Dress Sizes

[Lauratheloop]

At the point of sounding possibly quite annoying....

When can I expect to drop a dress size

I'm 5ft 5inches and I weigh currently 15st 1lbs (2lb loss this week lol ;-) ) so I'm a size 18 in jeans a 18/16 in top to e fair I'm pretty evenly distributed wen it comes to weight although maybe a little bit more weight around tummy naturally ;-)

So how much do you guys lose to drop a dress size???

I'm dying to be 14st 7lbs as that will then mean I'm back to my smallest weight that i was once in the last 6years and then I will set my next target

I'm so happy I lost 2 this week and admittedly my jeans and tops are feeling looser but when can I expect to dive into the next clothes size lol

Any advice welcome be lovely to hear your shape and size changing stories xxx

 

[KellySW]

Well done on your weight loss this week
I have lost 2st 6lbs + dropped 2 dress sizes so far + I would say after my first stone -stone + a half off I fitted comfortably in a size 16 though originally the size 18's were getting tight! I think it depends on the individual. getting into a size down is a great feeling, keep going I'm sure it won't be long!

 

[spangles]

the smaller you get, the less difference in weight between the sizes. It was a good 2 stone between size 22 and size 20, and again between size 20 and 18. Now it's speeding up a bit.

Of course, the other unhelpful thing is that different people shrink at different weights.

 

[Caz]

The difference between sizes are more inches for the bigger sizes. For example, between a 10 and 12 it's an inch and a half. Between a 20 and a 22 it's 3 inches or even a bit more. So the bigger you are, the more you'll have to lose to drop a size but like spangles said, it speeds up as you get into smaller sizes.

 

[Squee]

My mum always said a stone = a dress size.
I've not had the opportunity to try that out yet, but I'd imagine it would be a bit more than a stone for the larger dress sizes.

 

[Tracyx]

I remember reading that studies have shown that a 10lb loss roughly equals a dress size but i have lost 2 stone and have really only dropped 1 size as i started a size 18 and am now a 16, i could maybe squeeze into a size 14 jeans (with a huge muffin top of course) but there is no way i could even attempt a size 14 top, so maybe it only works when you are in the smaller sizes 6-12 .

Tracyx