New Clothes

Slulik

I am in your boat....lost 67 pounds and nothing really fits anymore. I have found to be wearing a lot of 'yoga' style pants, but even they have been getting big on me. Hit up loblaws, walmart, thrift stores. They have nice clothes for cheap. My mom has even offered a few things out of her closet for me.....she has nicer clothes then me!

But don't go on a crazy shopping spree since you are still losing. Buy enough to get you by, and don't spend an arm and a leg. I have away 3 bags of clothes that didn't fit anymore most of them brand new. I have gotten many clothes for big box stores for nice and cheap...sale racks....oh and belts will be your best friend!

But isn't it rewarding to see your clothes start to get bigger and bigger on you

red869

Well done on your weight loss.. you must feel great! I definitely would go out and buy some new clothes. Even though you have more weight to lose, you really ought to get some that fit you properly now.

I am just starting out; I have over 50 lbs to lose and I recently purchased a whole load of new clothes. I probably shouldn't have got so many though! I'm hoping that I'll soon be too slim for them, but I want to have clothes that fit right now whilst I'm losing weight, otherwise I wouldn't want to go out anywhere.

watfordjc

I probably am not the norm. I typically hate buying clothes anyway. When I started I bought new clothes (XXXL) from Under Armour because I knew comfortable clothes would make exercise easier. After ~30 pounds I bought some XL and XXL clothes, and am currently in L-XXL clothes. Most of my Under Armour shirts are XXL and are a bit too big (I also fit in L and XL fine), but until I get to where I want to be I won't be buying more shirts as I don't know what size I'll end up at (so one XL and one L will do for now). I should probably buy some medium jogging bottoms (sweat pants) and hoodie because I think these large ones are either getting too loose or I'm between sizes right now.

I have spent a lot on clothes and trainers since November (probably what I would previously have spent over a decade or longer) but ill fitting clothes and exercise generally cause me pain so I probably wouldn't be as close to my goal as I am if I skipped sizes (the only size I skipped was XXL jogging bottoms and hoodie). The suit I bought in June for my brother's wedding (also had to get it altered to fit me properly) will need alterations again if I wear it soon, so about 20 pounds of loss means my waist, chest and shoulders would need altering (and that probably would cost more than my typical Under Armour order, and in total I would have spent more on alterations than on the suit).

I think it comes down to what you wear and how long you can get away with wearing the same things. Fitness clothes you can probably go a bit longer than business clothes. I would imagine skirts cost less to alter than trousers (purely guessing) so not sure if that would be a way of cutting some of the costs, and IIRC trousers cost less to alter than shirts/jackets. So depending on what you wear it might be more cost effective to have some things altered, continue to wear some things you can get away with, and buy some things that fit.