"Fat pants" keep or ditch?

DaveHuby
DaveHuby Posts: 175 Member
in Motivation and Support
I was doing a major wardrobe clearance at the weekend, building a pile of clothes to give to the local hospice. All the clothes are now too large :smile:

I have a dilemma, should I keep one pair of "fat pants" and a corresponding top - for the cliche photographs. Or should I leave that behind?

What have you done?
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  • AllyLouB
    AllyLouB Posts: 40 Member
    I have 1 pair from ten years ago when I was 18stone. Needless to say they are hidden in the wardrobe, and my husband doesn't know about them!

    Every now and again, when you need boost, it's great to try them on and remind yourself how far you've come. Also, I kept a couple pairs of varying decreasing sizes too and if I ever try them on and I get the feeling "they must have shrunk"..then I know it's time to give myself a push.

    Give the rest to charity..makes you feel good :)

    Good luck.
  • MadelineTaylah
    MadelineTaylah Posts: 26
    Keep them somewhere so that if you ever fall off track with your eating then you can look at the pants and think about how you never want to wear them again. Great motivation!
  • mrseelmerfudd
    mrseelmerfudd Posts: 506 Member
    ive kept one pair and either binned the rest or given them to charity.
  • xprincessjanetx
    xprincessjanetx Posts: 23
    I would keep one for before and after shots definitely
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    I have one pair saved. The rest of the clothes are donated or tossed
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Just how "fat" are the "fat pants?" If they're only slightly big, I'd say keep them just a bit longer. If you've got like 2 inches of gap, then ditch 'em!
  • DaveHuby
    DaveHuby Posts: 175 Member
    I have one pair saved. The rest of the clothes are donated or tossed

    My jeans have gone from 42 to 36 waist. Suit trousers from 42 to 38.
    Thinking I may just keep the one pair of jeans and donate the rest.

    Benefit is that my other half is also losing (36 to 32) so I am inheriting his cast-offs.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Someone posted on here a year or two ago that they did a ceremonial burning of their fat pants when they got to goal. I think that's an awesome idea and plan to do the same! I'll take that cliche pic then invite some friends over for drinks around the firepit and burn those babies!
  • gabegrammy
    gabegrammy Posts: 147 Member
    donate!!
  • adstar20
    adstar20 Posts: 29 Member
    I kept one suit and one pair of jeans and donated the rest. Shirts are another story. I now seem to have ones from 4XL to XL. I work out and do work around the house in the really big ones as I a too cheap to replace them all. Over time, they will wear out and get thrown away.
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    I have a big pile ready to go to a local charity. But I am keeping one pair so that I can see how far I've come, and so I can say to myself, "I never want to go there again."
  • ilivepaleo
    ilivepaleo Posts: 7
    I've lost 160 pounds and have kept it off. I went through the clothes. My thought was to get rid of it as soon as it outgrew me. I wish I had kept one pair of pants and one shirt to show how much I have lost. I went from a 52 inch pants to an 32 now, from a 4X shirt to a medium now.
    I wold say keep one set to remind you of what you have accomplished.
    See me on Facebook, ilivepaleo
  • DaveHuby
    DaveHuby Posts: 175 Member
    The fat pant bonfire party really appeals (closet pyromaniac!)

    A proper ceremonial pyre. Sounds good to me.

    Great suggestion!
  • rubyautumn4
    rubyautumn4 Posts: 818 Member
    I am getting rid of everything! I have no desire to put any of my fat clothes on again even just to remind myself of where I started from!

    I'm getting rid of clothes on a monthly basis and not buying new stuff till I am muuuuuch closer to my goal. Realizing just how many things were sitting in my closet taking up space - didn't fit, fit now, out of style, etc...
  • GloMash710
    GloMash710 Posts: 78 Member
    Congrats on your success! I'd say donate them and resolve to never again need them!!!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I kept my favorite pair of 'fat jeans'. Yes. I am going to take the cheesey "I can fit in a pants leg of my old jeans" photo.

    LOL! I really liked the jeans. :ohwell:
  • paperhawk
    paperhawk Posts: 26 Member
    I didn't think of the cliche photo, probably a good idea. I have been giving all of mine away.
  • IntoTheSky
    IntoTheSky Posts: 390 Member
    I have kept one outfit, but it was not only for the photos. I donated the rest, but, the day that I hit my goal weight, I am having a party, at this party, there will be food, drinks, games, and in the evening, a ceremonial burning of the fat pants.
  • jemimasmum
    jemimasmum Posts: 249 Member
    I've been donating my "fat"clothes. I don't want to be reminded or, worse, ever to think putting it back on is an option. Have to say the notion of the ceremonial burning appeals though. Perhaps I'll keep a particularly grim item...I have some left...for the great "I'm at target" burn-up.
  • newcs
    newcs Posts: 717 Member
    I have one pair saved. The rest of the clothes are donated or tossed

    My jeans have gone from 42 to 36 waist. Suit trousers from 42 to 38.
    Thinking I may just keep the one pair of jeans and donate the rest.

