How many lbs you had to lose to change pants size?
Astharteea
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Im asking because I have to lose 25 lbs to drop a size. So I'm wondering how it works for you guys.
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I think it's usually around ten to fifteen for me. It seemed to change a lot faster this time than it has in the past not doing low carb0
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That's about where I am, but I think the pants that are almost too big for me now were probably too small when I was at my heaviest, I just squeezed into them. I figure the next size change will happen more quickly
When I lost weight in the past, I would change a size every probably 10-15 lbs. I wasn't able to afford a new wardrobe every size so I'd skip every-other size and used a belt.0 -
What size were you at 205 lbs? (14)
At 180 lbs?(12)
160 lbs?(10)
140 lbs? (8)
120 lbs? (6)
115 lbs ?(4)
110 ? (2)
108 ? (0 )0 -
170 - 180 was a 12 but ya know, really tight
160 - 170 10s
150 - 160 current 8s
140 - 150 6s I can get them on now but not comfortably
Oh I'm 5'5.5" that probably matters0 -
umm... I think about 5lbs
Sizing is fickle, I compared two pairs of pants only one size different and the difference in the waist was only about an inch
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I am 203 pounds and am now wearing size 14-16, which astounds me. (I have an hour glass figure with more sand in the bottom, so wear a bigger size for pants.) I remember buying some of these clothes when I was about 180 pounds. I think I am more compact eating this way. When I was 10 lbs heavier 2.5 months ago, I was wearing size 18 at 213 lbs. This last 10 pounds has really surprised me in the way I am wearing my clothes. People don't believe me when I say I want to lose an additional 50 pounds. ( But usually the people who tell me this could stand to lose an equal amount themselves lol.) I am super thrilled to be out of the "plus sizes".
Here are my sizes:
244 lbs - size 22 or 2XL
230 - 20
215 - 18
203 - 14-16
??? - 14
??? - 12
??? - 10
??? - 8
150 - who knows ? I'll let you know when I get there. But by then I'll have a more developed exercise routine perhaps.
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@Kitnthecat My lbs and sizes are in the past 10 years, that's when I was 108 lbs and size 0 So those are all sizes I went through and I want to do it all over again. But I see @auntstephie321 , you and I kind of change size to the ( approximately) same amount of lbs. I'm only 5.4 in height. I usually start feeling better looking when I get down to size 8 and down. Frigging food! 0
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@Astharteea I'm about the same, one my size eight shorts zipped up was when I started feeling thin, ten more lbs and I'll feel like a super model lol. I'm at the point where I can clearly see my collar bones, that when I know I'm getting close0
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When I started tracking and aiming to lose a little over a month ago I was at 164 and a comfortable size 12. Now I'm 153 and can wear my 10's from last year that were too tight a few weeks ago. So I guess I had to lose 10 lbs.0
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@auntstephie321 awesome cat you have! Also, it feels so good to see bones) and feel your abdomen moving with your hips when you walk. Can't wait to get there again.
@Sunny_Bunny_ so at 143 lbs you'll be an even sexier size 8! You are so close and probably very happy.0 -
I started last October at 153 lbs and wearing a loose size 12. Sometimes squeezed into a 10 that was a little stretched out.
I am currently 136 lbs and wearing a size 8 pair of Levi 515 jeans quite comfortably.
What's funny is that a few weeks ago, I dug out my "skinny clothes" from the closet and was all excited that I'd finally get to wear those "cool pants" again that used to hug my curves...
And they practically fell off!
A blessing, and a curse. Guess I need a new pair of "cool pants"!
Also lost a cup and band size in my bra, apparently. Darn it! Why'd you have to go and drop the weight from THERE?
I'm 5'4" and have an hourglass figure. I have monster thighs and tend to look like I weigh a LOT less than I do - mostly because I know how to dress and drape what I have. Feels pretty good, though, to not have to drape and disguise nearly as much!
Sizes are listed in US Women's sizes which, as we all know, VARY GREATLY. In high school, I was 105 lbs and wore anything from a size 0 to a size 11/12, depending on the brand and style!
Congratulations to everybody on their progress!
-T.
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Ha! I know this one for sure. I have every size in labeled boxes. I'm 5'1. and it's exactly 10lbs per size in pants and skirts. I've done this before. I was 100 lbs in 1998. My wedding dress was a size 2. (Age 38) I did diet and exercise like a fiend to get that low. Post baby I look my best at 120lbs. (size 6) Most of my good suits and clothes are a 10, (140lbs) I look Ok and still proportional at that weight. At 160++ I look and feel chunky and lumpy. I do wear my clothing on the loose side, I feel uncomfortable and self conscious in tight clothes.
180-18 (Women's US)
170 -16
160 -14
150 -12
140 -10
130-8
120-6
110-4
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@Teneko You are right. Sizes do vary and also people change sizes differently and also wear different sizes at different weights. It just seems that most of us are close in numbers.0
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What's your height? That will make a difference... at 135 I take a size 4 (Canada, a US 2) because I am 5'8". I also have some 2's (Canada) but they don't fit properly (a bit of muffin top) until I am at 132 lbs. I take an XS in most clothes except for some of my blouses with narrow shoulders and a couple of my pencil skirts (sz S). I wore a size 12 at my heaviest (165lbs).0
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It depends on size and height. At 280 I wear and 18 but at 250 a 16.0
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At 245 I wore a size 40. At 216 I wear a size 36 (and they are a bit loose even fresh out of the dryer). My final goal is 183. I cannot bring myself to say it out loud, but maybe I will be down to a size 32!0
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I'm 5' 2 1/2" and was wearing size 26 when I weighed 240 and size 4 when I got down to 125. I currently weigh 155 and wear size 10. I have very short legs and most of my excess weight is in my thighs and rear. Definite pear shape.0
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@slimzandra I am surprised to see 180 size 18. I would have thought 14 at the most. Size 10 at 140 lbs sounds more likely. And I know what you mean about being 160 lbs. I think that's when people started asking me if I'm pregnant)))) Ahahhah. Actually start feeling fat when I get over 126. My face starts to change first, I get the round cheeks and all. At 135 lbs I already feel ugly and unmotivated. Imagine at 208. You think your life is over )
I'm confused with the European size, I seem not to be able to convert it @dalansteiner .
