advice on clothes that no longer fit

KnottyNCrotchety

what do y'all do?? pitch them as they become too baggy? I'm a borderline hoarder so throwing things away is a problem, but i now have pants that FALL OFF without a belt. not good. would you keep them 'just in case' or is that defeatist? should I go full steam ahead and take them to goodwill?

You are never going to fit in those clothes again. Never. Do NOT keep them. Think how much lighter you feel now that you have lost a size in clothing. You will feel that same sense of lightness when you get those clothes out of the house!

I have my nice ones ready to take to a consignment shop. That way I can use the credit I get from selling them to buy the next size there. The more worn out ones are going to Goodwill.

JenCM

I refuse to keep anything too big around "just in case" - I used to do that, and all it did was give me wiggle room to fatten back up!! I've kept the biggest pair of pants I owned, just for comparison sake once I get to my goal!
Everything else, heads to Goodwill. I remember being my heaviest and not being able to find clothes that fit, so I'd rather pack them off to help another person. I've literally gotten rid of 10 bags of clothes gradually as I've lost!

I however just saw the clothing swap post and now I'm going to check that out! I wish I had something now to donate to some of the fellow MFP'ers!

Kristy144

Donate them or sell them in a yard sale!

bltmgray

I've kept only one pair of pants to remind me how far I've come. The rest go to goodwill!

infamousmk

Get 'em outta the house! I toss or donate my clothes as soon as they start to feel the slightest bit baggy. I want no reason whatsoever to consider the option of going back to that size. I will not be a size 16 ever again, and I will never need those clothes again. In a few months, I will toss the 14s, too. Because I'll never buy another pair of size 14 jeans again.

jmruef

what do y'all do?? pitch them as they become too baggy? I'm a borderline hoarder so throwing things away is a problem, but i now have pants that FALL OFF without a belt. not good. would you keep them 'just in case' or is that defeatist? should I go full steam ahead and take them to goodwill?

I would donate them. I shop at Goodwill, so if I need jeans in a different size, I know I'm only going to be spending $3/pair. It's not defeatist to keep them, necessarily, but it's a space saver to get rid of them.

Also - if you have jeans that are falling off without a belt, you're a long way from needing to keep them around 'just in case', you know what I mean? That's a good thing.

Darlis

Fortunately for me our little town has a "city wide" yard sale the first weekend in October. I will be participating this year in a BIG way!!! Gonna get rid of some things that are too big and scope out other peoples sales for some "new" things for myself!

michelec64

As baggy as they are I'm holding on to my summer clothes (for now) because it's too late in the season to get anything new, but this weekend I'm clearing and donating everything else in my closet that is now too big. I will keep a pair of my favorite "old" jeans just as a reminder of how far I've come, but I don't want to hold on to my 18/20s because then that gives me a tiny out to backslide into my old habits. If that did happen I want to literally have to pay a price for undoing all the progress I've made.

cedarhurst2006

I kept one pair of my 4X pants and donated some and consigned most. I used the money I received from consigning to treat myself to new sizes along the weight loss journey to motivate myself. I confess, though, I have kept some of my baggy tops and a few stretchy pants and wear them for working out, against my daughters wishes.

withchaco

I got rid of them without a second thought. The reason? My new healthy lifestyle was NOT (and still isn't) making me miserable. I was happy with it. I knew I could keep doing this for the rest of my life... which means I'd never need XXL shirts ever again.

I did keep a couple, though, so I can do comparison photos when I'm in shape :happy:

finabella

DO NOT KEEP THEM!! You are never going to fit into them again, so have anything you love altered to fit you and give the rest to good will.

I thought the same thing with a few dresses I had. I was getting them altered and was thinking that I would tell the alterations lady not to cut the material out. Then I gave myself a mental slap and said you are not going to need to take those dresses out EVER EVER again!!!

teasdino

Dont look at it as 'throwing away'. Giving them to your favorite charity is more like you helping someone less fortunate.
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SMarie10

I'm a realist, and have been overweight for a long time. Although I never want to get back into my old larger clothes, I have packed them all up in bins and have them stored in the basement. If, after 12 months I am still at my lower weight, I'll donate them. Unfortuately, statistics show that nearly 80% of us will regain all or part of the weight we have shed. So, I'm not ditching anything until I know I'm part of the 20% that succeeds in keeping it off.

mccrockl

The last two times I have lost weight I had major life changes (change of country then change of school & therefore state) and the changes disrupted everything including my weight loss. Although I think this time I can keep going and then hopefully even maintain, I have kept a few of my clothes. I donate the stuff I never really loved anyway and keep the best. It really helped the last two times I regained. I don't feel like it makes a huge difference because I still LOVE fitting in smaller clothes.