    Benefit is that my other half is also losing (36 to 32) so I am inheriting his cast-offs.

    I tossed mine (gave them to a friend) but mine wouldn't have made a super striking before/after photo (went from a tight size 6 to a loose size 2).

    I'm having the same benefit but kind of opposite...my other half is gaining (on purpose) and I'm starting to eye her clothes and ask "do those still fit you? can I try them on?" lol. When we met, I had to borrow a pair of her pants for work and it nearly squeezed the life outta me so this is pretty amazing.
  • ash8184
    ash8184 Posts: 701 Member
    Keep 1 pair! Definitely ditch the rest :)
  • 4_Lisa
    4_Lisa Posts: 362 Member
    Someone posted on here a year or two ago that they did a ceremonial burning of their fat pants when they got to goal. I think that's an awesome idea and plan to do the same! I'll take that cliche pic then invite some friends over for drinks around the firepit and burn those babies!

    I LOVE this idea... make it a celebration after the goal is reached... take the pic then say goodbye!
  • VitVit18
    VitVit18 Posts: 103 Member
    I've kept a couple of pairs that aren't too, too big kicking around for grunge days/painting days/having to put up a shed in the backyard days/when I was in school and was doing field lab work days.
  • DinahCakes
    DinahCakes Posts: 61 Member
    I dumped big clothes as I went along. Once I was steadily wearing the next size down for a couple weeks, out the old size went. The downside, I hv no back-sliding clothes. The upside, NO BACK-SLIDING. I took two months off from going to the gym, started eating what I want in mass quantities, and now my clothes are uncomfortable. It was the wake-up call I needed to get back in the game. If I had nice clothes to wear to work in the bigger size, I wldve let it get beyond the 5-8 lbs I had let it go to. So for me that's such an incentive to not yoyo, I hv to dump clothes as I go. Although, I saved one thing that is from bigger days--way bigger. It helps me also to look at the reality of where I was. Men's missions always need decent work clothes for men who are turning their life around. As my husband was losing weight we gave away some of his church clothes, and they really were put to good use by our local St. Vincent de Paul for people who were getting new jobs. Win-win!
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    i actually am saving one of my largest size. when i hit goal, i'm going to frame them as a reminder of what i CAN do, what i HAVE done and how much i HATED being there. i hope that they remind me every day how hard i'm working now and as a motivator to remind myself i can do anything i set my mind and my sweat towards doing.
  • MrsParkevski
    MrsParkevski Posts: 10
    Love the burning idea! I may just have to do that when I hit goal. LOL I would keep a pair & donate the rest. Just keep it as a reminder of how far you've come & how you never want to go back there.
  • jenfoxjercha
    jenfoxjercha Posts: 51 Member
    I have kept one pair so I can remember where I was and where I never want to go again. I do like the bonfire idea for later. I will have to think more on that one for a while. I think I sitll have a while before I reach my ultimate goal.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I have one pair of 44 inch waist pants. I'm currently wearing 34 and the few pairs of 36 inch pants that I haven't set aside are now too big to reasonably wear with a belt so I should probably be wearing 32 inch waists.

    That one pair of 44 inch waist pants are for that picture you have to take at the end of your weight-loss.

    The 44s, 42s,40s, and 38s were all donated. All my 3XL, 2XL and XL shirts along with all of my 3XL, 2XL and about half of my XL Tshirts were donated too. I've kept some XL tshirts to have as a layer over running gear but they are getting too big now too.

    Really, we should all have such problems.

    But donate them, just keep on of the biggest of the big for that picture everyone is supposed to take.

    and hey, if you donate enough clothes you have a nice writeoff.

    Some of the fancier stuff could be tailored, it will probably look better than they ever did...
    I have 2 suits I need to figure out what to do with. The bigger one will probably get donated somewhere and I need to get the smaller one tailored. Since I only wear suits to weddings, funerals and job interviews and I'm happy with my job, getting a suit tailored just seems like tempting fate so I haven't had it tailored. The next wedding is in September so by July I'll have to find a decent tailor.
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    I'm the same as everyone else. I threw away or donated most of my clothing (that way if my new clothes started to get snug I wouldn't have an excuse!) But I save one pair of pants I wore all the time. Whenever I feel like I'm not accomplishing anything or sometimes I look in the mirror and see the same person...I pop those pants on and it makes me realize how far I have come.

    They are a size 11/12 and I am now a 3/4
  • mamaleftwich
    mamaleftwich Posts: 256 Member
    I'm going to contact a consignment shop for my suits, and really nice summer clothes, maybe make a dollar or two and the rest I want to give to charity! I have enough pictures of me to remind me of where I've been to remind me that I don't want to go back there so no need to keep the clothes!

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