@canadjineh I am 5'3 1/2 and at 135 lbs I think I was already a size 8 in Old Navy's jeans)
P.S. The sizes I gave earlier were approximate, give or take a little in lbs or size.0 -
As a guy, I think it is a bit different? Maybe?
I went fro 44 to 32
I re army pants lower on my hips, not all pulled up. So my pant waist size is really a function of leaning out where my thighs insert into my hips and then adding back booty muscle. Doing squats and deadlifts are the body recomposiition exercises. And diet, of course.
I don't know that I will get smaller than 32, but hopefully less body fat under the front pockets and more muscle behind the back pockets!0 -
Mine definitely depends on the brand. I can be a 10 in some and an 8 and others, and right now I am 169lbs. I do like my jeans a little on the higher side as well big don't like where it sits on my hips because I have wider hips. I like where they sit just below my belly button. Pants are definitely tricky and I have to try every one on because they all fit differently.0
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There is more difference between the higher sizes than the lower ones. It can take 20+lbs to go between an 18 and a 16 for example and less than 10lb to go from a 10 to an 8. That's in my experience.
If you think about it the additional mass all over the body required to put on an inch at the waist when you are size 18 is a lot more than the mass needed to put on an inch at the waist at a size 8.0 -
I have lost 10 pounds and really don't see much difference in my clothes yet. I am kind of assuming that I was probably more squished into them than I thought. I am hoping another 5 lbs will show me a difference though.0
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I'm 5'8 at 142lb and bounce between sizes 8 and 6, depending on the brand.
In 4 months it went down from 160+lb and size 10-120 -
I'm 5'2" and 185 -- I went from a size 18W at 210 in March to a size16 regular at 185 today. Very hourglass figure and I used to carry most of my weight in hips and thighs. But now that I'm post-menopause, I've found that I can wear pants that I barely could wear at 160 15 years ago....but all my old shirts are way tight on top -- my weight definitely seems to have shifted north!
What's also interesting is that the women's sizes now have way too much fabric around the outer thighs -- so none of last year's pants work for me any more... the regular sizes are cut more straight, and now I go more straight down.
I've gone into a frenzy of new clothes buying this past month -- need to stop! Bought a pair of skin-tight pants yesterday that I'm hoping I'll be able to wear this winter....but I'm figuring it's going to take another 20 lbs for them to fit well.0 -
I'm 5'2" and 185 -- I went from a size 18W at 210 in March to a size16 regular at 185 today. Very hourglass figure and I used to carry most of my weight in hips and thighs. But now that I'm post-menopause, I've found that I can wear pants that I barely could wear at 160 15 years ago....but all my old shirts are way tight on top -- my weight definitely seems to have shifted north!
What's also interesting is that the women's sizes now have way too much fabric around the outer thighs -- so none of last year's pants work for me any more... the regular sizes are cut more straight, and now I go more straight down.
I've gone into a frenzy of new clothes buying this past month -- need to stop! Bought a pair of skin-tight pants yesterday that I'm hoping I'll be able to wear this winter....but I'm figuring it's going to take another 20 lbs for them to fit well.
I have all new clothes. 44 to 33-34 depending on brand made it necessary
I'm just on a budget! Even new shoes!
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I'm 5'6 and it took 15lb for me to go from a 12 to a 10. I'm waiting patiently for my size 8 jeans from 7 For All Mankind to fit again.0
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I had to lose heaps and heaps. Not sure in pounds bt at least 20kg. Now it takes less to lose a size in jeans.
I'm down about 32kg/70lbs and can still wear my stretchy workout pants that I wore at my heaviest.
I was 149cm/4'11" and 115kg/253lbs. Now I am 82.8kg and I went from an NZ/UK size 26 to a 16-18 depending on the brand.0 -
I get a laugh from the guys that 'still can wear their size 34 pants' and boast about it... But it's 34 SLUNG LOW under that huge pot belly that actually makes their real waist a 46, lol. They just have no butt to take up any room underneath the tummy roll, so if they wear the correct waist size, the seat of their pants are WAAAAYYY baggy.0
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Astharteea wrote: »@auntstephie321 awesome cat you have! Also, it feels so good to see bones) and feel your abdomen moving with your hips when you walk. Can't wait to get there again.
@Sunny_Bunny_ so at 143 lbs you'll be an even sexier size 8! You are so close and probably very happy.
Woo hoo! I am very happy!
I found your statement very motivating!0 -
Astharteea wrote: »@auntstephie321 awesome cat you have! Also, it feels so good to see bones) and feel your abdomen moving with your hips when you walk. Can't wait to get there again.
@Sunny_Bunny_ so at 143 lbs you'll be an even sexier size 8! You are so close and probably very happy.
Woo hoo! I am very happy!
I found your statement very motivating!0
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