What do you do with your "fat clothes"

Shellitz

Donate some - but ebay some too - to fund new skinnier clothes

gods_gal

I'm going to hang onto one pair of the large pants but give everything else to my little sister.

Wynterbourne

Whatever you decide, make sure it does involve them leaving your possession. I've dropped three or so sizes a couple times in the past and have kept the clothes packed away. This makes it way too easy to allow yourself to gain the weight back. I believe I wouldn't have gained the weight back if I didn't have the clothes buried in the closet to run to when my new clothes starting getting snug again. If I know it's either buy more new clothes or start watching what I'm eating again I'm pretty sure I'll just start watching my meals. *This* time I will donate them.

Gerald_King

save some for your before and after pictures or donate them

myiceisonfire

Whatever you decide, make sure it does involve them leaving your possession. I've dropped three or so sizes a couple times in the past and have kept the clothes packed away. This makes it way too easy to allow yourself to gain the weight back. I believe I wouldn't have gained the weight back if I didn't have the clothes buried in the closet to run to when my new clothes starting getting snug again. If I know it's either buy more new clothes or start watching what I'm eating again I'm pretty sure I'll just start watching my meals. *This* time I will donate them.

i shop name brand so my clothes are expensive.... i guess that's why i just dont want to give them away... but it's not like keeping them is any different than giving them away... that and i guess i'm afraid to gain weight again, because i've tried a few times in the past to lose, and just gained it all back =( but everyone is right, i do need to get rid of them. at least the pants! some of the shirts i'll keep for when i get pregnant again, maternity clothes are so expensive!

livnlife

I say donate them, but I'm keeping one pair of pants. I'll think it'll be fun to see the size difference at the end

skinnyinnotime

Ebay them or give to charity.

mrsmccullen07

Considering I have lived in floppy t-shirts and stretchy pants for the last 3 years since I didn't want to fund larger size jeans than the 16's I had hanging in the closet I will probably just wear the torn/stained/etc.for cleaning and sleeping until they are just too crazy big and then trash them and any that are in decent shape I will give to my pregnant friend.

I already have given away my 1 pair of size 18 Jeans - right back to the lady who gave them to me because they were too big for her

fabi8081

Give them to your jealous "fat" friends, who did not support you during this process ))))) I've read that happens a lot, so don't get mad, get even

Love this...Best revenge is to live well!!!

vikesfanmb

Donate! : ) Or do you have any consignment stores were you could "sell" them? I noticed you said you have lots of good name brand stuff . . so that's what I do with my "good" stuff - I take them to secondhand/consignment stores that will sell them on my behalf. It beats having to have a yard sale and you can possibly make some $$.

bmmadden

I give them away to friends who are plus sized that are not in the mindset just yet to begin this journey or donate to goodwill sometimes, unfortunately one of the people I donate clothes to is a 15 year old girl who is around 240 lbs pretty much prediabetic already

terrellc1

As soon as something is too big, I give it to my housekeeper. She takes them and donates them to her church. I don't let myself keep bigger clothes around.

jae6704

I give most away but some I have used in my quilts.

DrewD2011

After going from a size 52 suit to a 42...48 pants to an approaching 32, I learned that you can cut down a suit 3 x's, until your pants have 1 pocket over the *kitten*...I am cutting down my third round of suits right now. The poor beat up, constantly altered suits I no longer wear --) donate, donate, donate.

I am glad you ran this thread..it reminded me that I have about 20 white dress shirts to donate, neck sizes 22-24...I now wear a 16 3/4 neck.

Deathwithab

I used to give them to My mom ( she used to just sneak my old clothes from my sell bags anyways lol) or the consinement stores for money and anything that was to beat up I throw away . I don't have much clothes now that I'm losing weight and most are already from when I was smaller a year ago and are very tight or I hope to fit again , the rest are new and could fit me for the next 50 pounds I lose,

splackk

Hahaha it's actually kind of funny. My girlfriend was super super tiny at 5'6'' and about 110 pounds and had pretty tiny clothes to match I could never dream of fitting into. Meanwhile I was just about bursting out of my bigger sized clothes. I've lost some weight and can fit into her size clothes now, so she's passed a bunch to me she wasn't using so I don't have to buy new clothes as I'm still losing... and meanwhile she put on a few pounds to a more reasonable weight for her size and I was able to pass some of my clothes to her in return. It's the circle of clothes.

k2d4p

I love this question. The following is a quote from my success story blog.

"I am stationed in Japan, like I said, and on March 11th we had a very
devastating earthquake as most people know. It was terrifying, but the
details of that are for another blog. I mention it here because we started
collecting donations on our base. I knew that basically none of my clothes
fit me any more. (I mean not even close. My clothes fell off me. I went from
a size 18/20, 2XL to a 6, small. I also went from a 40D to a 34B.) I went
through every article of clothing that I owned and started bagging up all of
my clothes. I have seen many posts here on the MFP message boards about what
to do with your “fat” clothes. For me, it wasn’t hard. It wasn’t even a
decision. I knew I was going to get rid of all of them. Even before the
earthquake, I was going to donate them or give them away. I knew they were
going to be leaving my house. Even the ones that I liked. Which by the way,
as a fat person, why is it that I liked any of the clothes that I had. The
only reason that I liked anything that I wore was because I thought that it
made me look not as fat. Why would I possibly want to keep that. I wanted
to reward my new self with new clothes. Now, my uniforms are VERY expensive
to replace at the rate I was losing weight. ONE uniform costs me $120 to
replace complete with patches. I have about 16 different uniforms not
including all of our uniform coats and jackets. But, even with my old
uniforms, I gave them away. I barely even thought twice about it. I didn’t
want the reminders of my depression in my house anywhere. Not in a bag in
storage, not anywhere. I donated my civilian clothes to the earthquake
victims and gave my uniforms away. I swear I couldn’t get rid of them fast
enough."

shelleycolton

I ebay mine to fund a new skinnier wardrobe!

ursy87

The ones that cost a bit more or have a desirable 'label' I would stick on ebay (most of them are from there anyway) to get a few pounds back to buy more, some go to charity shop and rest go to school who can 'sell' the clothing by weight for school funds

Lozzy_82

I don't know yet. A big part of me wants to just hide them away in a cupboard in case I get fat again. I know it's not a good way to think, and I might be seeing myself up for failure, but I have lost and re-gained SO MANY times that, as much as I tell myself this time is different, I can't help but doubt it a little I will probably just keep most of the tops either way. I don't mind baggy clothes.

I get over this way of thinking then I will certainly donate some but I will probably have to sell some too or I will never be able to afford new clothes! I also have some clothes I love which I may try to get altered to fit.