Ladies - How many pounds for YOU to lose a pants size?

I'm 4'11' and it used to be 7 -8 pounds was a pants size, but as I am getting older, it seems to be about 10 -12 pounds.

I've lost about 20, and still wear the same jeans as before.

mkakids wrote: »

Thanks for the input! I was just curious because it takes me about 20# which seemed like alot (im pretty proportional top and bottom...not a pear or apple) to go down a size. Im currently 218 and in a size 16 (loose but 14's are tight).

I started at 245 and a size 20. I dropped to 201 and was into size 16 (loose but 14 was too tight like you). I'm 5'6" and pretty proportionate but I have a lot of belly fat. So I guess for me it took 20 lbs to drop a size too.

Down 50lbs and 5 pant sizes so like 10lbs a size i guess

About 10 pounds for me

Dunno. 26 lb down, still in size 14 pants. . Albeit the fit is getting loose, but 12 still too uncomfortable to wear.

Since I seem to lose more slowly from my waist than anywhere else, for me it was closer to 20 lbs.

I don't wear jeans anymore but i took me about 30 lbs. to fit into a fitted Xtra large dress from a 2x My starting weight was 237. I'm down to 195 and my xlarge pants are starting to fall down. They are very loose but I can still wear them. In another 5-10 lbs. that won't be possible. I have some size 12 blouses and dresses that I think will take me another 25-30 lb. Loss to get into. My gw is 137. I was an "old size" 12 at that weight (in the 90s) which is probably a size 6 or 8 today.

Update: I got into a 14 around 185 and I’m now at 178 and probably will try on some 12s when I hit 170.

Angierae75 wrote: »

I'm 5'1" From 225 to 193 I went down from a 20 to a 16, but I'm back up to 203 and still in the 16s so I probably could have dropped sooner than I did.

Between 7-10 lbs to go from a 6 to a 4. I think it’s because I carry extra pounds in my hips, so a little bit makes a big difference.

I find this thread very interesting. I’m 5’11’’ and was a size 18 at 230#, now a 10 at 165#.

I was a size 12 in 8th grade when I weighed ~165 lbs and was 5'5" tall and a decade later I'm still a size 12 at ~185 lbs and 5'6" which I think is interesting. I'm wondering if losing 30 lbs will mean going down 2-3 sizes for me? It will be cool to be wearing a smaller clothing size than I was in middle school.

It took me the first 35 pounds (5'3", 190 to 155) before I dared try on 'normal clothes' like button down shirts and jeans. Since I'm a big-time apple shape, with a short torso no less, my best strategy at the higher weights had been leggings and huge shirts rather than larger trousers. Anyway, when I finally bought real trousers I got a 30 (jeans sizes so inches, and according to the company's sizing chart 3 of the jeans sizes = 2 dress sizes so each inch is 2/3 of a size?) in a low-rise stretch denim but probably should have been in a 31. I'm still in those 30s now at 140 pounds but probably should be in 29s. I also managed to button 28s in the same brand and series but with muffin top. If we say 3 jeans sizes/2 dress sizes in around 15 pounds then for me 7.5-ish pounds per size at the moment?

I've been losing proportionately in the bust and hips; my waist has been losing more quickly (i.e., my current waist size is 78% of its starting measurement; my current bust and hips are both about 84% of their starting size), but waist is maybe not so relevant in low-rise jeans.