How many pounds for a pants size?
Just wondering.. you ladies who have lost a bunch of weight already... approx. how many pounds do you have to lose to go down a pants size?? I know it's different for everyone and there are variations, but I'm interested to see what everyone averages.
I am SO ready to be out of size 20!! I can't tell you how long it's been since I wore even a size 18...pushing 10 years??? It's so TIME! And does anyone else have a 'size goal'? I'd like to end up a size 14 or so (I'm almost 6'1" so I don't think that's an unreasonable goal for my frame...) |
I read somewhere once that ist is about 3 -3.5 pounds per size. I have certainly found this to be true
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I will say around 5 .....
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Whoa! WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
The closer you get to ideal weight the fewer pounds you will need to take off to lose a size. At the higher weights (as when I began) it took me about 30 pounds to lose just one size. Now, yes absolutely. Ten pounds is two pant sizes for me. |
I have went as far as nearly 20lbs up or down and the size didnt change much but I wear my normal clothes (work) baggy anyway. For jeans, 5 lbs can mean fit/not fit for me however!
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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 |
Im not sure... but part of my goal is to get into my skinny jeans! Which is going to take a while, because they are about 5 sizes smaller then where Im at now.
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I'm not a 40-something but this topic irritates me so I had to pop in! Even when I weighed 130 I wore a size 11 pants! For me to be a size 7 or something I'd have to be a toddler I guess. I have giant child baring hips that never go away so for me to change a pant size I need to lose like 20 or more pounds. It's super obnoxious to lose a bunch of weight and your clothes still fit. Boooo!
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I am 5'4" and 15 lbs is a size for me. I am shocked to hear other people say 3,5, 8 lbs!! I wish
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I started out at 302, squeezing into a size 24. I didn't get into a pair of 22's until I had lost 40lbs.
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Bunny and Brown...you go little chickies! I'm right there with ya! LMAO!
Barb |
Very interesting thread. Personally I think of 'a size' as going from one size to the next, as in Misses size 12 to size 10, to size 8, etc. Maybe it's diffferent for Women's Sizing , Misses and Juniors, you think? I'm thinking 10 pounds between sizes for me.
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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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Deb, that's sort of what I understood, too. Apparently it really does vary a lot from person to person.
For me, I'm thinking it's around 10 pounds to really comfortably move down a pant size (not squeeze in with jeans digging into waist.. ugh!). But I agree that it definitely took longer to move down a pant size when I was heavier. Of course, my pants all had stretch to them, too, so they clung better for longer. Alyssa :bunny2: |
I have lost 50 lbs. and went from a size 18 to a current size 12. Not sure if that helps answer your question or not?
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