When do you start to go down size - wise?

Morning Everyone! Happy Friday! I am concerned, I know I shouldn't be..but I am. I started way back in March with the WLS program. I weighed 283. I was a size 22/24 bottoms. I now weigh 256.5 (unofficially this morn), but still the same size on the bottoms. Granted some pants are a little bit more roomy. Did anyone else have this problem? I thought for sure when I hit the 20lbs lost that I would have to go down a pants size. You can tell in my face and of course my top has shrunk, in the places you wi**** wouldn't shrink....I just got my release to start exercising. So I am hoping that will help. You know me, I worry when I shouldn't..... I love your imput guys! I totally appreciate it! xoxoxojenn

I find that as the pounds are dropping off, I don't see/change sizes in clothes... it's those weeks at a time where the weight levels off, and I don't see the #'s on the scale move, that my body must 'catch up' with the scale, and I change sizes!

Hi Jenn...........almost always the weight comes off from the top down. I stayed in the same size pants for awhile and, because my hips are big, I had to keep in the same size top for awhile, as well, even though it was big at the shoulders and boobs! Be patient! I wore a 26-28 and a 3x. I'm now about a 14 bottom and med-large top depending on the cut of everything. I have some 10 and 12 slacks that fit fine, and some 18s that I can still wear. It all depends on the cut. You're doing fine. Welcome to the most wonderful journey! Judy

Hi, Jennifer I too feel the same way you do I am now down 55lbs and I feel so much better and my clothes fit better but I haven't gone down in size either and when I look at my pictures I feel like I have shrunk my head and shoulders but everything else is huge I look like a bowling pin....I can't wait till I start to loose inches now.....Dawn

my sug was in Feb I was wearing a 3x tighly now i'm wearing 3x pants 2x pants it just depends. in shirts I wear 3x's 2x's and now I can fit into a xl t shirt. so i'm in three diferent sizes now. the 3x do get lose if I dont wash them after one wearing. like jeans. you are doing great. I got a paper route to help me lose the weight. I make 200 dollars walking and I pay curves nothing.

Id say every 15-20 pounds is a size. I was barely in a 20 at 224, now Im in an 8 at 145.

. Hi Jennifer! I'm sure everyone's different - but I went down 3 pants sizes in my first month. I was in a 30 and at the end of the first month, I fit in a pair of 24's. Also know that not all pants are the same cut - I tried on 5 pairs of 24's -- three fit fine and two didn't. Now, at 6 weeks out, the 24's are loose - so I may look into 22's in another week or so. The pants I started out in I'm totally swimming in. Please don't worry about it - I bet you're still losing inches! Dayna 310/271/110

Don't get discouraged! People have different body types, and they carry their weight in different places. You may just have loose skin keeping you from going down a size. Just continue to walk and believe, you will get there. Michele 290/185/goal 187