Using Clothes as Motivation....?

When I first started I did. I had a lot of smaller clothes that I either hadn't worn for years or never wore and still had the tags. Now the only remaining item I can't get into is a pair of jeans....size 13. And I, too, have gotten rid of all my bigger clothes.....no going back!

I have a ton of cute pre-pregnancy clothes that I'm hanging on to. I'm not sure I'll ever wear the summer stuff again, but I would really like to fit into the warm stuff this winter. Hopefully the summer stuff will be too big by next summer!

Your definitely not alone with this one. I haven't bought anything new, because I have a lot of clothes in my closest from before a gained weight. Some of which were only worn once or twice.

For example, I have a pair of size 13 (US Juniors) jeans that I was recently able to button up. They aren't comfortable yet, but I'm getting there. I predict once I fit into them, I'll be wearing them for awhile. I have 2 pairs of size 11 jeans, but the rest are all 7's and 9's.

I am going to keep 1 pair of jeans. They aren't from my highest weight, but from right before I started using MFP. I want to take a picture with them when I get to goal. Everything else though is getting donated as soon as I get to small to wear it.

And as for family thinking it's weird, my husband never understood why I wouldn't let him get rid of my old clothes. He gets it now that I'm starting to fit into some of it again.

i do too! but i always buy stretchy tops ha :P

The day before I began getting into fitness again, my motivation came from realizing that I was going to have to go back up a size in clothes. It was the most uncomfortable feeling, knowing that along with the knowledge I was letting myself go, the choices I had for wardrobe were diminishing.

Don't get me wrong, I love to shop, but the realization that I was headed for a very uncomfortable body image and clothes size motivated me to take action. As the saying goes, nothing tastes as good as being fit feels.

With everything that was happening in my life at that time, it was the only choice to make. And I am so glad I did. The benefits are far beyond just how clothes fit.

I have some goal clothes that I bought a loooong time ago which I still have. I haven't really thought about them too much though, to be honest. I think maybe when I get smaller I'll be able to look at them a bit more closely, but for now it seems so far away that I don't want to discourage myself from pushing forward.

On the flip side, I've had a hard time letting go of clothes that I've shrunk out of. Not because I'm afraid I'll regain, but more because my brain really hasn't caught up that I am in fact... smaller than I was a year ago. I can't keep wearing pants and skirts that are falling off and giving that dreaded "saggy butt" look XD

I have an old pair of jeans that used to fit, got tight, then got too small, that I plan on measuring my weight loss with. I want them to be too big.

Does anyone else do this? I have bought clothes in the size I am projected to be when I am done just to see the day they fit! I have done this each time I lose weight. Example: I was 150 and bought a size 2 dress, now I fit into it (on my birthday to be precise!) And I did it again with jeans this time.
Sometimes this works for me, other times it makes me depressed! Though I try to have a sunny outlook!!

Also I frequent the mybodygallery.com site and look in my goal range for motivation. Plus I go on here!!

I get freaked keeping big clothes in case I ever have to wear them again!
So just curious if anyone else does the same clothes thing I do!

Yes! *Raising my hand* I bought a pair of jeans that I really love and keep them out where I can see them.... a couple of months ago I couldn't even close them, let alone zip them or button them..... this week I can do both (zip and button), but they're still too tight. I figure another 5 pounds or so and I'll be wearing them.

Good motivation tactic, works for me.

Oh yeah. I have clothes I haven't worn in a long while hanging on the closet door. I look at them every morning and remind myself how awesome it will be the day they fit again, even if I deem them too out of fashion to wear out of the house.

I haven't bought anything at my goal size (still a long way to go), but I try to keep one item of clothing on hand that's one size too small. Last weekend I tried on the shorts I've been staring at since Memorial Day and realized they actually fit comfortably, so it's time to find something a size smaller as my next motivator.

I'm like the others. I gave away and sold many of the nice things I had that had gotten too small, some still with tags (which I majorily regret now). I had a few things that I saved for a friend and now they fit me and are loose! I am sorry for my friend, she'll only get them when I lose more weight. I have a bikini that I wore back in Spain and hope to get back into that by next summer, couldn't part with that one....:blushing:

i buy a lot of small clothes and throw out fat pants. so i don't have anything to wear if i don't lose weight. cruel but works.