Smaller Jeans!!!!

Yes! I have gone down a total of 2.5 jean sizes since the beginning of this project.  How does one calculate a .5 jean size.  Well, as you all are probably aware, clothing manufacturers each make different sizes but put the same size label in their clothing.  For instance, Levis jeans in a size 18 are a bit smaller than Sonoma (Kohl's) jeans that come in a size 18.  It's actually very difficult to determine just how many sizes a person gains or loses in a given period of time because I have a pair of pants that say size 12 that I can wear just as easily as I am wearing my size 18.  So when a person says how many sizes they lost it's difficult to know if that's really how many sizes they lost.  A friend of mine wore Gap jeans in a size 6 and without changing her size at all, a year and a half later she wore a size 2 Gap jean. It tends to be more prevalent in women's clothing because we don't go by waist inches in getting our pants. And, lets face it, we will buy a pair of jeans that have a size smaller label in them just because we were able to get into that size. Manufacturers know this and trick us into buying their clothes.
So, my beginning jeans were Lee size 24 and they were tight on me.  A Lee size 20 is a little big but a Lee size 18 is still a little small on me.  Therefore, I have found a pair of Sonoma jeans that fit right, say they are an 18 but I know I'm still not quite an 18 so by my quirky math, I have lost 2.5 sizes  since the beginning of this journey.
Thank you for your love and encouragement.  I'm more motivated to get into a proper 18 soon.