things that make you hmmmm

 Why is it that when you are a size 10 and lose 20 pounds you go down a clothes size but when you start off at 380 pounds it takes 75 pounds to go down a size?

I think it's like body weight percentage.

If you are 400lbs and you drop 40lbs you've only lost 10% of your body weight.

But if you weigh 150lbs -you need to drop only 15lbs to lose 10% of your body weight.

Am I making sense?

 Yes, it makes sense.

Danni...your explanation makes sense to me, but it is still frustrating!  I wish I could go down a size for every 20 lbs I lose :)

I agree, totally aggravating!

Tell me about it.  I'm down 100 lbs and I still wear a lot of the same shirts.  Granted, they're much roomier, but most of them aren't to the point of indecency yet.  So my shirts range from 2X-5X right now. 

Aggravating, right?

Gina :~)

That does make allot of sence. My sister in law loses 20lbs, everyone notices. I lose 20lbs....they look me up and down and are like, "Uh...where?"

Crazy! LOL! I agree with you all!

I think clothes are more "true to size" fit the smaller you are. Generally made with less "stretchy" type materials to. Just much more noticable. Fat places itself weird the fatter we get.... And as we lose the smaller we get it is melting from our frame. So as was said in the other post it is percentage to see size difference.

Anyhow... Just my two cents! Not a doctor or scientist...lol!

Hugs,
Sherrie

 I think the difference for me is how I wear my clothes. I never wore anything form fitting at my heaviest and so all my clothes had no shape. It took 75 pounds for me to go shopping for new pants - how could that be? Well it was. Now I lose 10 pounds and my clothes are falling off. The clothing I buy now is fitted so you can totally tell the difference in 10 pounds whereas before no one noticed or at least said anything, until I stopped wearing all the baggy clothes. Just my 2 cents.

All I'm saying is I'm glad I didn't have to buy new stuff while I gained that 75 pounds!