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moving from plus size brands to normal size brands make a difference too. like say lane bryant only go so low and american eagle go so high. I was 270, bigger top, but 22 was getting tight, I can wear some 14's comfortably like the mid waist in target jeans and I am almost down 70. generic sweat pants 3x to a large. activity pants from walmart 2x to a large and tops 24/22 to a xl in the regular section
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I have lost 22 lbs and have gone down about 1 size, but I am getting close to the next size down. I can zip the pants... but they are still a bit too tight!0
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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!
I had to lose about 25 lbs before I dropped a size.
Not sure why, but even at my thinnest (slightly underweight according to the BMI scale), I've never been in particularly low dress sizes. About the smallest I've fit into was a Size 10. I don't know what I would have to do to fit into a Size 2 or something. It would probably require surgery to remove my hip bones.
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I was trying to figure that out too.
I had to drop to about 120 before I could squeeze into a Size 10.0 -
I'm 130 and a size 10. Been a size 10 since I started, at just over 143 pounds. Judging by how my 10s fit it'll be at *least* another 5 pounds before I can drop a size. At least. And that's being optimistic. So it's not 10 pounds a size for everyone!0
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I was trying to figure that out too.
I had to drop to about 120 before I could squeeze into a Size 10.
I don't know how. But I am a size 10 in 3 brands and I fit in all of them (these are US Jeans). I have toned thighs (though they are beefy) and chubby little knees. :P0 -
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.
Is this why h&m always has such bizarre sizing? I always feel like I'm 2 sizes more with h&m than any other brand...0 -
I carry weight fairly evenly all around.
I started out last November at 270 lbs and a size 22/20 (top/bottom). I'm currently 220 and a size 18/16. 50 lbs for a 2-size drop. Joy. I know from when I was a young adult that at 165 I'll be a 14/12 (that's what I'm going for). So for me its 25 lbs / size. I should add that I'm quite tall. I am currently 5'9", but when you account for my scoliosis I should be over 6'1".0 -
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I was trying to figure that out too.
I had to drop to about 120 before I could squeeze into a Size 10.
I don't know how. But I am a size 10 in 3 brands and I fit in all of them (these are US Jeans). I have toned thighs (though they are beefy) and chubby little knees. :P
I have widely placed hip bones and relatively wide, bony shoulders. Even now that I've lost 20 kg, I'm still wearing most of my previous clothes because my hips and shoulders keep them in place.
Thankfully, however, there are a couple skirts I can't get away with anymore. Even my hips can't keep them on. But Size 10 is still a dream.
I'm currently kind in Australian size 14, which is about a US size 12.
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I'm 130 and a size 10. Been a size 10 since I started, at just over 143 pounds. Judging by how my 10s fit it'll be at *least* another 5 pounds before I can drop a size. At least. And that's being optimistic. So it's not 10 pounds a size for everyone!
I am 130 and I am a size 4? according to urban outfitters where i get my jeans in a size 27 and that = size 4. I also carry most of my weight in my thighs so when I found out i was a 4 i was pretty shocked. and honestly still don't believe it. i feel like clothing companies like to do voodoo jedi mind tricks to make you think you are smaller haha.0 -
I have to lose a lot more to go down a size because my thighs are huge. Always have been. My waist is a size 11 my thighs are a size 15.0
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I went from 175 to 155 and stayed in 12's but lost my muffin top. Really hoping going from my current 168 to my desired 140 will get me into the single digits I dream of.0
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It varies. It also varies by how heavy you are. I've lost 90 pounds and went from size a 28 to a size 16/18, but when I was heavier each size needed more pounds and as I got thinner it took less to change sizes. I'm still losing and it's taking less and less each time.0
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well let's check the wayback machine...
At 240 lbs, i wore a 22 bottom and 24 top. At 140 I wore a small top and 6/8 bottom. So, 100 lbs, but only 8-9 sizes.
When I regained, at 170 I was 2 sizes larger. So basically for me it averages out to more like 12-13 lbs = 1 size0 -
lindaloo9331 wrote: »I have to lose a lot more to go down a size because my thighs are huge. Always have been. My waist is a size 11 my thighs are a size 15.
i feel your pain....... LOLOL0 -
I am 5'5" and in college was about 125 pounds. I had a favorite pair of jeans size 6 that I loved and it was the one pair that I held onto through 2 pregnancies and weight loss journeys. This go around, I weigh 118 pounds and most pants are a size 4. I recently unearthed those favorite jeans and tried them on. They were tight! I have this feeling that clothing manufacturers have slowly changed sizing parameters to accommodate more weight while keeping the size number the same.0
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I am on the shorter side of things and carry much of my remaining weight in my middle. SW of 237. I didn't see a change in pant/skirt size until a loss over 20 pounds and no change in top size until a loss over 25 pounds. The next size drop was closer to the 10 pound average. Having lost over 47 pounds now, I am very confused about what size I am currently. Anything from a US size 16 to 20.0
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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.
The last time I bought jeans at Old Navy the lady in the dressing room told me to grab several pairs of the same size. She said that even if they are the same size and same cut one they still may not fit the same.0 -
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.
Heck, I have slightly different styled capris from the same brand that are supposedly the same size but are actually a size apart >.<
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It's the other way around - a U.S. Size 6 = UK size 10.
And a U.S. 14 = UK 18
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