I am in between an 18 and 20. Does anyone know how much weight loss makes you go down a size. I heard 20 pounds is a size, but Im not sure if it is true. Or is everyone different. Thanks for the help...

I started at a tight size 24. I've lost 60 lbs and am in a comfy 20 now. I think it all depends on where you lose weight. But I seriously feel like it took 40 lbs to get to 22 and then only 20 lbs to get to 20.

Yeah, it would be nice if we could identify a set number of pounds per size, but it really doesn't work that way. Everybody is shaped differently and loses weight differently.

Everyone is different. For me, 10-12lbs means I'm down a size.

Definitely everyone is different. But many find that at higher sizes, it takes more weight loss to change sizes, and at lower sizes, it takes less. Another thing that makes a difference is that we often don't lose weight evenly. You may lose a lot from your belly one month, and a lot from your arms and face another month.

When I was 250 - it took 25 pounds for me to drop a size. Then for a while it was 20 pounds.
Then around 180 it was 10 pounds a size.
Now it is about 5 pounds and I can fit into a size down.

I'm in a size 16 but started out at a size 24......I didn't notice how much weight I'd have to lose to go down a size though.

Yeah, no telling. Sizes are as much about your shape as your weight. At my weight right now, I wear a size 10 or 12 depending on the designer. I have a friend who is my height and weight and wears a 16. I have another friend who is taller than I am, but the same weight, and wears an 8 or even a 6.

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I want to know that. I just may have to keep track during my weight loss.

It depends on the brand of clothing. In some brands I can wear a size 20 and others a 22. There are some that I have to buy a size 24.

Like everyone says it depends on your build, height and where you are losing the weight. I have also noticed it also depends on the brand of clothing. One store I was in their size 18, and another size 16. When I started I was in size 22-24. Now I am in probably a 16-14 (again, depending on the store). So if you average that out: ~12 lbs per size. I am noticing that I don't have as much to lose as I did before, before I drop a size.

I tend to lose from the top down. So I am down in pants from a tight 22 to a loose 18, but my bra size just went down another band and cup size. (from a 44 to a 38.)

I've seen lots of folks post that the bigger weights take about 20-30 pounds per size, the smaller ones nearer to 10.

I've just moved from elastic waist pants to button and zip non-stretchy pants. I've noticed I feel the difference much more in them when I feel bloated, or when a pound or two drops. (I finally believe all my skinny friends when they complain that their clothes feel tight if they put on a pound.) I'm guessing that the larger size clothes because they often have elastic waists and are more formless are easier to wear at a variety of weights.