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Dress sizes

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  • kbkeats
    kbkeats Posts: 103 Member
    As everyone else has mentioned, I didn't lose a size until I hit my 20lb weight loss mark. I'm now down 25lb & the new size is starting to get a bit loose.
    It definitely can be discouraging to not lose sizes, but I've noticed that even clothes of the same size look different (and better!) as I lose weight.
    Keep it up!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,940 Member
    I'm 5'9" and at 140lbs down I have gone from a 28 pant to an 18 (I think. The size 22 jeans I own are way too big at this point). So calling it 5 pants sizes lost means I had to lose about 28lbs/size.
  • cazpom37
    cazpom37 Posts: 88 Member
    lemonsurprise wrote: »
    I've lost 40lbs and have gone from size 22 dress to a 16!! I think that seems like a huge drop for a fairly small loss (in comparison to my size), but as everyone is different heights and builds it would be impossible to say a general rule.

    similar to myself. i lost 35lbs and went from a 22-24 to a 16. i am only 5ft 2 though, don't know if that makes a difference?
  • madierdorf
    madierdorf Posts: 73 Member
    I lost 33 lbs and went from a 16 to an 8 in woman's sizes. It depends on the cloths, I shopped at target and needed a size 12? I don't concentrate on lbs as much as before. I try and buy cloths that I look good in. Good luck keep going:-) Mary Ann
  • cpink1022
    cpink1022 Posts: 4 Member
    I think there are lots of things that factor into it. One thing would be if you weren't wearing
    the right size to began with. I know I would avoid buying something if it went passed a certain size. I even found myself buying a size that was a little too tight because I didn't want to go up a size. Let me put it this way I was buying size 12 dresses, but when I was properly measured I was a size 16. Now, eight months later I'm a size 10.

    Anyway, we all loose wieght differently.
  • 42squared
    42squared Posts: 5 Member
    edited March 2015
    Took about 20 lbs to for me to go from a 16 to a 14. I'm about 5'3". I think I probably was over a 16, my pants were pretty tight (muffin top all around) but I can now take off my 16's without unzipping them. I still wear a mix (thank you belts) , but i'm slowly replacing them with 14's as a i wear them out.
  • ElisaJtsu
    ElisaJtsu Posts: 97 Member
    I'm a 16 (UK), when I was 40lbs lighter, I was only one dress size smaller (14), but I felt great! I'm just short of 6 ft, so even in slimmer times I was never smaller than a size 14. It depends on your build as well! I wouldn't worry about dress sizes that much - who cares what the label says if you're looking & feeling wonderful??!!
  • lilbea89
    lilbea89 Posts: 62 Member
    Took me twenty five pounds to get from a 16 to a 14 or 12 (I hate how I can have three different dress sizes from different stores that all fit me the same). But I'm only 5'1"
  • LaraArmstrong16
    LaraArmstrong16 Posts: 10
    Ive lost no weight but my measurements have changed dramatically. Especially in my legs! I've gone from a UK 14 to a UK 12 for bottom half. Nothing for the top yet though. All my family carry our weight in our legs so i guess it just depends on your genes. But everyone is different :)
  • priyac1987
    priyac1987 Posts: 115 Member
    Ive gone from 196lbs to 144lbs (-52lbs) and I was a size 18 (UK) and now I am a size 12 (UK) :)
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I lost 28lb and eventually that translated into 4 sizes; from a 10 to a 4.
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