Hello everyone! I've got a question. Ok I was thinking last night about something and I have no clue what it would be. I've been a size 26/28 for a while now. When I started WW this last time I weighed 353. I was still wearing my 26/28 barely and are just now getting back in to that size comfortably. I was wondering what size I might possibly be (I know everyone is different because of proportions and stuff but just to get an idea) when I hit my 100 mark of 253. Is there anyone that can help me w/ this? lol Any kind of help would be fabulous!

On Oprah yesterday they said 1 dress size/10 pounds, so according to that you'd be about a 16/18. However, I think it might be more complicated than that, it probably depends on how your body distributes the weight loss...whether you loose in your legs, hips, trunk, chest, or arms, etc.

that 10 pound for 1 dress size is an average but some people it takes more than 20 pounds to move a size.

It all depends on where you carry your weight.

It also depends on how much muscle mass you have.

For example both my friend and I are 5'4" and she and I both weigh between 149-151 and she wears a size 4-6 depending on the style and I wear a 8-10 depending on the style.

Thank ya'll! That helps me so much! and I knew that it would be different on everyone but having an idea makes me feel better! lol Thanks again!

It's more like 25 pounds = one dress size for me. It really does vary so much depending on height and body type. I'm 5'9" and "big-boned," so I always wear a bigger size than you'd think I do. My 5'1" friend and I lost 50 pounds together five years ago and I lost two sizes but she lost five! I was still wearing my biggest jeans sometimes (though they were starting to fall off) and she had to buy all new clothes. Height is a huge factor. When I was in college and weighed 140, I was thin and wore a size 14, which is normally considered "average" or even big to some people!

I am 5'10½" and 'big boned'. It takes me probably 20-25 pounds to drop a size. I was a 22/24 at 316 pounds, and now I am an 18W at 253.

I am 5'5" & a bit pear shaped. When I was 255, I wore a size 24 jeans exactly. It depends on your shape, height, and how you generally carry weight. Many other girls that are more hour-glassed shaped or top-heavy wear a 20 or 22 at 255. Oh...I also have had 2 c-sections and that has a BIG affect on the size jeans you wear

When I was at 300, like you, I was the same size, a tight 26, but a comfortable 28, so we might be built similar. And this is how I went down:
At the highest weights, the size was fitted/tight and at the lowest, it was loose.
From 307-265: 26/28W (26W at the lowest)
265-240: 24W
240-225: 22W
225-200: 18W
200-190:18 regular
190-180: 16 regular
180-1??: 14 regular

I would gather that it takes 25 pounds usually to drop a size in the W's, and then 10 pounds for the regular sizes. That's how it's working for me.

Ya I knew it was different for everyone but I just wanted to get an idea! lol and ya'll sure did give me idea's lol. Thanks so much! This is why I love 3FC!

I suspected this, too! "Regular" sizes seem to change every 10 pounds, whereas plus sizes have a little more room to grow.

This is very similar to me too. My highest weight was 253, and I wore size 22 jeans (barely though!). Currently I'm 204, and I'm in an 18W from Lane Bryant. Those are my favorites right now. I do have 2 pairs of regular size 18 jeans- one from Bill Blass and one from Harley-Davidson. The HD ones are great- they have just a tiny bit of stretch and fit really well. The BB ones gap at my waist, but are still a bit snug in the hips and thighs.

I wa 310 pounds and 5'4 at a size 32 (pants) when I started. I'm almost 6 months into maintainence at 135-140, now 5'6 and now a size 4 or juniors-5 and a size 6 dress. Yes I grew 2 inches in height when the weight came off (because my spine is no longer compacted).

I am an oddball, at around 200, I am still in the 22 size range. I have to be below 175 to fit in the 16-18's. I am 5'5".

Okay, this is something I have NEVER heard before!!!! I want to grow taller too!!!! I actually may HAVE grown a bit, because I was 5'6 and 3/4 and now I'm 5'7 and 3/4. But I also hadn't been measured since high school, so I thought I just hadn't stopped growing yet.

This is one weight loss phenomenon I have never heard anything about. It's strange.

Did your doctor say that you grew because your spine became un-compacted?

BTW, do you have a before picture you can inspire us with?

Ya I would love to see a photo also! That's awsome! And I hope I grow when I get most of this weight off lol I'm shorter than my younger sister and my mom and I don't like being the short one lol. I hope you all havea great day!