New clothes

nowolga

How much weight did you lose before for you had to buy new clothes because you couldn't fit in your current clothes?

emjam99

Jeans it was about 10 pounds, and so on. Once I hit about 25-30 pounds off I went from larges to some mediums, after 45 I'm size small to medium in tops (I was large) and pants 6-7 (I was 10) dresses 5-7 (I was 10-11)

Nightmare_Queen88

I waited until I went down a pants size and I bought me a few pairs of shorts. Now I think I'm down another pants size but I'm going to wait to buy any more clothes, because it can get a bit expensive. I believe I've gone down a bra size as well, but I'm waiting to buy any bras. I'm mainly wearing sports bras now. My advice is buy clothes sparingly from time to time. Don't shell out a bunch of money though. I'd only buy like maybe a new pair of pants, a skirt, a shirt and possibly a bra if needed. Wait until you're half way to your goal weight until you really start shopping.

jbatinker

It took me 40 pounds to let go of the "fat" clothes. Once someone at work told me what I was wearing was too big I realized I needed new clothes. So off to the sales racks and consignment shops I went.

Hyperbum

I'm a little over 40 pounds down and I'm holding out for cooler weather. I've got some workout shorts that fit but I'm rolling or double rolling the tops of all my other shorts. I don't want to buy any new summer clothes because next year I want to be at goal (not even sure what that is right now). I have bought some cheap fitted tee's that will see me through the rest of this summer.

RoseTheWarrior

About every 20 lbs. I've lost over 80 lbs so been doing a bit of shopping. I'm learning that dresses are better than pants at lasting longer!

ItsyBitsy246

Close to 20lbs down and so far none, I just grab from the box of "skinny" clothes under the bed and chuck the larger sizes. Glad I kept the faith and held on to my favorite clothing.

ljnftw

I have to admit that most of my clothes since I have started to lose weight have come from Good Will or Salvation Army. So far I have gone from 48" pants to 34-36". And from XXXLarge to Large and Medium. I am down 42# and still have another 25 that I would love to drop.

Like Hyperbum I don't want to spend too much while I am still working on my weight.

bekim123

Thrift stores are great! I think at around 15 pounds lost is where I started buying a size smaller pants. I still wear my XL shirts, but they're pretty baggy.

RandiNoelle

I went from a 24 to a 20 to a 16 to a 12 (all pants) over an 87 lbs loss. I'm a medium/large (size 10-12-14) in tops. I'm in need of new tops but I can't get away with them being bigger than I can pants.

wesley58

I lost 30 lbs, and waited a few months before I bought new clothes, the old ones just hung off me, but it was very rewarding when I decieded to buy new and smaller

cb2bslim

Starting out, I was a size 14 pants and xl tops). I lost about 30-35 and remember trying on size 10 shorts and they were too loose. (Great surprise in the dressing room!!) I ended up in size 8 shorts and fitting into medium tops. During the size change 14 through 10, I was basically wearing exercise gear with drawl strings and pants with belts lol. Baby safety pins were involved, too. lol I did have a lot of size large tops in my basement which helped out a lot.

dorisj717

I'm in this situation now. All my pants are too big, I've used pins, rubber bands and even binder clips to keep them up. School starts back on August 15th and my plan is to hopefully lose another 6lbs. that will put me at 50lbs. gone. I have a couple of dresses I can wear maybe I'll put a belt with it. My plan is two pair of pants and to use the shirts I have which are too big but I will tuck them in for now. I still want to lose another 50lbs. before I decide if I'm at my goal or not.

abitofbliss

I am "lucky" in that I have a lot of smaller clothes from before I gained weight. Right now, I am wearing pants that fit me prior to 40lbs lost and everyone is pretty much telling me to toss them. The problem is I'm in between. I am not buying anything new for a while. Not til I reach my goal I think.

Veryana

About every 5 kg (11 lbs) my clothes pretty much hang on me. Right now belt is the only thing saving me from anything embarrassing and my shoulders are taking care of my shirt somehow staying on me but it looks like someone just wrapped a tent around me. But I can't afford to buy clothes once a month and thrift stores don't have my size available that often. These just have to do for another 5 kg loss at least, then I probably need a new belt

Purplebunnysarah

I started at 263 about 10 months ago. I was in a tight 20/2X. I'm now ~225 and just starting to fit into size 16 and either XL or L depending on brand. I'm 5'4". Weight is coming off faster now and sizes changing a bit faster.

jennifer_417

Quite a bit, actually, like 30+ lbs.

cglouie

Every 10-15 lbs, I'd go down a size so I'll buy the necessities to get me through the next 10-15 lb. Sometimes I'd stretch it out to 20 lbs. I have 5 lbs more to go until I get to maintenance and then I'll be splurging on a shopping spree to restock my closet with my permanent size. Can't wait!