I read the posts where everyone seems to be going down in sizes of clothes and I'm feeling left out
I have lost 33 pounds and still can't fit into the next smaller size. My clothes are much looser but the next size down still won't even zip up. I exercise (walking) and do strength training 3 times a week. I think all my weight is coming off my big toe!!
I'm over 40 so I know my body and metabolism is changing a lot but has anyone else been losing the pounds but the inches aren't coming off like they thought they would?

Mary ~
"It's never to late to be what you might have been"

312/279/145

Ahh...don't use the same pair of pants, skirt, etc., as a guide. Go shopping and try something else on! Sizes are different by manufacturer. Thirty-three pounds is FANTASTIC!!!!

Kellie, F38
Started Atkins 8/1/03 (off and on for the last few years but sticking to it this time!)
206/191/170-160 -- 11.75 inches GONE! (as of 10/05)

congrats mary on the 33 pounds!!!
i have had the same problem
i have lost 82 pounds and started in a 5x now in lose 4x's i am hoping for 3 x soon!
but it seems i have lost all over my body
little here and there took along time befor i sould tell a diffrence i was told that one x sizes is really like 3 sizes compared to a lower size i dont know if true but i am willing to take it lol just give it some time and know you are not alone
good luck

Donna

3/22/02 425
10/6/03 343
hope 325 by dec

I had the same problem you do... I didn't fit into the next smaller size until I'd lost about 45lbs. And then, sizes just seemed to drop out of nowhere, and now they're stuck again. I'm stuck between a loose 16 and a tight 14 pants, and a 20/22 22/24 top (started at 26/28 pants, and 30/32 tops), and I started really close to where you did..

Give it time - before you know it, you'll be falling out of your clothes while you're walking.

Also, even the same manufacturers cut materials differently for different lines.. Try a few new manufacturers and see what happens.

(296/223/135) 04/01/03
The Downward Spiral Begins

Hi Winter.
Congratulations!!! Super job losing 33 lbs. Don't dispair. It WILL happen. It's just a matter of time.

The weight never seems to come off the body parts we want it to come off of, at least not at first.

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