61 lbs. down, but not a great deal of difference in my clothing size

[LCS 21]

I was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. I have lost 61lbs., but I can still wear much of my old wardrobe. Granted, it is a bit baggy, but I was wearing a 2x top, and now I wear a 1x or XL. Not a great change. Same thing with my pants. I see commercials on TV where a woman loses 40 lbs. and she has changed 4 dress sizes. What's up with that? I just wonder if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.

[minniekitty 44]

I've read on the forums that the closer you get to goal, the faster your clothes size will shrink. Usually the women you see on weight loss TV commercials were smaller and only 10-40 lbs overweight to begin with.

[KristeyK 3]

While I have changed a COUPLE of clothing sizes, I haven't changed as much as my sister who also went through this surgery. I'm hoping that it's due to the fact that I had a LOT more weight to lose than she did and my 58lbs aren't going to make the same dent HERS did. KWIM???

[SittingPretty 16]

I'm in the same boat. I don't like this boat. I want that other boat that everyone else seems to be riding in.

Seriously though, I have lost 40lbs and I can still wear my same clothes. I understand they are baggy, but not MC Hammer pants baggy.

Here's what I think is happening to me: I must have been REALLY stretching my clothes to the limit and now I am on the "low end" of wearing them. I truly believe that one day I will not be able to wear my clothes and then will be shocked to learn I dropped a few sizes without realizing it. Also, I am not losing it where I use to lose it. I'm 40 now and my tummy is holding on for dear live but my legs are almost skeletal. When I was younger I lost on a more even scale.

[Lissa 2,631]

I agree with Sitting Pretty. I'm losing weight in funny places, too. My upper arms are skinnier, although I've done nothing for them yet. My butt is shrinking fast, and boy did I have a bodacious booty before. One of the inmates at the prison I worked at got in trouble for saying "That white girl has sure got a Ghetto Onion!"... and he was right.

I also now have definition in my chest area below my bust. I think I'm proudest of that because I now have separation between boobs and belly. LOL I LOVE that dent!

As for clothes size, at 50 pounds down, I've had to move one size smaller on undies and sports bras, two sizes down on jeans/pants, and one size down on shirts. Of course, I'm hoping to get out of the 300 pounds in a few days, so I was definitely bigger. I'm expecting that I'll drop sizes faster once I'm closer to Onederland.

[NikiS 31]

I notice a difference in my tops but not enough to try a new size and I have a few pairs of pants that I have to retire. I can't remember if they were a little baggy to begin with but now they just don't look nice on me. However, despite people saying I've lost weight, I certainly haven't gone down a size in pants. I think the things I wore weresstretched to the gills and now that there is a little bit less of me the clothes aren't fitting how they used to. Also, what about the people that say they can lose 10-15 pounds and go down a dress size?! That is not my testimony. I know I'm expecting a lot and I've only lost 36 lbs since surgery (9/20) but I thought I'd have to shop for clothes by now.

[ILKrista 36]

In the beginning, it took about 40 pounds to drop a clothing size. Now, it is about 15 pounds. I've heard that as you get closer to goal, even a drop of 5-10 pounds can be a clothing size. Don't get discouraged! I tell people that I'm doing a marathon, not a race with this weightloss. It is a long road, but I know it will be worth it for all of us!