Have you ever brought something that didn't fit you but the

reserge

Yep I bought a dress 2 years ago on sale even though it didn't fit. I am planning on wearing it out on Friday night. Finally. Shame it is a couple of seasons old, but still tastes sweet.

Also I bought a size 14 dress from an op shop (thrift store) without trying it on the other day thinking "oh I'll lose wight into it" - was only $1.50. Imagine my shock when I fit into it??!!

ChasingHaven

I had my eye on the cutest hoodie, but I kept waiting to get it- and they sold out of my size! So I bought the next size down with the intention of getting into it. Now that I'm on track I'm hoping
It will be perfect this spring!

I have a closet full of clothes that somehow (lol) shrunk on me and those I wore when I lost weight before. I need to spend a day trying them on and re-assessing which ones are goals now and goals later. Putting them in shrinking order!

There is NOTHING better than shopping for clothes and finding you need to keep trying on smaller sizes. I can't wait to do that again!

hayley26d

I do this.

INFACT ive bought all my holiday clothes for next summer 2012 a size 12 and at the minute im a 14/16 so if i dont lose the weight then i will have to wear winter clothes in the summer lol.

emmiexjay

Yes I brought a 18 cardigan and an 18 tshirt.. thinking i'd never get into them.. i'm in them with no problem

shakybabe

I got some cheap size 14 jog pants off ebay.. I can get them on but they still feel a little tight around the tummy for me, so I'd like to lose another few inch off my tummy before wearing them.

problem is sizes aren't uniform I got some 14 PJ's and they fit and aren't tight, but until I can get in any size 14 I won't consider myself a size 14, so still wearing 16's but have dropped 2 sizes (from 20) so I'm thrilled with that!

When I can get in those 14 jog pants and measure size 30" waist I'll treat myself to a pair of Levi's!

jmgcummins

I have a pair of jeans in a 9 (I think I bought them at a young person store, which is why they are an odd number) in my closet that I hope to wear someday soon. It was a store closing sale, they were only like 5 bucks down from 50.

spitfire1962

I bought a sexy black dress size 16, at the time I was a size 20. As I lost the weight, I wore the dress a couple of times. Now it's way to big so I gave it to a friend. I now wear a size 9. It felt great being able to fit into it and wear it, but it feels even better when it gets too big.

saartje1982

A couple of years ago I had a lot of outfits that didn't fit. I just gave everything to charity. When I get to goal I will be shopping.

chimebird

Nope. The clothes should be made to fit me, not the other way around.

Agreed! I dislike the idea of my goals being arbitrarily tied to a pair of pants. It fetishizes size and numbers, and that's not why I'm doing this.

borgi77

I do this heaps, mostly shirts a / t-shirts as they are easier. I do have an expensive pair of pants I am working towards. I think it is a great thing to motivate you.

ncsjodi

I'm going on a cruise in April and I bought a new swimsuit on clearance at Lands End in a size 12 to give me something to work towards. In January I was a size 22 and had thought I was currently a size 14. When the swimsuit came last week, I was surprised to find that it fit already! So now I'm thinking of returning it and buying a size 10!

Hellbent_Heidi

Tons of stuff, and you know what? ALL of that stuff fits me now, and a few of the jeans that were too tight when I got them have actually been passed on to others because they're too loose now...YAY!!

I've always enjoyed having "target clothes"...gives you something to look forward to!

cecilia0909

When I first got pregnant with son #1 I had this yellow shirt I loved and one day when I was 8 months pregnant I saw the same shirt in different colors on sale so I grabbed a red and blue one in a medium thinking I'd fit into them soon after. It took 3 years but I finally fit into those shirts and nicely! It feels amazing

natika33

I've never bought anything on purpose that didn't fit, but a couple of times I've bought pants that seemed fine in the store, but once I got them home I didn't have the courage to wear them in public because they were so much tighter than I realised! They've become my dream pants. Currently, I have one pair waiting. The rest have become staples. (:

Once recently, my favourite consignment shop went out of business that I didn't know about until I showed up there on their last day. They were literally giving stuff away for free, so I grabbed a skirt that appealed to me, but looked too small. Since I was losing weight, I thought I would make that skirt my motivational skirt. Imagine my surprise when I got home and it fit already!

