How/where your weight is stored really matters, as well as height. E.g., throughout my life, I gained weight mostly in my hips and thighs and always stayed slim through the belly, waist, and upper body. 5-7 pounds could be the difference in pant size for me, and the issue was always in the saddlebag area. I always had to get pants taken in at the waist.

In menopause, every ounce of weight I gain goes to my belly/waist/muffin top. Now when I gain 5-7 pounds, my pants are too tight at the waist but feel fine through the hips and thighs. (Even at the same weight i was pre-menopause, my waist is not as small as it used to be, so some of my old pants that were altered don't fit anymore.) Upper body stays the same, as usual.

If i gained weight through my whole body, I doubt 5-7 pounds would equal a pant size for me.

10lbs - I’m 5’2

I started at 127 and noticed around 120. In June I couldn’t fit into nearly every single pair of nice pants. I put them on easily last night. I’m around 117 now. That feeling of my clothes fitting is a much better feeling than eating junk.

Anonymous wrote:5'2"

165 to 145, 12 to 10
145 to 135, 10-8
130 to 120, 4-6
120 to 110, 2-4
110, size 0

At 110, people started asking me if I was sick. Currently at 118, size 4s are comfortable/a little lose at the waist

You started at 165?! Wow congrats on losing.

Im 5'5" and I've lost 20 lbs I'm 150lbs now. My clothes are looser and I'm down one size about a size 10. I've gone through menopause so my body has shifted around, my muscles and fat are lower, difficult to explain. I lift weights 3 days a week and walk 6 days a week so I'm gaining more muscle. I lost weight through Zepbound, which allows me to control what I'm eating.

I’m 5’5” and I’d say 10 pounds really makes a difference, but I’ll notice a slight change at 5 pounds. A whole pant size is somewhere in the 10-15 pound range.

5'7'' - when I went from 142-144ish to 137-138ish.