pounds to pant size ?
kangaroux92
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how many pounds do you have to loose to go down a pant size.
i now 174 am a 13/14 woman's and when i was 150 i was a 10/11
i want to be an 8 in my dream world how much weight would that be.
would i have to be 140/135 to be a size
i thought 15 pounds equaled a pant size but that doesn't add up.
i now 174 am a 13/14 woman's and when i was 150 i was a 10/11
i want to be an 8 in my dream world how much weight would that be.
would i have to be 140/135 to be a size
i thought 15 pounds equaled a pant size but that doesn't add up.
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For me I've found that it is about 10 pounds a pants size. But everyone carries their weight differently.0
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How long is a piece of string? There is no way to know each individual will differ depending on distribution of fat and muscle tissue also depending on frame size. Also people do not lose weight in the same way as others or even as they have previously and from the same areas.0
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It depends a lot on your body fat percentage and how your body stores fat. I weigh 125 pounds and usually wear a 6, but in some brands I wear an 8. I tend to store all my fat around my waist so that increases my pants size. If you have a lot of muscle, you may weigh more but still fit into a smaller size.0
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It depends a lot on body composition (fat/muscle), genetics (body shape), age (your body changes shape as you age) and height, and it's not a linear relationship (the differences between sizes gets smaller in the smaller sizes), plus store sizing is all different.
It's not really possible to know how it would affect you specifically. I had no idea I'd end up a US size 2 petite when I got to 125 lbs, and there was no way of predicting it either. Suffice it to say, when you reach your goal, you'd look fabulous in a paper bag!0 -
I don't think there is a definite answer to that.
I've met some people who weigh 240-250 and who are a size 28 but at my heaviest I was 338 at a size 24. I'm down nearly 50 lbs and still a size 20-22 depending on the make of the clothing.
If there is some way to do that then I'm all ears to know what it is!
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Some people drop pant sizes without even dropping weight. We will not be able to tell you as it depends on the individual.0
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for me is 10 pounds but I am 170 and I use 7-8, at 230 16-14, at my lowest (145) 6/5 ... but I think it depends on how you carry your weight... I am am hour glass shape and my weight comes off from my hips and butt faster than arms, for example///0
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this all makes sense i have wider hips so i guess we will see ware i end up0
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It's all dependent on body composition. I am 5 lbs smaller than I was in high school at the same height and was a size 5 in high school, I am a size 0 now. No way was 5 lbs the deciding factor on fitting in that or not. Going from 170 lbs and a size 16 to what I am now and doing so at a moderate pace, weightlifting, and genetics determined fat loss and distribution. The best you can do is lose weight at a decent pace, get a good amount of protein and do some form of resistance training.0
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Not only is it dependent on body composition (and it's not linear, either)--it depends on where you are shopping, too. I can wear anywhere from a size 6 to a size 10 in pants, depending on the brand!0
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Typically it's 10 pounds per size for JEANS, with an hourglass figure. Dress pants, dresses, anything not made out of denim basically varies widely. I wish they would standardize womens clothes.0
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Again, dependent on body shape. I'm a UK 10-12 on top, 14-16 on the bottom. I go shopping when I've lost about 4 kilos or so thinking 'this time, this time I'll get into 14 jeans' nope. My top half will have moved down to an 8 and my thighs will remain unbudged.0
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I don't think there is a definite answer to that.
I've met some people who weigh 240-250 and who are a size 28 but at my heaviest I was 338 at a size 24. I'm down nearly 50 lbs and still a size 20-22 depending on the make of the clothing.
If there is some way to do that then I'm all ears to know what it is!
I was 317 and a 26, now I am 296 and a 24, so 20 pounds for one pant size, and the 24s are actually a little on the snug side! I am also 5'9" and big boned, and carry my weight in my stomach. Before I got pregnant with my now nine month old son, I was 295 and easily fit into the 24s, now at the same weight they are a little snug. The distribution of weight in my body shifted during/after pregnancy.
It just varies. From one person to another and even with the same person, depending on life (ie pregnancy).0 -
dopeysmelly wrote: »It depends a lot on body composition (fat/muscle), genetics (body shape), age (your body changes shape as you age) and height, and it's not a linear relationship (the differences between sizes gets smaller in the smaller sizes), plus store sizing is all different.
It's not really possible to know how it would affect you specifically. I had no idea I'd end up a US size 2 petite when I got to 125 lbs, and there was no way of predicting it either. Suffice it to say, when you reach your goal, you'd look fabulous in a paper bag!
This^......Sums it up nicely.
This is why losing weight at a rate that is appropriate for your size is important. Really low calories over time don't support lean muscle. Lean muscle is compact....fat isn't.0 -
It took me about 25 pounds to go down a pants size. And now I've been in size 16s for about 20 pounds. I have VERY wide hips though.
It's different for everyone.0 -
kangaroux92 wrote: »how many pounds do you have to loose to go down a pant size.
i now 174 am a 13/14 woman's and when i was 150 i was a 10/11
i want to be an 8 in my dream world how much weight would that be.
would i have to be 140/135 to be a size
i thought 15 pounds equaled a pant size but that doesn't add up.
