Fat Clothes - Toss or Pack Away?

Theresafinallygetsitright

I want fat clothes OUT OF MY LIFE!
In this journey, I went through 3 major wardrobe changes. If we keep these fat clothes, we are planning weight gain.
Burn them ALL or give them to Good Will.
Leave yourself NOTHING to fall back on.

^^This! At 41 yo, I still have all the clothes I grew out of and while I am thankful to have some clothes that now fit, I also realize that if I had not had any to grow back into, it may have motivated me to lose the minute I started gaining rather than when 100 lbs had come back. I am getting rid of EVERYTHING that doesn't fit me now.

SPNLuver83

I packed mine away and am saving them to use as maternity clothing ; p

tlblood

Pick your favorites that you dont want to live without, find a taylor and have them altered to your new size. Donate the rest and enjoy building your new closet for your new body.

I like this idea best. I sometimes regret donating my old clothes because now I'm back to that size, but I console myself with the fact that they probably wouldn't be in style anymore anyway.

pumalama

You may treat yourself to a personal shopper/stylist to help you sort through it all. I went a few times (right after graduation, then every few years) and I have always loved my experience. They don't have the emotional attachment we can have to some particular pieces of clothing and for them it is easy to determine what should be kept, what is not fitting, what should be altered and kept, etc. Also, they can teach you how to pick clothes that will advantage your new size. Mine offered the wardrobe sorting service (coming at your own place), assisted shopping, and a variety of lessons as needed.

AquaFitQueen

I sold mine on ebay and made a killing! £600 after fees! Allowed me to buy more things in my current size. Even if you ever wear those clothes again they probably will be very out of style.

JoolieW68

I gave some of mine to a friend who was pregnant :grumble: and the rest to Goodwill. I wish I had kept 1 pair of pants to take a pic of me standing in them now, though.

But like others, I don't want anything that will make it any easier to go back to my old habits.

Vailara

You could give them to a friend in need! One of my friends lost weight and very kindly gave me her old clothes. It was like Christmas! I had a whole new wardrobe!

To be honest, I suppose it's partly a finance question. If you feel you might put on weight and might not be able to afford the clothes, and have space to store them, then keep them. If you can afford to buy a few new things if you happened to put on weight, then you're free to get rid of them. If it was me, though, I might keep one or two things if I particularly liked them.

butterflylady86

Pack your favorites. And find a place that donates clothes. And give the rest away. Bless you

gailashton

3 times I lost over 100 lbs & kept my fat clothes just in case......... this time is the last time for me, what about you? I got rid of them, all of them...... Tah Dah!

meowmily

Donate them! No money wasted! You'll be helping someone else out and giving yourself a handful of good karma

Shrinking_Moody

Toss them - donate them - just get them away from you. You earned it.
My mentality is this - I still have boxes of my "skinny" clothes ranging from sizes 8 to 16 - you know the "one day I will fit back into these clothes" box. I don't want size 22s hanging around for "one day" - once I get to my goal - I'm there to stay so I don't need the "one day" box anymore.

MSimm62385

I sold off 75% of my closet a few months ago in a garage sale. I never, EVER intend to let myself get that bad again.

LelliAmi

Saying they'll fit when you're older is like admitting you're going to gain all the weight back. I'd say give them to charity.

Amber82479

Get rid of them - there are lots of good programs out there that will take them and give them or sell them at a very low cost to women who can't afford to purchase work clothes new

svanhoecke

Donate donate donate. Once I was in single digit sizes I got rid of everything two digit and refuse to go back!

EngineerPrincess

I'd say keep some, because what if you do get bigger for a bit, because of pregnancy or age or illness (it happens), you don't want to spend money on a whole new wardrobe, even if it's temporary and you plan on losing the weight again. Especially because 8-10 isn't really that big at all, I went from a 6-8 to a 2 and I know that at some point someday I will not be a 2 haha. I'm the type that always plans ahead for emergencies, and I don't feel ANY temptation whatsoever to fall back into my "fat" clothes anymore, my small ones are newer and much cuter, I wouldn't worry about that. The only time I'd consider donating is if you were super overweight, donate anything outside of a healthy bmi.

casperuk

I have a suit that I bought last year for £800.

I am going to sell it but right now I like putting it on every few weeks and seing how far I have come so far. 4 months ago it was starting to get tight. Now I look like a scarecrow with it on.

BeyondThePixels

I can relate, I'm in no place to go out and buy a lot of new clothes. I spent a lot on my clothes and its frustrating not having anything to wear. Craigslist the ones you are sick of looking at, keep very few that can be belted/altered (my large blouses I have converted into shirt dresses for casual days). Go buy new stuff with the money you made. Don't leave any room to go back.

emilywagers13

I keep all of mine and the husbands fat clothes for craft purposes...I make rag rugs, flowers, headbands and hairbows out of them

dan95130

Pick your favorites that you dont want to live without, find a taylor and have them altered to your new size. Donate the rest and enjoy building your new closet for your new body.

I second this opinion.