Women's clothing sizes

I've lost 24 pounds, but only one or two sizes. It stinks.
The biggest change is in my bra size. :grumble: I'm between sizes & it's really uncomfortable.

It's all in the way you were built....another lady and I are in the same support group and we compared our height & weight (exactly the same) the other day she posted that she bought size 10 pants! I almost fell out of my chair...my 14's are just getting baggy! We looked at our measurments and she carries more "up top" than I do....it's in the way your built, where you buy your clothes and how you like them to fit Don't be discouraged by anyone else's accomplishments...just be happy your clothes are getting baggy, no matter the size!

I've lost 24 pounds, but only one or two sizes. It stinks.
The biggest change is in my bra size. :grumble: I'm between sizes & it's really uncomfortable.

I've lost 38 pounds and am yet to lose a size...I'm beginning to wonder when it'll happen!!!!! I'm 5'8 and I've been in a UK18/20 all along. I'm currently around 177 pounds. I'm shooting for about 154 pounds...last time I weighed that much I was a UK16.

I'd really like to lose a size soon!

Erika

Different brands of clothing always fit differently its not as standard as people imagine especially as alot of the clothes we buy are imported from other countries.
Also remember that other countries use different sizes. I'm from the UK and I wear size 14 clothes (and a 12 for tops) - I'm 5'2 and 163lbs. In the US I think I would be a 12.
Again I'm not seeing much change in the size of clothes that I wear - I've gone down 1 size so far. I will be happy when I'm a size 10 on top and a 12 on the bottom.

I agree that at least in the UK, the number on the label seems pretty arbitary. I say I am the size that I have most my clothes in, but there are many 18/20 clothes I've tried on which are too small, and a few which have been too big. I've got one pair of size 16 trousers which are almost falling off me, but I can't get other size 16s past my knees. I ordered the exact same pair of trousers in the 14 thinking that it didn't matter what the label said - if the 16s were falling down, the next size down should fit....ha! Couldn't even get them on...the number means nothing and I think we probably all worry about it a little too much. It would be nice though to be able to pick up clothes without having to try them on every time!

OK, I'm not sure that this is the proper forum for this question but it is one that has puzzled me for a long time. And this may well be a silly question.

After seeing some of the before and after photos in another topic here, one person states the weight they were and they wore a size 22 jeans. Lost 60 lbs ( or something like that) and got into size 16 jeans. I weigh 226 lbs and I am wearing size 24 jeans (baggy though.) I have some size 20s in my drawer and there's no way I can get into them yet. I have to be down around 150 to get into a size 16! I see this all the time in weight loss ads. How come others that are heavier than me can wear so many sizes smaller? I do have quite a bit of stomach out front. I suppose that's the reason. Has anybody else found they are in a similar situation?

I think its where you carry your weight at because I am 231 right now and I were size 16. Of course they have to be like Apple Bottoms that are made to fit over a women's curves because I have booty and thighs and I carry alot of my weight there and in my breast.

Example those ladies on Biggest Loser would weigh in at 218 and look way bigger than me but its where the weight is that makes them look bigger than me or for that matter make women wear different sizes. So I think.

OK, I'm not sure that this is the proper forum for this question but it is one that has puzzled me for a long time. And this may well be a silly question.

After seeing some of the before and after photos in another topic here, one person states the weight they were and they wore a size 22 jeans. Lost 60 lbs ( or something like that) and got into size 16 jeans. I weigh 226 lbs and I am wearing size 24 jeans (baggy though.) I have some size 20s in my drawer and there's no way I can get into them yet. I have to be down around 150 to get into a size 16! I see this all the time in weight loss ads. How come others that are heavier than me can wear so many sizes smaller? I do have quite a bit of stomach out front. I suppose that's the reason. Has anybody else found they are in a similar situation?

Others are correct regarding the height of the person concerned. Another reason will be how toned a person is and how much muscle they carry. If two people were to weight, say 150lbs, but one of them was in size 16s and the other in a size 10, the size 10 person will have more toned muscle because although they weigh the same in poundage, toned muscles actually "pull" the body in and make it appear smaller, even though the weight is the same.

Hence why, the difference in dress size.

i'm 5'4 and as of today i weigh 259 and i wear a 18/20. When i was 160 i wore a size 10(8 in dresses) I see a lot of people that weigh as much as me and they seem soooo much bigger, but i dunno if its because i'm hourglass shaped or because i have always been muscley?

Lol I have just seen the date of the last post..oops I'm nearly a year too late :bigsmile:

Lol me too, I replied because you brought this thread up again and I didn't take a blind bit of notice regarding the original date :laugh:

(I wonder what size they all are now?

Back when I originally posted on this topic I had lost 38 pounds and hadn't lost a size. I was a UK 18/20. Well, it took me 40 pounds to get down to a UK16/18, but I've now lost about 62 pounds and am a UK12/14 depending on the fit of the clothes. Most my trousers are 14s, but some of my tops and dresses are 12s. I am now the smallest adult size I've ever been. I put this down to being leaner due to the exercise...

WTG!!! That is excellent news!

Yes, being leaner will make all the difference in the world. All those dress sizes you dropped!! :flowerforyou:

it really depends on where you carry your weight. and how comfortable you are with tight clothes. I guess I am considered an Apple shape (Never have understood the fruit shape analogy so if I am wrong please tell me) I am 5'6" and have almost all of my weight in my abdomen and chest, with very little extra weight in my butt, hips, or thighs. In fact My butt is almost flat.

When I started loosing almost 2 years ago, i was 363 pounds and wore a size 36 bottom and a 6x top. Now at 198 pounds, I am able to wear size 14 pants, If they have a zipper and size 12 pants if they are elastic waist without a zipper. (I do have to arrange my extra stomach skin regardless of if there is a zipper or not) For Tops I wear size large if they are pull on tshirt type and 1x or 2x if they have buttons (It depends on how the buttons pull and gap across the girls, 56DD is hard to cover nicely!) Eveything I wear is slightly loose as I hate feeling like my clothes are too tight!