When is it safe to buy new "skinny" clothes?

VeryKatie

I would try to wait until you've maintained your goal weight for 3 months or so... it's common to gain back about 3 to 5 lbs once you start eating maintenance (though that would not all be fat, in fact maybe no fat, but water can still make clothes fit differently). But if you need to buy something for in between, I would just buy the bare minimum. Don't want your pants falling off in public either.

tbright1965

pkweier wrote: »

I brought stuff at local thrift stores to help me though my different sizes. I still do. One store has a end of season sale during the summer and winter everything is .50 to a 1.00 I don't feel so bad if I only wear it a few times when it got to big I donated it back and got a tax credit on top of it.

This^

Of course, men's shirts are more coarse sized than womens. When I got down to a Large Tall from an XLT, I bought some new shirts.

I've been buying pants, jeans and shorts at the thrift shop and have removed all the 37-38" waist items from my closet.

I have 34"-36" and will probably remove the 36" items after 20# more.

The thrift shop is my friend for this journey.

Natasha201643

I am having the same issue. I don't think it a waste to get new clothes, perhaps they can serve as motivation to keep the weight off.

apullum

I wouldn't spend much money on clothes yet. I am also short (under 5 feet) and can confirm that your size might still change. I bought a suit for a job interview when I was about 5 pounds from my goal and I got to wear the jacket exactly one time before it became too big, because those last five pounds apparently came from the boob area. My cup size did not change until the last 15 or so pounds, and then I suddenly dropped two cup sizes. I still have the suit blouse, which was stretchy enough to still fit, and the pants, which are a little too big. I went from a size 16/XL to a size 0/XS, and I dropped smaller sizes much faster than I dropped larger sizes, even though my pace of weight loss slowed.

But I did get that job!