Clothing Sizes - 26/28 and Higher

Wow sizes can really vary person to person! I'm 5'8" and at 260 I'm wearing a size 26 (which I was also wearing comfortably at 280). I think around 245 I start being able to wear a 24.

A lot of times its mental. You still see yourself as being 100lbs heavier. I had a friend like that. She had lost over 100lbs and was still wearing plus size clothes.

I HAD to have an intervention...Cause even though I'm fluffy, I have ALWAYS been fashionable.

She realized that she was really more of a 12/14 by the time I finished working with her.

We both realized that much of her body image was self imposed....

Go out and buy a damn good bra, or two, or three (Fredericks has some good ones...Make sure to have the lady size you, don't just buy your same old size). Trying on clothes with underwire always helps, both with fit and style.

Wear good supportive underwear (helps hold in any skin flab you might have and makes things look smooth. Delta Burke makes good mild hold control top undies, you don't want anything too spanx-ish cause you can't reasonable wear spanx every day).

Now, if you started out at a 28, then I'm thinking 100lbs down you have to at LEAST be at a 18/20. I suggest you head to Kohls (I LOVE Kohls) or even Lane Bryant and go to town trying on stuff that you like. If you are a shorty like me, Lane Bryant is not going to work (the cut is all off) so I say Kohls or JC Penny or Macys. Good Luck!

i tend to lose pounds but very little inches! Which really sucks! I have dropped at least 1 pant size, but when i look at other people's pictures they look like a different person at 10 pounds lost, but for me, it takes much longer and much more weight to really see the size change. keep up the good work. Congrats on your loss! it eventually comes off, but takes a while longer.

I've dropped around 75 lbs and lost 3 pants sizes but barely one shirt size.

And this isn't something that I perceive, I was so excited the other day, I went shopping. Couldn't even pull a smaller size shirt on.

Bodies are weird

at my largest...around 280...i was uncomfortable in 24/26...now at 242 im barely hanging on in a 22, but 20 is a little uncomfortable.

Bodies are weird

It's not just bodies. Retailers are weird too, since they vary from garment to garment. Not even just by brand name.

The only time I really see inches lost are when I lift heavy weights. I've done this with just cardio (or mainly cardio) and the inches don't really go anywhere. The scale moves but not my pant size.

Contrast then (100lbs lost) with now- I'm only eleven pounds down but have already lost 23 inches and have already dropped a dress size.

I don't know what you're doing or am trying to make a recommendation here- just letting you know what's working for me.

I think it also depends on the TYPE of pants you're trying on. My jeans are always a size larger than the trousers I wear to work. Try on some dressy pants....I bet you'll find you're down a size there at least!

At my heaviest I wore a size 26/28 but now 50lbs lighter I wear a size 24 comfortably and weigh 344lbs!!

When I started I was 388 now I'm 288.8. I haven't bothered with keeping track of my inches because I don't really see much of a difference. My weight is around my stomach and hips anyway which makes it hard to find pants and I think that's why I haven't changed sizes in the pant department. Even though my stomach is dramatically smaller it's still got lots of skin/fat and it's all resting at my widest part (hips). I think at my biggest I was busting out of 26/28 because I was busting seams in stretchy pants in that size.

I realize it takes people different times and bodies all vary it just gets frustrating. I'm hoping by 150lbs I'll be able to fit all the 24's I have in my closet.

This is my body shape too. I carry a lot of my weight in my midsection and it took me forever to lose a pant size. Like my fat from my arms, legs and face def went first. The lighter I get the faster I drop sizes but it was frustrating the first40 lbs (dropped one) then the last 60 or so lbs I have dropped 4. It can be frustrating.

I thought I was the only one having this issue. I've lost 60lbs and haven't really changed sizes.

I'm 5'5" and started out at 254 with size 22 pants. I have been in size 22 jeans forever. I have lost 24 pounds. I actually wore a size 20 jean the other day all day. They were a little snug, but I wore them! I have a lot of weight in my hips and stomach. Trying to work on that. My advice to you is to stick with it. You have already done 100 pounds. That is amazing! Don't get discouraged with yourself. You will have to buy a whole new wardrobe before you know it! :flowerforyou:

See, I'm 5'5" and I started out at 280 in a size 20 (still in a 20 at 259). It just goes to show that different body types wear clothes differently. (I have huge boobs and a smaller waist with a horrible muffin top that never goes away no matter how loose the pants are).

Hang in there, you'll see a difference soon. :happy:

ive lost 33lb and haven't gone down a size yet (size 18 top, size 16 bottom) but im kind of in between a 16 and 18 now top half!

Sorry to hear you're having troubles!!! When I started my journey, I was 280 at 5'8" and wore between a size 22 and 24. Now I'm 203 and am already down to a size 14 pants. Not sure about dress sizes....I can usually buy medium sized shirts and stuff too. It's odd with me because when I tell people my weight, no one ever believes me! They say that I look between 160-170 which is my goal weight but I still have a ways to go! And plus, why would I lie about being heavier than I am?? Right?

I've got the same problem. Even measuring i've not lost an inch (unless i'm really backward with a tape measure.)
If anything i've lost 20lbs and gained inches. I think the difference between sizes is different higher up.. I dunno though.