Scared to get rid of all my fat jeans

Melonmorrow

I've been doing some spring cleaning and have a pile of size 18 and 16 jeans I know need to go to the Goodwill (which just happens to be a block up the road) I'm having some trouble letting them go. I keep thinking what if I gain all the wieght back. I've lost 19 lbs since joining MFP and and additional 15 before for a total of 31 lbs. But I still think I'm gonna gain it all back. It's so frustrating aaawwwww..some motivation to stop thinking this way please

bmmadden

GET RID OF THEM your not going back to that, This is a success!! Congrats!!

JayAlexander

Send them to meeee! Haha

polo571

Yes get rid of them. Trust me thats how yoo yo yo diet =0

missy1970eb

get rid of the jeans, stick with the size u want 2 be, and what i do is never buy a size bigger than i am if i put of weight it just gotta go

HannahPastoor

Get rid of them! That way you won't want to gain weight even more because you would have to buy them all back!

david081

Keep the biggest pair as a reminder of how things were. Every time you look at them you will feel motivated to stay fit

stephaniezoundi

Get rid of them!!! I was afraid to keep mine because it was an excuse to not focus on the weight loss....I could always fit into them again. Enjoy your success! :flowerforyou:

lilwashee

i think if they are in your closet and available its easier for you to want to put them on if you do a gain a couple ,and then next thing you know you have gained more .Part of putting away that old lifestyle is letting go of things from our past (your fat jeans).when i finally get into a better size i will def donate all of them !!good luck

jessemerson86

I'd say give them away and use that as a motivation to keep on the healthy lifestyle you're on. I know I'm very motivated to not want to have to go out and buy bigger clothes. And if I don't have bigger clothes on hand, I know I'm less inclined to get to a point where I'm comfortable knowing I'd have those bigger clothes handy. It's much more motivating for me to know that if I gain weight back I'd have to go buy all new bigger clothes--It's not worth all the money I'd spend or all the hard work I've put in. Plus it's so much fun shopping and finding out I need a smaller size.

(I hope that makes sense, I'm still getting over a wicked cold, so I'm still very foggy in the thinking)

colochel

Cut 'em up, throw some paint on 'em, drop some glue and frame it. You'll have a beautiful collage

HannahPastoor

Keep the biggest pair as a reminder of how things were. Every time you look at them you will feel motivated to stay fit

Great idea!

jhardenbergh

I say get them altered so you don't need to spend a ton on new clothes, that's what I have been doing and as you lose more you can get them taken in again. Once you have them altered you can't go back. I have my tailor take a little out of the waste and get the legs tapered I was wearing some jeans a couple weeks ago that looked like an enormous denim tent. They were CK and cost my $100 bucks I am not planning on throwing them out.

superdre

Naw, Girl! Shred or donate those jeans... you won't need them anymore! :-D I recently was able to get rid of mine, and it was liberating :-). Once you start your walk on this fitness journey, your body is used to burning calories.... i'm finding its harder for me to gain weight when I have a week where I don't exercise. I'm happy for you, but don't feel any anxiety about donating or cuttin' up those jeans :-D.

skinnyme125

I feel the same way. I am also scared to get rid of them because if for some reason I was to gain the weight back then I would have to go and spend the money (which is tight) to get a new pair. But it is just a crutch. We need to get rid of them and force ourselves to stay thin. Like one of the girls said give them to her. Seriously. Find out how much it would be to ship them to someone on here that needs that size and have her pay the shipment and give them to her. This could be a new clothing exchange thing since most of us are just giving away our clothes anyway. May as well be to someone who we are trying to help to get to there ideal weight.

sixxbaby

Get rid of them...you can give them to me if you want..I am in desperate need of pants LOL

givprayz

I've been hesitant to get rid of the sizes I've bought as I've gone down in weight. I had a great time sending the 18's and 16's out the door, but I bought 12's at Thanksgiving that are hardly worn, and 10's that are just getting loose, and it feels wrong to get rid of them. I thought it would be a great idea to have a clothing exchange on this site, where, for instance, I would list my size 12's for the price of shipping, and buy someone else's 8's. Just a thought if anyone has the time and inclination.

givprayz

I feel the same way. I am also scared to get rid of them because if for some reason I was to gain the weight back then I would have to go and spend the money (which is tight) to get a new pair. But it is just a crutch. We need to get rid of them and force ourselves to stay thin. Like one of the girls said give them to her. Seriously. Find out how much it would be to ship them to someone on here that needs that size and have her pay the shipment and give them to her. This could be a new clothing exchange thing since most of us are just giving away our clothes anyway. May as well be to someone who we are trying to help to get to there ideal weight.

