Ladies - How many pounds for YOU to lose a pants size?
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What is a pants size? My pants are in cm.
At a guess I lost like 1cm for ever 3 kg lost.
List around the 40kg mark and lost like 15cm off my pants. But I didn't keep accurate measurements of my pants.
Didn't see this was aimed at ladies, maybe why I don't know what a pants size is.
In the US women's pants are not usually in inches/cm...just sizes 0 & up. Not all manufactures use the same size scale so a size 10 in one band can be a 6 - 14 in another. It's a PITA.
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I've lost 30 lbs, and went from a 14 to a 6 or 8 depending on the brand.0
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »
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It's hard to say for me. I have jeans that are 22's that fit me (and fit me before) but they have some elastic in them so they are made to fit snugger. But I also have size 18 old navy Pixie pants. I also have size 16 Old Navy Pixie shorts that fit better than the size 16 regular khaki shorts from Old Navy. I cannot, however, fit into the size 15/16 Maruices jeans I have from 7 or so years ago. Definitely can't fit into the size 14 Levis yet, but that is my goal for before Christmas!
ETA: I started at 228 and am 214.6, so I've lost a little less than 14 pounds.0 -
It depends a lot on the clothing manufacturer, too. Lee Jeans Slender Secret were my favorites, but they made them 'new and improved,' slapped a new name on them and now I wear a BIGGER size than before, even though I've lost weight. My old size 20 is now their new size 22, which means I'm still fitting into a size 20 based on their sizing, despite losing 27 lbs. I don't like vanity sizing but this is just as bad :-\0
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It took about 30lbs for me to go from size 8/10 jeans to size 5/6.0
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I've lost a little over 20 lbs and am only down one size, from 13 to 11. 9's were too small. Maybe I'd fit in a 10.0
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About 12-15 lbs.0
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5'5". At 193 I wore a tight size 16. now at 173, i'm still a size 16, but not tight anymore. I'm pear shaped. I'm hoping that I can wear at 12 at my goal weight of 150, but i'm beginning to be skeptical.0
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I'm currently at 22 pounds lost and have not been able to comfortably "size down" yet. I think it definitely has to do with my body shape as my hips and thighs are much larger than the rest of my body. I have noticed my work pants become a bit looser though.0
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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).
The difference from a 16 to a 14 is a big step! It's a bigger difference than a 14 to a 12 for some reason. I've lost 22 lbs total (17.6 on MFP) and I'm not even close to dropping to the 14 from the 16.
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Down 21.6 today and still waiting to go down a size.0
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This is sort of confusing, but I will try to explain as best as I can. My starting weight was about 185 lbs, and I lost about 30 lbs from January of 2014 till now, since I'm at 155lbs. when I first lost weight, it took me about 6 months to go from the size 10 U.S. Jeans I was in when I was 185 lbs to a size 8. At that point, when I got a new jean size I was probably 160 lbs. I went from 8 to size 6 pretty fast after that, even though I didn't lose many pounds. I am now a size 4, and I am still practically the same weight I was when I was a size 8. Idk if I am just weird, or if that's normal, but that's just how it happened. I can also fit in size two jeans in some stores, so jean sizes are just weird! I'm 5'4" btw.0
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honestly i can't tell anymore... different brands/cuts of pants have crazy differences in sizing anyway. I have pants that are size 2 through 10, and they all fit great. I have one pair of jeans that have no stretch, size 4, and they zip up without any problems when I am 123 or so. I am 132 now, 5'4" and they aren't even close to fitting.0
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10-15.0
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ive lost 12 lbs and have not lost a pant size...I am thinking it is going to take me 20-25 lbs before my pants change.0
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I am jealous of all you saying 10 pounds, I have lost about 30 and still no change1
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20-30 pounds. It sounds like a lot, but I'm 5'11" and am 100% pear shaped! I lose all of the weight everywhere else but my hips and thighs first! Plus, my hips are quite wide. I'm currently at my heaviest, and wear a size 16, and when I was 60 pounds lighter, I was a size 12 and could SOMETIMES squeeze into a 10.
It really is interesting how different it is from person to person!0 -
Roughly 10 pounds - depends on the brands.0
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I found it was about 8.0
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I think it depends on how you're losing weight? (Diet only vs diet & strength training vs diet & cardio?)
I only say this because when I first started years ago, I was 220lbs and a size 16/18
The lowest I got to was 146lbs and was wearing a size 10
Then I gained 50lbs and was back up to a 13/14
and now I'm around 175 and I'm back to wearing a size 10/110 -
I'm closer to 20-25 lbs to lose a jean size.0
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I'm 5'1, I've lost 70 lbs. and went from a 22-24 or 3X to a 10-12, XL.0
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How many pounds do you have to lose to drop a pants size? I know it will vary from person to person....just curious!
I've lost 18lbs and still not able to buy a size down. Always been the car for me when losing weight. Never seem to hold on long enough to see the pants size drop. This time I will do it! I have to.0 -
at least 20 for me0
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About 10-15 lbs but once I get to 180ish I'm stuck in size 12 jeans cause I have really wide hips so they are usually baggy in the legs and butt if I get skinnier than that.0
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It took 22-25 lbs for me to drop a size0
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at about 5'8 and 234 lbs I was in a very tight 18. I have lost about 10 lbs and now the 18's are loose, but I am nowhere near being able to fit into a 16 yet (they are just too tight - though they do fit up over my hip and butt - they are too tight to sit in). I am trying to not be too hard on myself - since I probably should have been in a size 20 to begin with.0
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