However, silly me! It was wool, but I didn't think and threw it in the wash. Now it's another size smaller and fits, but super tight. So I guess it will be my motivational skirt after all! LOL.

WoWmamaErin

I hit up the 2nd hand shop and get a nice pair of jeans for $10 or less that are in the next size down. I'm in a 14 now with a 12 'waiting in the wings'. I can get the 12 on now but it's not comfortable. Once I hit that comfortable feeling with the 12 I'll be heading back to ValueVillage to get a pair of 10's. This keeps me motivated and is an easy 'non-scale' measurement

naturallynikki

Prince is AWESOME!!!! He was here in LA and did like 30 shows, which I went to 7 of those (the tickets were only $25, can't beat that for an AMAZING performance). Anyway, I should have bought a t-shirt during that time to help keep me motivated. Well, I hope you enjoyed "The Little Purple One".

Yes.. I just went to a Prince concert and bought two tees that were a rip off and super small.. I can put them on but they are REAAAAAAAALLY tight....

I'm hoping to fit into them by Spring

withchaco

A couple of years ago, I bought a size M jacket that had a very unusual front zipper (I LOVE to stand out). I wore size XXL back then; they did have XL, which I could almost fit into, but it just didn't look good on me. So I picked up the M and told myself I'd look great in it by next winter.

Two years have passed... and today I wear size S! :happy:

This past summer, I also picked up a size P dress that I'm hoping to fit in comfortably by summer 2012.

Elarissa

Yes! My wedding dress actually... I bought a sample dress that was way too small. (against the advise of the people working in the store) but I was in love with the dress. HUGE motivation for me.. I ended up with a bit of spare room in the dress. It felt so amazing the first time it zipped up.. the girl at the store said I was the third bride she ever had that bought a smaller dress and actually made it into it without alterations.

My new motivation are this really cute pair of jeans I bought a while back... must wear.

LorinaLynn

I don't. I'm very particular about how things fit, and I know that something that's too tight at the moment might never fit the way I want it to fit if I lost weight. Plus, I'm hard enough on myself without having clothes taking up space in my closet, mocking me.

KarmaxKitty

I bought a dress from forever21 when i seriously had NO FREAKING BUSINESS even sniffing the air in that store. But it was on a clearance rack from like 20 dollars down to 9 dollars. I had ten dollars.

I bought the dress even though I couldn't even BEGIN to pull the zipper up. I'm like spilling out of the dress, and the dress looks like it wants to cry and I buy it anyway...

It fits now. It's just a matter of wanting to be a little smaller to feel comfortable in it. XD

MelMoly

Nope... waste of time and money... If you buy a size 8 dress hoping to one day fit into it.... you could have bought a size that does fit now and look sexy. :bigsmile:

syreina

Yep! I bought a long shirt/dress in january. I tried it on last week and it fits a little better than when I first tried it on so I'm getting there!

So excited for the spring/summer!!

vannie18

Yeah, of course! Unfortunately, when they fit (a pair of capris), they just didn't look that cool anymore:) On a sort of opposite note, I've heard that you should get rid of the too big clothing as a kind of incentive to not go back!

Since I started my journey and I was 260 and size 22W, every time I lost weight I got rid of the clothes, that was my way of saying never again, now I'm 155 and size 6-8 and I'm still doing the same thing. I want to lose 30 more pounds, so it's been a long journey that's for sure.
Blessings!!!!!

shakybabe

I got in the 14 jog pants today that I bought..it's a great feeling!

I'm looking out for some 30" waist Levi 501's now (currently 32" waist) to keep my motivation to get waist and tummy to 30" (need to lose 6" off tummy..currently 36" )