So funny that this was being posted at the same time I wrote my previous post. You know what they say about great minds!

gryheyl

do it and get ones that fit you will be happier if you do you can always buy them back but in your heart you want to never get back there or you would not be scared. :happy:

Atlantique

I've been doing some spring cleaning and have a pile of size 18 and 16 jeans I know need to go to the Goodwill (which just happens to be a block up the road) I'm having some trouble letting them go. I keep thinking what if I gain all the wieght back. I've lost 19 lbs since joining MFP and and additional 15 before for a total of 31 lbs. But I still think I'm gonna gain it all back. It's so frustrating aaawwwww..some motivation to stop thinking this way please

If you can't bear to throw them out, then at least get them out of the house. Box up all your 'too-big' clothes and get someone else to keep them for you--a friend, a relative, whatever. The walk of shame needed to retrieve them is a good motivational tool!

verilla

Nothing is more liberating than tossing them out. Keeping them is remaining in doubt mode; in that "what if" state of mind. Maybe you are frugal - cut them up and use for rags. Do-gooder - give to a thrift store. Sentimental - put them on and take a picture - keep that on the fridge as a reminder and then get rid of them! Then go to the store, anyone, and buy a pair that fits well. If you are in losing mode, you will need to refresh your wardrobe every two months and the thrift store is the best place for that - until you get to the size you wish to be. Far better for day to day self-image to wear clothes that fit, are flattering, and are in fashion, regardless of shape and size, even if you will have to "toss" them in a couple of months!

RMinVA

Nothing is more liberating than tossing them out. Keeping them is remaining in doubt mode; in that "what if" state of mind. Maybe you are frugal - cut them up and use for rags. Do-gooder - give to a thrift store. Sentimental - put them on and take a picture - keep that on the fridge as a reminder and then get rid of them! Then go to the store, anyone, and buy a pair that fits well. If you are in losing mode, you will need to refresh your wardrobe every two months and the thrift store is the best place for that - until you get to the size you wish to be. Far better for day to day self-image to wear clothes that fit, are flattering, and are in fashion, regardless of shape and size, even if you will have to "toss" them in a couple of months!

I completely agree!! I shed my larger sizes as fast as I could...you have to know that you are NEVER going back. Do you really need reminders hanging out in your closet? I finally ditched all my skinny clothes too!! I got back into a pair of skinny jeans and realized that even though I could, I would NEVER wear them again because styles have changed so much and it's not what I like anymore. That was all I needed to part with everything else I have been carting around for years!!

Loved the clearance racks when I was blowing through a size or so every couple of months!!

RMinVA

Oh and as for shipping of clothes...I have done that on a prior website. For the most part I just asked for postage, but I also shipped off a really nice (expensive!) suit and got $50 for that. I figured I might as well send the clothes to someone that would enjoy them! And if they didn't fit, or they didn't like them, they had to pass them on.

I also sold some nicer stuff on Craig's List.

Happyoceangirl

Just do it!!!! I was also a little scared to get rid of mine and hadn't predicted how liberating it would feel to dump it all at the donation box at Goodwill. Seriously, it was the greatest high to drive away knowing that i was free from the "weight" of things that didn't fit my lifestyle or attitude any more. My only wish was that I had found someone to personally give them to, or to donate them to a women's shelter.

That's been months and several sizes ago, and I'm not looking back. Do it!!! You'll feel awesome!!!!

And, let's be real here, if you ever need a bigger size, you can go BUY it. Isn't that how you got those fat pants in the first place? :flowerforyou:

Mountain_woman

I say get them gone! I have always been an avid thrift shopper and this has saved me money in my weight loss journey. Donate those jeans. Don't give yourself an option to go back. It took me about 2 months of shifting the "fat clothes" around in my dresser before I finally said, "Screw this". I asked my family if they wanted any of them, let them pick through and sent the rest to Good Will. Then, after seeing my dresser empty, it gave me an excuse to go back out and thrift shop. $40.00 later and I had 6 outfits that can interchange with each other. Oh yeah! And I felt sexy too. Nothing like a shameless afternoon of prancing in front of one's own mirror checking yourself out to keep you going. (Okay, maybe not an afternoon, but an hour of playing with clothes? Yes!)

suzooz

I agree -- let them go and get some pants that fit your new body -- and CELEBRATE!

And it would be really cool to have a clothing exchange on this site, since many of us have had alot of success of getting smaller!

Melonmorrow

Thank you everybody. The jeans r on there way to the goodwill ASAP

mamagooskie

I agree, GET RID OF THEM!! You should see how many garbage bags of clothing I've gotten rid of in the last year. I was a size 24 and now I'm a 10-12 and although I have barely any clothing left, I am so glad my old big clothes will get used (by someone else) I don't want to fall back on them since I never plan on getting big again.

I'm enjoying shopping for new smaller stuff (thrift shops have been a life saver for me)