Ladies - How many pounds for YOU to lose a pants size?

mkakids
mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
How many pounds do you have to lose to drop a pants size? I know it will vary from person to person....just curious!
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  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    10-15 for me.
  • Patrice120
    Patrice120 Posts: 23 Member
    About 10 pounds per size for me.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Not sure either. I've lost 22lbs. Went from a size 12-14 to a size 8
  • ninayoungdog617
    ninayoungdog617 Posts: 55 Member
    mkakids wrote: »
    How many pounds do you have to lose to drop a pants size? I know it will vary from person to person....just curious!

    Normally it is 10 lbs for a size. However height does play a role. I am 5'10".
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    About 10.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Thanks for the input! I was just curious because it takes me about 20# which seemed like alot (im pretty proportional top and bottom...not a pear or apple) to go down a size. Im currently 218 and in a size 16 (loose but 14's are tight).
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
    The less you have to lose, the more significant of a difference in jean size you'll see with less weight loss. I mean, it will depend on genetics on how fat loss is distributed but it seems that way.
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    I'm working on going from a 14 to a 12. 9 lbs is not enough. I'm 5" 6""
  • ErinK09
    ErinK09 Posts: 687 Member
    I honestly have not noticed. I'll have to keep an eye on that.
  • danigarcia818
    danigarcia818 Posts: 9 Member
    I've just started my journey, lost 9 lbs but no change in clothes. I guess it's too early to tell...
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    danigarcia818 wrote: »
    I've just started my journey, lost 9 lbs but no change in clothes. I guess it's too early to tell...

    I don't know how tall you are, but I also needed to lose 70 pounds (I've lost 33) and at about 15 pounds was when the 14s started to fit again.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    obscuremusicreference wrote: »
    meritage4 wrote: »
    I'm working on going from a 14 to a 12. 9 lbs is not enough. I'm 5" 6""

    I'm 5'6", 167, and can fit into everything from a 12-16. I can zip up the only 10s I have, but it's pretty bulgy.

    Someone once posted a link to a site where they had pics of women along with their weights and sizes. I'd like to see that again to compare my new weight.

    I believe its mybodygallery.com

  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    edited January 2015
    It depends on your starting weight and how you carry it. There's more of a difference between the larger sizes I think.

    Between size 12 and size 10 was something like 20 lbs for me (I lose from the top down so it took awhile). But the difference between 10 and 8 was only 10 lbs. The difference between a size 6 and a size 4 was 0 lbs, just a year of lifting.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    JamieATX wrote: »
    At 85 lbs lost, I have only lost 4 sizes. It's like layers on an onion. The smaller you get the fewer pounds between sizes.

    That was much more eloquent and made more sense than my version.
  • Dlhigh
    Dlhigh Posts: 72 Member
    I am 5'11. I had lost 50. In the beginning it took about 15 pounds to drop a size. But when all was said and done , it was 5 sizes in 50. So pretty consistent with what others have been saying. I am up about 15 pounds and that is one size for me going the other way (
  • adnaram
    adnaram Posts: 44 Member
    I'm with you- took 25 lbs to drop that first size. I'm hoping that the next comes sooner...
  • frksfrau
    frksfrau Posts: 108 Member
    It took approximately 20 lbs for my clothes to become too loose to wear. From past experience, from here on downward, every 10 lbs.
  • Autum1031
    Autum1031 Posts: 82 Member
    edited January 2015
    I concur with previous statements that the larger you are, the more weight you need to lose to drop a size. It varies per person, but when I lost a lot of weight once before I had to lose about 10% of my weight to drop a size. I was quite large, 340 pounds and a size 30/32, and I had to drop 30-40 pounds before I moved down to a 26/28. I never did lose all of the weight--I got down to a size 18 at 240 pounds-- but I remember at that point it was closer to 20-25 pounds to drop a size.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Modelmydiet is another good site. I don't think I look as good as the Model My Diet girl, but when I poke in other people's info, it looks pretty close!!

    I love going there, seeing how I looked, how it look now, what it will look like and what I would look like if I could reach my dream goal. :)
  • stormyview
    stormyview Posts: 81 Member
    edited January 2015
    Start:160, 5'4", pear-shape, size 10 jeans

    Size 6 jeans after almost 5 months, 22 pounds down (never bought 8s) I had been starting to think I'd never go down a size

    Size 4 jeans six months after starting, 27 pounds down

    Size 0 jeans in same brand/style as all of the above jeans, about 8 months after starting, down 35 pounds total

    Size 0 in a couple of other brands I've tried, about 10 months after starting, 38 pounds down total

    I am very small-framed, with very narrow hip bones. There's actually still quite a bit of fat I'd like to lose on my upper thighs, which I think will size me out of some brands.

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