Thread: Roughly how much weight do you have to lose to drop a dress size?

I started at 19st 2lbs at a size 22

I'm hoping with the 7-10lbs I'll get to a twenty but I was just wondering how much weight is in between sizes? I know body shapes come into play a lot but I'm just interested in a rough estimate...maybe give your own weight change ratio to size change?

I think they say a stone a dress size but I have just got my first stone and am still in the same size although as my consultant pointed out my clothes where tight before so hopefully few more lb's and u will be there x

i have heard "a stone a dress size" too, but ive lost nearly 2st and ive only gone down 1 size! well sort of, i can get trousers done up ow that i couldnt before xXx

We've got the same starting weight but for me it definitely wasn't as little as 7-10lbs. Probably more like 1.5 - 2 stone. However, everyone's different and you'll be there before you know it - looks as though you've made a good start!

I agree with the 1.5 - 2 stone to drop a size but again depends on body shape I think - loose a jean size easily with just 7-8lbs loss but top size is as above 1.5 - 2 stone!!

I started out at 18st. I lost 2 stone before I could fit into a lower size, and I've now lost 3 stone and still in that one lower size... so three stone, one size for me. Although I'm hoping to move down again with another stone.

For me it's about 1.5 - 2st per dress size too.

I have lost 1st 10lb and am still the same size (20) I think I've definitely gone from a big 20 to a small 20 though as my clothes are much looser. The size 18 clothes I have are still a good couple of inches off doing up though :-(

It depends where you get clothes too... a size 20 in one place is an 18 in another.

My consultant said a dress size is about 10lbs. This was true for me, but many say its nearer a stone for them.

I think it's a sliding scale - from experience the difference between a size 22 and 20, or 20 and 18 is huge, whereas the difference between a 12 and a 10 is much smaller.

There's a really interesting thread on here called 'statistics - what size are you at what weight'. It's got lots of contributions from ppl giving their heights, weights and sizes - I found it fascinating, def worth a look.

Ps - I've lost 2 stone and 2 sizes but one of those sizes was in a month where I lost absolutely nothing! Bodies are strange! X

I've gone from a comfy size 18 to a 14 after losing over 3 stone and now they are getting lose. I could possibly squeeze into a 12 but haven't tried yet. May have to go and spend some more of hubbys money and give it a try lol! It did seem to take ages for me to lose a dress size!x

I started at 16st 1lb and a comfy 18 I've lost 3 and 1/2 stone and I'm currently a 14/16 depending on shop/fit of clothes. For me it took about 20lb before I moved down from an 18 to a 16 x

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I was a 26 when I started at 21stone and am now 14st 10lbs and about a size 18. It totally depends on the shop and cut of the clothes- I have a size 16top from one shop but am in 20s in primark. I think it takes me 1.5-2 stone to drop a size.