It depends on your body type and your body composition (body fat %). Pounds doesn't always directly relate to sizes. In 2006 I weighed 174 pounds and I wore a size 12 in jeans (snug). I lost weight and went down to 142 and I wore size 8 jeans. Now I weigh 160 and I still wear size 8 jeans. I changed my body composition so even though I weigh more, my size is still smaller.
I have a friend who wears size 10 jeans but her dream is to be a size 8. The thing is, her hip bones are just wider than mine. Even though she weighs less and she really is at the low end of healthy weight range, she can't make her bones be any smaller to fit in a size 8.
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Completely depends on your body and where you carry the weight. I've lost 50 and not even close to going down a size. Some people lose 2 lbs and are down a size. Average is supposed to be about 10 lbs per size.0
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It really depends on your body type. I went down 3 pants sizes in the first 15 pounds I lost (soon to be 4) so one would think it would be 5 pounds per pant size, however going on that by the time I hit goal weight I would be in negative numbers (part of this could be because I am 5' 9 1/2 inches tall and have an insanely long torso). Heck my daughters are within 3 pounds of each others weights and 1 inch difference in height but wear different sizes in pants (one wears a 5 the other wears a 7-9 and its the lighter taller teen who wears the larger size)0
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Well. I'm 6' and at my highest weight I was 307lbs and a very very tight 22. I got to a 20 by 298 and it took to 275ish to get into 18s...But I also have 18s that still don't fit, 18s that fall off, 20s that I swim in, etc. Oh vanity sizing, how I loathe you./ Oh and in tops for the most part I wear a size 14/16 which is a whole size smaller than pants. Dresses, I dunno, my friend custom made the last dress I got so I couldn't tell ya.0
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20 pounds to go from 22 to 20, 20 pounds to go from 20 to 18, then slipped into 18 misses rather than plus. And I've only lost eight since, so we'll see how long until a 16. Probably less, as larger sizes are easier to wear for a larger weight range.
Tops I've gone from 2X to XL0 -
It doesn't talk that way. If you have 2 people standing next to each other, same height, same weight, one is 10% body fat, and the other is 35% bf, they are not going to wear the same size. And if they both lose 10lbs of fat, how will this change them?0
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At 5'4" when I was 145 lbs before I gained my weight, I wore a size 12. I now weigh 155 and wear a size 10. The difference? Body fat percentage. Before I only did cardio (running, elliptical) and now I do both cardio and heavy lifting. So it's going to be dependent on different factors like height, muscle mass and genetics.0
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I don't think there is a definite answer to that.
I've met some people who weigh 240-250 and who are a size 28 but at my heaviest I was 338 at a size 24. I'm down nearly 50 lbs and still a size 20-22 depending on the make of the clothing.
If there is some way to do that then I'm all ears to know what it is!
I was 317 and a 26, now I am 296 and a 24, so 20 pounds for one pant size, and the 24s are actually a little on the snug side! I am also 5'9" and big boned, and carry my weight in my stomach. Before I got pregnant with my now nine month old son, I was 295 and easily fit into the 24s, now at the same weight they are a little snug. The distribution of weight in my body shifted during/after pregnancy.
It just varies. From one person to another and even with the same person, depending on life (ie pregnancy).
I am also 5'9" and at 375lbs wore a 28 bottom and 4x tops (my scrubs were 4x bottoms, 5x tops because they had zero give and weird tailoring). At 285 lbs (almost) I am just now fitting into a 22 bottom and they are snug. Still stuck in 3x tops, but close to dropping to 2x I hope.
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It really depends. I've lost 20 lbs and haven't had a practical change in pant size. But that's probably due to two things: 1) the jeans I was wearing were a bit too small for me to begin with, as they fit much better now (I wear size 7, and I probably should have been wearing size 9s prior to losing this bit of weight), and 2) most of the weight that I've lost has been around my mid-section, and I tend to wear low-waisted jeans.
So yeah, as others have said, it's going to vary from person to person. Not everyone loses weight in the same places at the same rate, so it's a pretty difficult thing to predict.0 -
For me I find that women my weight and height wear different pant and shirt sizes. Part of it has to do with physique.0
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At 5'4" when I was 145 lbs before I gained my weight, I wore a size 12. I now weigh 155 and wear a size 10. The difference? Body fat percentage. Before I only did cardio (running, elliptical) and now I do both cardio and heavy lifting. So it's going to be dependent on different factors like height, muscle mass and genetics.
Exactly! I am 5'4" and 141, and was wearing 8 or 10 at 145.0 -
I wish it were more linear (would make anticipating future clothing needs easier, amirite?). I went from "busting out" of size 10 pants (should have been wearing 12) to loose size 8 in with a 20 lb loss. So about 10 lbs a size.
But, I've lost a whopping 2 pounds since Sep 1, and I'm down another pants size (about 1/2-3/4 inch lost off my waist and hips since then. I'm more focused on body composition (i.e. strength training) now that the weight is mostly where I'd like it/expect it to be for me.
So, like everyone above, there are so many factors: body fat composition, bone structure, or the way your weight is distributed (Do you have "curvy" or "slim" hips? Do you carry more in your butt or in your belly? Stuff like that).0
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