If I lose 40 lbs, how many dress sizes will that be?

[Anonymous]

I'm tall, big and was 200 pounds OP, when I lost 40 at 5'10" I only went down 2 sizes. So I would look at pounds and inches and not sizes, depending on your shape.

[Anonymous]

This depends entirely on your height, and how you carried your weight. I'm 5'3" This is how my weight/size changed as I lost weight.

When I was 185, I was a size 14.
When I was 150, I was a size 10.
140 = size 8
130 = size 6
125 = size 4

[Anonymous]

5’8”

In my 30s: Went from 150 to 130, and from comfortable size 8 to a 6 in pants. Medium to mostly small tops.

I’m 50 now: I’m at 155, and size 8 is snug. Weight distribution is still mostly in my lower half, but I’m softer than I ever have been.

It isn’t all about lbs. Also where one carries their weight, how soft or firm they are, how muscular, etc.

[Anonymous]

Is there a thread with how you are all losing weight? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went from 200 to 160 and I’m 5’8”. I was a 14-16/XL and now a solid 8/M. I’ve been as low as 150 but size 8 still felt better than 6 at that point even though I could “fit” in a 6. I’m happy where I am.

Interesting. I think it depends on your body/curves.

I’m 165 and just under 5’9”. My size 12 dresses are too tight even with spanx. I need to drop 5-10 pounds in order for my size 12 to fit well.

I’m 45, and it’s tough to lose weight at my age (and after multiple c-sections that made my belly fluffy).

I would need to be under 150 for size 10 to fit. Even when I was 140, size 8 was too small.

Pre-kids, I was 128 and a size 4 or 6.

This is wild. I was 165 5’8 but wearing size 6/8. I guess it’s just how you carry weight. Interesting to hear the weights and sizes. I have always been between 4-6 in dresses when I’m around 140-150 but over 160 I’m more solid 6, sometimes 8. Pear shaped but small on top so a line dresses I can get away with smaller size but fitted through hips can be 8.

[Anonymous]

it's 10 bls/ dress size.
You will go down 4 dress sizes.

[Anonymous]

At 160, 5’6, I was in a dress size 8 (sometimes 10 depending on brand)
Now at 123, I wear a 2.

My band size in bras didn’t change drastically because I am bottom heavy and my rib cage didn’t change much - from 36 on the looser hook to 34 on the tightest hook.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'3". Over the course of a year i went from 175 to 115. I tracked pretty closely with the 10 lbs/one dress size rule...I went from a 12 in most brands to now a 2 in most brands. Bra size decreased too...I was a 36C, and now I just wear XS or S bralettes.

[Anonymous]

I am 5'7" and lost 45 pounds during Covid. I went from a 14 to a 6.

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’7 3/4 and was 190 pounds - size 16. I now lost 40 lbs. and curious what size I would be, but I’m big busted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’7 3/4 and was 190 pounds - size 16. I now lost 40 lbs. and curious what size I would be, but I’m big busted.

If you've already lost the weight why not take measurements and see what you size is that way? If a large bust is an issue you can buy a size larger dress to fit the bust and have the rest tailored to fit.

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’3 losing postpartum weight. At 185 I was a size 12/14, now at 170 I am a size 10 (8 in some things). I am on a mission (!) to get to my pre-first baby weight of 135, and expect to be a 6 at that height….maybe a 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’7 3/4 and was 190 pounds - size 16. I now lost 40 lbs. and curious what size I would be, but I’m big busted.

If you've already lost the weight why not take measurements and see what you size is that way? If a large bust is an issue you can buy a size larger dress to fit the bust and have the rest tailored to fit.

+1. Head out to the store and have some fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lost 30 lbs and 2 sizes (14 to 10). Working on the next 10 lbs which hopefully would take me to an 8. I am 5'9" so an 8 would be fine.

Same here except the other direction

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'4. At my heaviest was 185 and was a 34c and size 12/14. I lost about 60 pounds. When I was in the 140 range I wore a 6 and was 34b

I wish I would lose some in my boobs! I’ve gone from 189 at 5’5 to 162 and from a size 16 to a size 12, yet I am still in a 38H. It makes me look so much heavier. At my thinnest in college days I was 125 and a 34DD wearing a size 10.