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Losing weight yet still buy same size pants, is it just me?

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 14:25

I still buy a size 14 even though am a 12 maybe a 10.

WHY
i did let my hand HOVER over the 12s but the fear of chafing....
People who have lost loads - is this The Final Frontier?

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 14:30

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MrsCampbellBlack · 13/04/2013 15:22

I always buy size 12 knickers and am generally a size 8 in clothes - I don't like knickers to dig in.

But hey mrs skinny size 10!

piratecat · 13/04/2013 15:27

i find that i like mine loose so buy bigger.

I am a 12-14 but bought some 16's at M&S the other day, had a good look about and they seemed roomy. Nope. grrr

I find most pants come up small. When i was bigger, a 16 i sometimes had to buy size 20. What do people do if they are a size 20, i never see pants go any bigger than that. Ridiculous.

MrsCampbellBlack · 13/04/2013 15:30

Cotton knickers also seem to shrink but that could just be me.

FurryDogMother · 13/04/2013 15:31

I'm still wearing my size 22 knickers (Bonmarché's best! lol) even though I'm now a 12/14. When I say 'wearing' I mean it in the loosest possible sense (literally) as they now tend to fall off if unsupported by leggings or something over the top. I like loose knickers, and have been avoiding buying smaller ones - somehow I don't feel ready for them, but the psychology behind that escapes me right now. Maybe I just like seeing the evidence of the weight loss? I dunno...

LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 15:37

Oh god. Only if I breathe in. And not tits obv.

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 15:38

Ooh I could never do 16. I'm sure tbh a 12 would chafe.

It's only h expressing surprise at the 14 that made me think twice.

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MrsCampbellBlack · 13/04/2013 15:38

Now you're really showing off - big boobs and skinny body Wink

LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 15:39

Lol. You'd think.

We titters don't see it that way. #afflicted

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trinity0097 · 13/04/2013 16:19

For me the last thing to go (today in fact) were by bras, I had got pants relatively quickly as they are easy to chuck in with the shopping when I go round Sainsburys!

noddyholder · 13/04/2013 16:21

I hate too small knickers but am still scared of the 12 laughing me out of the bedroom so I buy 14s. Although dp bought me some fancy knickers i had been coveting and he got a 12 and I was dreading putting on but they fit. Agree re skinny with boobs its no picnic you are always one accessory away from barmaid

KatyS36 · 13/04/2013 16:24

I think there is another measurement which comes into play, how far they come up at the back. Still wearing size 16 even though dropped to a 12-14.

scarlet76 · 13/04/2013 17:44

I lost weight a couple of years ago, going from a 10-12 to a 6-8. It is only in the last few months that I have finally started buying size 8 knickers!

LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:47

snigger at laughing 12s

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:47

i want someone who has gone from a 20 to a 12

SURELY they cant stull buy 20s

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:48

oh furry dogmother does
apols

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 13/04/2013 17:48

I'm a 20-22 and wear size 16 pants. Have been every size from 22-10 and always worn size 16 pants :o

LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:49

GWENDERS

you are flipping my theory man

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:49

H always wore size M pants even when WAY over xxxx stone

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:49

ok the 4 xs there were a bit OTT

he was never 1000 stone

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LadyintheRadiator · 13/04/2013 17:53

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LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:53

you need the RIGHT size

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Ledkr · 13/04/2013 17:54

Oh I do love my big knickers. I've also lost weight but if I wear smaller pre pg knickers they roll down over my lower tummy flab and nestle in my c section scar

LadyMountbatten · 13/04/2013 17:54

oh my pants are small and sexy

just never NOT a 14

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piratecat · 13/04/2013 18:34

you know what, you are right about how far they come up, or have to come up round the back.

unfortunetately i have a long bum Grin

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