"They" say

fishshark
fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
about 10 pounds is a pant/dress size. Have you noticed that to be true? I assume factors play into this like water wight/fat loss/muscle loss? It took me about 15 to fit into my smaller jeans!
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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I think it depends on where you store your fat too.

    I went from very tight size 18s to 6s (great fit) and lost 80 pounds. That's 6 sizes... but my genetics make it so most of my fat stays in my hips, and I have loose skin on my stomach... most jeans are too loose on the butt/legs.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I think it depends on where you store your fat too.

    I went from very tight size 18s to 6s (great fit) and lost 80 pounds. That's 6 sizes... but my genetics make it so most of my fat stays in my hips, and I have loose skin on my stomach... most jeans are too loose on the butt/legs.

    i carry like 80% of my weight on my thighs hips and butt. arms and stomach rarely change. I agree though its probably so different depending on the person. Asking because I think thats how my brain correlates weight loss/body changes. Oh I can't fit in these jeans anymore.. or YAY i can fit back into these jeans!
  • dashagrr
    dashagrr Posts: 43 Member
    Also, depends on hight - 10 pounds are more noticeable on a short person.
    Personal experience, it took 14 pounds to lose a size, but I tend to lose weight on my top half first.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    Well I've dropped about 7lbs since I started here, and I now have to use an extra belt notch, if that says anything.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    I'm wearing the same size (14 lbs. loss) but they're not tight. I'll take it.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    In general I think the 10 lbs is about right, but there will be differences between top & bottom and based on body type. It's so much fun to move down thru all those sizes as you lose weight!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    "They" would be generalizing, where they shouldn't be. Everyone is different.
  • emalethmoon
    emalethmoon Posts: 178 Member
    Meh, it all depends. I've lost 85lbs which took me from a size 20 to a 12.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I would think that there are too many factors involved to make ana curate rule for pounds lost to pants size.

    But is getting to a specific size of clothes a good goal to have? You might have different body sizes or shapes.
  • TakingBackForever
    TakingBackForever Posts: 564 Member
    I went from 210 to 180 (so far) I went from a loose 18 to a nice fitting 10.
  • glitzy196
    glitzy196 Posts: 190 Member
    Lol i am 5'5"

    I started at 220 and a size 16. I have lost 30lbs as of this morning, and wore a pair of 14s for the first time today. I have no freaking clue where my weight is hidden. But 30lbs for me was 1 size.
    However the smallest i ever was in my adult life was 154, and i wore a 6/8 so im teally hoping to be at 189 in the morning abd to actually start getting smaller.
  • TiJoGa
    TiJoGa Posts: 545 Member
    I've lost 52 lbs and have gone from a tight 18 to a tight 14 in pants so I'm going to have to disagree. I've lost three sizes in shirts though and a half size in shoes.

    It just depends on the person.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    For me if I gain 5lbs my jeans wont fit, but im short, so at 5'1 and 108lbs, every pound either way makes a big difference
  • cupcakesplz
    cupcakesplz Posts: 237 Member
    I have loss 18lbs and still wear the same clothes. i also just fit into a 16.
  • cupcakesplz
    cupcakesplz Posts: 237 Member
    ^all my clothes are a size 18. the 20's are too big now.
  • ElkeKNJ
    ElkeKNJ Posts: 207 Member
    It might be, my jeans no longer hurt. I refuse to buy bigger sized clothes, so i look rather silly. About 10 pounds lost since March and still wearing the jeans that are too tight for me. Perhaps by the end of the year they'll fit.
  • oldbod
    oldbod Posts: 16 Member
    TakingBackForever wrote: »
    I went from 210 to 180 (so far) I went from a loose 18 to a nice fitting 10.
    Are American sizes different to UK? I'm 183 and a tight 18. Height 5ft 3ins.

  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    UK sizes are 2 below US sizes, so a UK 10 is a US 14. We don't have odd numbered sizes either.

  • oldbod
    oldbod Posts: 16 Member
    Carnhot wrote: »
    UK sizes are 2 below US sizes, so a UK 10 is a US 14. We don't have odd numbered sizes either.
    Thank you, I just can't work out how a 180 person can fit into a size 10. I can only think TakingBackForever must be very well toned.

  • sakurablush
    sakurablush Posts: 104 Member
    US sizes always make me do a double take, too (also on that note in the UK we now have a size 4, the equivalent to US size 0. As it's been a while since I went shopping I only just realised this. Aren't I fast? >.<).

    Currently as of yesterday I weigh 153 ibs and am 5'6. I did some trouser shopping, and being that I have much of my weight on the lower half of my body that's always a pain. However it turns out I am a UK size 12 now (US...16 is it?), well assuming I'm not looking for skinny jeans apparently. If I can fit into size 10 things in 10 ibs time, that means I have about 2-3 months before I can fit into some of my old jeans! Looking forward to it.
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    The first 5 lbs took me from a 1 to 0, the next 3 or so to a 00, and the next 3 took me to occasionally fitting a 000 and just not fitting in anything. I have a 23 inch waist which very few places carry, the ones that they're cut more for a 25 or 26 inch waist.
  • oldbod
    oldbod Posts: 16 Member
    When I was in my twenties a UK size 12 fitted a 36in hip. Now the sizes have gone mad and vary from brand to brand.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    edited September 2015
    Larger clothes are made to accommodate larger weight variances. It took a LONG time for me to move from a 22 to 20 to 18 (pants size).... with smaller clothes I've noticed it takes less and less time (ie pounds)

    I'm currently between a 16 and 14 pants and in tops on average a large (10/12 ish).

  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I lost 30 lb and 4 sizes. But it took a couple of years in maintenance to lose the second two sizes. First I went from a 12 to an 8, which is what I was aiming for. Now I'm a 4. That happened as a result of strength training, building muscle and losing inches.
  • starling01
    starling01 Posts: 81 Member
    I started at about 195, don't know what size since I'd turned to jeans with elastic waists but probably a 22. I'm 5'5". I'm now 130 and still can't comfortably wear below a size 12. Until very recently I didn't bother buying smaller clothes because the elastic waists still function but I checked my size in jeans when I was in the 140's and got into a size 14, so about every 10 pounds maybe.
  • starling01
    starling01 Posts: 81 Member
    There are some striking differences in clothing size for the same weight. Even if I get down to my goal weight of 120, I doubt I'll wear anything smaller than a 10 and that's going to be a squeeze. Differences in body proportions are so interesting.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    starling01 wrote: »
    There are some striking differences in clothing size for the same weight. Even if I get down to my goal weight of 120, I doubt I'll wear anything smaller than a 10 and that's going to be a squeeze. Differences in body proportions are so interesting.

    And brands too. For me I compared with the same brand (Lee, because it's cheap, lol!). I'm a 6. But for Old Navy I fit great in S (sometimes XS for tops), but I think size 4 or even 2 pants would work too. But Levi's? Probably size 8 (but I *need* high rise jeans because of my shape and they didn't have any last time I checked).

    Bottom line, I never buy clothes online anymore unless it's a brand I am familiar with.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I'm different sizes on the top and bottom - I have broad shoulders for someone my size. I wear a size 8/10 dress just so it can zip up in the back.
    My jeans/skirts are a size 4.

    I don't care about sizes anymore - they don't mean anything. I just wear what fits. For goodness sake, I wore bigger size jeans as a teenager than I do now and I was tiny back then!
  • oldbod
    oldbod Posts: 16 Member
    I agree, in fact I can't help feeling that clothing manufacturers do their best to mislead us - as do changing room mirrors! :)
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    10 lbs per size is a generalization, but I have found it to be true for me.
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