How long have you hung on to your oversized clothes?

Darlene_Oregon

@chris_in_cal Sounds good to me! I actually have quite a few clothing items that are older than most people on this site. But they're memories. You have to hold on to them. They make me smile 🙂

JamesArthur3933

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I agree about the baggy clothes for general wear out and about. But I figure people often may wear the same clothes for before and after photos to highlight the difference in how they fit?

I did something a bit different. Just before I started going to the gym, I bought one of those 'Athletic cut' vests that was maybe 3 sizes too small for me. Took a photo from the side, It's really not very flattering but one day, I'll put it back on to see if it looks any better on me.

Wynterbourne

With the exception of a few sentimental items, I got rid of pretty much everything two sizes or more too big as I lost. I replaced things as I lost by going to Goodwill and other thrift stores so it wasn't expensive. Oh, I also kept my largest shirt and largest pair of pants just to remind me how far I've come.

MargaretYakoda

chris_in_cal wrote: »

Not a good answer to your question, but: I'm holding on to my boot camp uniform, and my 1989 NYC Marathon t-shirt hoping to again one day proudly rock these duds.

My piece of clothing from days gone by that I’m hoping to fit into again one day is a the that says “If you’re really a goth, where were you when we sacked Rome?”
That fit me perfectly the very first time I lost a bunch of weight. I am very much looking forward to rocking it again.

There are two items I will be hanging on to forever I don’t care how baggy they get:
1) Some fluffy Jammie pants that are the most comfortable ever. I’ll just replace the elastic waistband.
2) A Tshirt from the punk band (word that means soft and also means cat, which got censored by the algorithm so I have edited to make it as clear as possible which specific punk band I am referring to) Riot. It’s a limited run, no longer available. It’s Barbie pink, with an extremely rude Russian word (an insult about someone’s uh…. ::kitten:: )in pink glitter across the front.
Every once in a while I wear it to the VA and someone who understands the translation gets a huge kick out of it.

springlering62

JamesArthur3933 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I agree about the baggy clothes for general wear out and about. But I figure people often may wear the same clothes for before and after photos to highlight the difference in how they fit?

I did something a bit different. Just before I started going to the gym, I bought one of those 'Athletic cut' vests that was maybe 3 sizes too small for me. Took a photo from the side, It's really not very flattering but one day, I'll put it back on to see if it looks any better on me.

I did the girly girl version with a way-too-small pencil dress I spotted at TJM.

I hung it sideways in the closet so I had to move it every time I got dressed. I talked to it. We developed a relationship. I worked my way from a 22W down to a size M and proudly wore it to an event.

It’s too big now, but stupid as it sounds, that was probably one of the best goal methods I had. I keep that dress in the closet, not because I want to go back “up” to that size, but to honor how useful it was to me, and what a friend it was during the whole process.

And it never talked back, never made fun, never once said “you’ll never wear me”. It was silently supportive.

snowflakesav

I was relatively slim until I turned about 54. I'm 60 now. I haven't purchased that many good fitted items that fit me at my largest , mostly leggings and knits so I think there won't be much to purge. That said I have an entire closet full of size 4 items that I couldn't part with. hopefully i'll be wearing some of them in 70 days.

1ns1d3_0u7

I've boxed up most of my stuff to donate. I've kept a few things just to keep as reminders.