In this article, well go over the research I’ve done on just exactly how much weight you need to lose to drop a shirt size. I went through a TON of effort figuring this out, so I hope you enjoy the article. Thanks for reading!
So, how much weight do you need to lose to drop a shirt size?
Short answer: To go down a shirt size, you’ll need to lose between ten pounds to forty pounds. The larger you are, the more weight you’ll need to lose to drop a size. Example: From XL to L you’ll need to lose about ten pounds, versus about 25 pounds to go from 5x to a 4x. There are other variables involved as well, but for most people this is your best estimate.
Other Variables:
Height: The height of an individual greatly alters the weight you’ll need to lose. In general, the taller you are, the more weight you’ll need to lose to drop a shirt size. Because you have more mass. It’s much much harder for a 6 foot person to drop a size, versus a 5 foot person. A y’all person will need to lose up To double what a short person needs to lose in order to drop a shirt size. Also, being tall can complicate things even further by the different lengths of t shirts. Some taller people need to wear different types of shirts. An XLT is much different than a T.
Body shape: Your shape can play the biggest role in wether or not you will be dropping a size. For instance, someone who keeps most of their weight below their midsection will lose most of their weight there first. This might sound like common sense, and it is….but it is important to consider. Also, same thing goes for someone who is top heavy like me. I lose most of my weight very quickly in the top section because most of my weight is there. Whereas most people my size will lose 20 pounds to drop a shirt size, it only takes me about 12-15. If I wasn’t so too heavy it would be different, and it would take me about 25 pounds or so.
muscle versus fat: Muscle takes up a LOT less space than fat, so if you’re losing weight while simultaneously gaining muscle, things can be skewed. This isn’t as dramatic as you’d think however, and won’t skew things to much unless you’re making absolutely gigantic gains. Which, if you are……props to you. Really, this won’t affect to much.
Brand of shirt size: The brand of the shirt you are wearing plays an INCREDIBLE role in how much you fill it out. Some shirts are HUGE in comparison for others. That can be VERY apparent when shipping certain big and tall brands who can be easily 50% larger than other brands with a similar size tag. You’ll notice this with a lot of shirts in your closet, if you take the time to go through them. Putting a few same size shirts on top of each other shows just how ridiculous this can be. All sizes are not created equal! This also goes by country to country, where even the same brand can be larger in one country versus another.
Shirt is stretched (or shrunk): This is another very simple factor, a shirt that is shrunk won’t fit the same as a stretched one. I can easily wear a shirt that is a size to small for me if it has been stretched. On the other hand, I have shirts that were shrunk and I can’t where them anymore. It’s just how it goes sometimes.
How I did this research:
Surprise, surprise……the internet. Also, with myself when I was losing weight.
I mainly took information from other blogs, and used that information with my own from how it was whenever I was losing weight.
Honestly, what surprised me the most was the consistency of how so many people would drop about ten pounds and go down a size if they were in the lower range of shirts. The same as when they were larger they needed to lose more to drop a size. Honestly, this made a lot of my research very easy.
I also went on forums as well, but even though I love forums……it was a little harder to trust all the information so I took each with a grain of salt. If one person said they had to lose 60 pounds to drop a size……well of course I didn’t listen to anything else they had to say. They would’ve had to have a legitimate reason why they needed to drop so much weight in order to drop a size for them to be credible.
Conclusion:
I hope you enjoyed this article!!!! And I wish you the best on your journey to lose weight as well, I know it can be extremely hard to lose weight. Especially currently where we have to stay home so often. If you’re interested, this is my blog on life as a larger person!
Again, thanks so much for reading this article!!!!
If you have any input at all, especially on how I can make the blog better….please leave a comment. Any and all advice is GREATLY appreciated.
Also, if you have info on how much weight it took you to drop a size as well I’d also greatly appreciate that as well.
And one more time, seriously thanks again. It really means a ton to me that people read the blog.