Dropping Sizes?

i kind of feel the same way, but just give it time. 42pounds later and I'm down to a 22 from a 24. but it is a loose 22might i add{haha} but great work on your accomplishment thus far

Hey I have complete sympathy with you Im like you only the other way round I have a 'mantlepiece' that would sit very nicely in a stately home. MY shoulders and arms are the palatial scrolls that run down either side. I know Im losing weight Ive dropped 2 sizes in my bottom half but my chest stubbornly refuses to give any of its ampleness up so Im buying bottoms from one department then I have to hoike it up the stairs to the other department for specialty tops and bras (which cost like a mansion might I add). Im figuring that at some stage my stubborn bosom just has to give out. A friend has suggested that I visit a naturopath she went to who put her on a blood type diet where the weight came of her very stubborn refuse to budge derrière. She has always had an ample bottom and has noticeably lost weight all over. Put a direct questions into the forum there are loads of people on here with the same problem who have tried lots of things I think MFP is better than an internet search sometimes. Good Luck!

47lb down and I have only gone down from UK 18/20 to a UK 14/16. I was watching a TV show about womens clothes sizes in shops and they reckon its because of the age range and whether they are high street or designer. A women in her early 20s can be a size 14 but be a lot slimmer than someone in there mid 40s who is a size 14, so some clothes are cut with them in mind. Where as they said designer don't want certain size people wearing their designs so they tend to cut them really small for the size.

Don't give up! Just try clothes on when you go shopping and see how they look not what size they are.

I felt the same way as someone told me something like 6-9kg was a dress size and it felt like FOREVER to drop from a size 20 to a 16, but as soon as I hit a certain point, size 16 fit, and now I can see a size 14 in the not too far distance. Persevere, because just when you start wondering if you will ever get there, you will be fitting into another size down! I am smaller up top, even though I have a large bust, but the stomach, hips and waist feel like they are taking forever. Make sure you measure as well as I was starting to get discouraged after gaining back 3.5 kgs after a short plateau (I did slack off) I measured myself and realised from the beginning I had lost a massive 94cm! So remember where you started and be proud of how far you have come. These changes take time. Good luck!!

I felt the same way as someone told me something like 6-9kg was a dress size and it felt like FOREVER to drop from a size 20 to a 16, but as soon as I hit a certain point, size 16 fit, and now I can see a size 14 in the not too far distance. Persevere, because just when you start wondering if you will ever get there, you will be fitting into another size down! I am smaller up top, even though I have a large bust, but the stomach, hips and waist feel like they are taking forever. Make sure you measure as well as I was starting to get discouraged after gaining back 3.5 kgs after a short plateau (I did slack off) I measured myself and realised from the beginning I had lost a massive 94cm! So remember where you started and be proud of how far you have come. These changes take time. Good luck!!

Sorry just one more thing, it was actually not too long after the 35 pound mark I dropped to the size 16, so a few more pounds and I am sure you will find some 16's that start fitting!! And clothes do depend on makes etc, I actually bought a dress not long ago, and size 14 was too big! I had to get the size 12, although pants are 16's and tops generally 14.