Same size after 20 pound weight loss

And, I had a child who wore the same pair of shorts from age 2 to 4 (or longer). Obviously her body changed a ton (and she lost a diaper) but they still fit. Maybe it was the elastic or the stretch fabric, too. It really didn't mean anything. Anyway, congratulations on 20 pounds gone gone gone. Sounds like you are doing super!

I've lost 59lbs & I've only gone down one size in jeans. But I can fit into 2 sizes smaller in trackies & some tops, depending on their style. I thought it would be more, but it must depend on how people carry their weight. the biggest difference I see is in my face/neck & my waist, but I still have a bit of lower belly & large thighs (even if not as much as before)

voldemortisreal wrote: »

OP, it also depends on how you're built. Like another poster on here (aes1219), I'm 5'5". After my daughter was born I was around 160-170 and in a size 16; at my smallest (126#s) I was a size 10; at 130-135#s I was a size 12, in the 190s and I'm still in an 18 (though they are getting looser ).

I've lost a bit over 20 pounds and have yet to drop an official size (but, like another poster mentioned, there was some stretch involved so that's not too surprising).

The simple fact is that we're all built different. I have hips, thighs and a big butt--always have--which means I'll probably never wiggle into a size 2. BUT, I (and we all) can look amazing in whatever size we end up in. It's just a number, don't stress; rock the size you're wearing and step over the haters. You got this!

I agree with what you stated. I've always had a big booty and only got down to a size 4 at my lowest weight 115, I'm 5'4. I've now lost 17 lbs. At my highest weight, 164 I was wearing a tight size 14 jeans, now I'm in a size 12 but I can't fit in all size 12's, Express brand is too small for me. I've always carried a high body fat % which effects the size I can wear.

I second that bigger sizes require more loss to go down. I intend to work my way down the sizes I have in my closet. I've lost 30lbs and I can still wear my 18s. They don't fit well, definitely looser and require a belt, but I can still wear them. I have a few pair of 16s that I can currently wear, but the rest are a 5-10lbs away from comfortably wearing them in public. I don't have any 14s, so I imagine if I skipped them on my way up, I'll skip them on my way down. I'm only 30lbs from the weight I was the last time I was able to fit into my 6s and 8s, so it looks like the next 30 will have smaller size NSVs more frequently than the first 30. I also second the poster who suggested trying on some smaller sizes to see if they fit. I've been wearing the same pair of jeans the last two months because I thought they were the only ones I had that fit, tried on some skinnys I couldn't even pull over my butt a month ago and last week I got them all the way up, buttoned, zipped and they're not very flattering because they're a little too big. I missed the opportunity to wear them because I assumed since I was still "fitting" into my current clothes, that meant I wouldn't fit into the smaller clothes. I now plan to try things on every 2 weeks to see where I really am versus where I think I am.

I'm 5'10". I started 1 year ago at 270 lbs, and a size 20/22. I'm currently 211 and a size 16/18. Technically I've dropped a whopping 2 sizes in 60 lbs. *blows a kazoo*.

Another variation of this is that I've lost about 16 pounds and just waking around you can't really see it. No one has noticed that I'm losing weight. It can be really frustrating to be honest. I can see it when I'm naked because it all seems to be in my tummy which definitely is shrinking. But that's a part of my body I just shoved over the tops of my jeans before and so its not very noticeable and hadn't resulted in fitting into a smaller size-butt and thighs are still huge. Paradoxically, as I start to lose weight but a still so large Im really coming to terms with exactly how much weight I had gained. I think I was in denial. It's also just a reality that I didn't see this huge difference going from 200 to 225 so it makes sense I wouldn't see a huge difference going the other way. So I try to remind myself that I was this big, and gaining, for the last year and a bit and I can manage being this big a little longer. My life didn't fall apart going up, the world didn't come to an end because I gained weight gradually and I was perfectly happy with my life even if I had a growing dissatisfaction with my body that finally reached a tipping point. I'm losing slower than I thought (closer to 1-1.5/week than the 2/week I initiallu aimed for). I'm not thrilled with that but it also allows weight loss not to take over my life, which means the frustration is much less than if I felt like I was working SO HARD and no one noticed. I imagine I'll hit a tipping point where it becomes more dramatically noticeable - probably another 20 pounds (3 months) away. for now, I just plug away and try not to worry about my outside appearance any more than I did on the way up. Fitness goals help in this process.

Same here, I just lost 25 lbs and I am still wearing the same size 12 clothes I wore in the beginning of summer. However I had to send a couple of dresses to the tailor because they were looser. I am sure it is normal.
I know I will have to lose another 25 pounds before I am size 10.

I feel your pain. I've lost 30 pounds and my tight jeans now only fit better.

I'm down 35lbs with no change in size. My 34 jeans fit better, but I still can't make it into 32s.

It took me about 20 pounds to get down a pant size. But, I came to the realization that I was jamming myself into a too small size when I started...so I probably technically dropped a pant size earlier and fit into the ones I was wearing.