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Originally Posted by angelskeep
Well...it was odd for me so far. I started around a size 24. They got baggier and baggier, but anything smaller didn't seem to fit. I did get some "interim" pants that started out really snug and then fit sorta and they were like a 2x or something...wierd...and then at about 40-ish pounds lost, I got into a size 18 which I have been wearing all summer. These are jeans and a relaxed fit, exactly the same brand and style I used to wear in smaller sizes. I have given up on the size thing though and just hope I can get into my old jeans eventually since I have a gazillion of them.
Everyone else seems to wear smaller pants at a similar weight. And nowadays, the legs and butt get loser but the stomach stays snug. I got fat when I quit smoking just over 2 years ago and it seems that all the extra weight went to my midsection. Go figure.
Barb
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Originally Posted by lambchop
I'd always read that it was about 10 pounds between regular sizes and about 20 pounds between plus sizes - but obviously all our bodies are different
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Both of these ring true for me. I'm on a weight loss journey right now. I didn't weigh myself when I started because I didn't want to approach this as living by a number. My goal was to simply change my eating and exercise habits, i.e. a true life-style change from which weight would naturally drop.
I used my pant size rather than a scale as a general indicator. Once I get down to a size 8-10 or so, I'll pop back on the scale and then aim for whatever my healthy weight is according to medical charts.
I'm at 16 right now and it is the same as size 18 .... the waists continue to be tight whereas the legs and rear get looser as I drop weight. I'm getting kind of frustrated because it seems as if I've been a size 16 forever. I'm dying to get to size 14 because I think it will be easier to continue dropping from there.
