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Down 4 sizes or 8? I've never understood this

schelly81
schelly81 Posts: 161 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I started at a size 20 and now I'm down to a size 12. So would I be down 4 pants sizes as there is a size 12, 14, 16, 20. Or am I down 8 pants sizes as 20-12=8? I feel like an idiot asking this but I've never really understood what people mean when they say that. I don't even plan on using the term.

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  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    5 sizes: 20-18-16-14-12
  • sylvieabookire
    sylvieabookire Posts: 1 Member
    I think its 4. Congrats :)
  • jtarmom
    jtarmom Posts: 228 Member
    I would call that 4.
  • flumi_f
    flumi_f Posts: 1,888 Member
    I'd say 4....I'm down from a 48 to a 36.....48 - 46 - 44 -42 - 40 - 38 -36...so that would be 6 sizes. I never understood the difference of 2 between two sizes....but there are short sizes. A petit 48 is a 24, a 46 is a 23...so 24 to 23 is also one size.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    You are down 4 pants sizes. You do not count the odd numbers because they are not sizes in women's clothes- they are juniors sizes. It's not like you went from size 20 to size 19 at some point.
  • Kabiti
    Kabiti Posts: 191 Member
    Yeah... 4. Odd sizes are for juniors. It's for cut more than measurements.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    It's confusing, but I'd call that down 4: 18-16-14-12. Like others have said, since you don't go from 14 to 13, I wouldn't count 13.
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