This is kinda long & Ive never gone through a loss like this....I'm sorry if these questions or concerns seem kinda flighty. I was going to post this in the tall girls thread but I need opinions also from those whose bodies morphed or are shrinking down in ways they never saw it coming...
Quick background: 2-1/4 years ago I was 150 in a size 10...I wasn't "firm & tight" like a gym rat....but not jiggly either. I'm 5'9-1/2.
Now that Im losing...my body is morphing down much differently than I ever expected...or couldve predicted.
I fit perfectly now in a size 18 bottom & 16/18 top at 250!?! I was not in a 18 at 250 when I was heading up to 308! Inches are falling off me quicker than weight is going down. By careful measurement & mathematics on my body & by size 14's I have in my closet & by general charts online for 14's (no specific brand)...I have approximately 10-11" off my hips before I will fit into a 14. My waist is not thick...my stomach bottom hangie doodle is firming up...pulling up & no longer hanging like a big ole sad lip...its just a bulge basically...barely considered a hangie doodle anymore...the elasticity has me very surprised...
In between a 20 to 18 (in loss)...there was only a 10lb difference....& many inches lost. I figured that when I get back down to 160..(eventually 150)...that I would just be back in a size 10 again. When I was gaining...I was in a 14 at 195#. But my body is not exactly showing me that this may be the case again. I am 2 sizes up from 14 now...doing cardio like a mad chicken 5 days a week & have been doing weights (I didnt do weights when I was 150#)....is it possible that I could actually hit a 14 in the range of 220ish?
This is where my brain is all twisted up...because when I was a size 10..I tried my hardest to get into size 7/8 & failed. I just figured my bone structure wouldn't allow for it & size 10 was the best it was ever going to get for me & that my frame wouldnt allow for it (Im a med-lg frame)....
Maybe I'm a bit off here...I may be??......am I possibly looking at an 11 by 200?...A size 8 possibly by the time I hit around 160#???? What do you think I should expect as possibilities??
The #s VS sizes are not matching up in my head...or rather..not making sense. Daily I feel myself shrinking...trying to adjust my mindset here. Im not a sizing pro...hoping that someone here who knows more about this could help with guesstimate in what they think could happen? I'd appreciate it so much.