 (my "diet pants") to a hefty size 20. So when I dropped a size it might not have been as noticeable as would have been if I would have actually had to purchase new clothes...

    I can tell you this much, though... once I lost the first 50 lbs, I was changing sizes every 2 to 3 weeks... and that WAS tough because I was wearing a size 10, then an 8, then, a 6... now a 4. I shopped alot at the good will because it was one way of affording "new" clothing..might be a good idea for a new company--- "borrowing" clothes while dieting similar to going to a library and "borrowing" a book to read... :-)

    point is, it was really slow going at first but then every couple of weeks, I was out shopping! Of course, I had a 100 or so pounds to lose, so that might have made a difference also (am wearing a size 4 these days and I think this is where I am going to stay)
  • CarriesCalories
    CarriesCalories Posts: 18 Member
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    Thanks so much for all the replies and tips. I am a size 16 (uk) and have a total of 56lbs to lose, I was hoping to notice a difference sooner but glad that it isn't uncommon for the first size to take a while.

    I have started exercising 6 days per week so hopefully that will help too.
  • CarriesCalories
    CarriesCalories Posts: 18 Member
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    Hey Friend,
    I have gone down 4 dress sizes, 30 lbs and 8 inches off my waist in 7 months. However, I haven't had great results on my thighs and lower abdominal area YET. <--- I'm working on it!

    Wow that's good going in 7 months, hope I can achieve similar.
  • strassenkoenigin
    strassenkoenigin Posts: 259
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    I always felt like 10 pounds got me one dress size smaller.

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