Anyone else afraid to get rid of their fat clothes?

Donate them! A sweet little old lady at church told me that I better keep them because I will gain it back and need them :noway: I politely told her that they were old clothes anyway and that I was never going to weigh that amount again. The next Sunday she brought me one of her skirts that was to big for her. I took it home and it was to big for me :laugh: Ok, next Sunday rolls around and she ask me if the skirt fit or was it to little? :noway: I politely told her that it was to big for me and...........she said............"I guess you've lost more that I thought you had." :bigsmile: I love this little woman so I shall not be offended in any way. Donate your clothes and buy a few to get by till you get to where you want to be with your weight. That's what I'm doing LOL :laugh:

I'm swimming in my pants, jeans and skirts now too. I am so afraid to get rid of my old fat clothes. And thank G-d but for me its not a budget issue. I can afford new clothes but I am too afraid that I am going to creep back up to my former weights so whats the point in buying a tighter fit? I know distorted thinking but I am glad you posted this, because I see that I am not the only one struggling with this idea.

Happiest Day of my life....also a good time to clear out stuff that is terribly out of style and old. I love the extra space in my closet and no more yoyo-ing ...it's size 8 or NAKED! no other options available. :laugh:

I'm fairly poor and throwing away clothes is something I've NEVER done from even a young age. If it doesn't fit, I re purpose it.
Shoes - Make good planters.
Shirts - Puke rags(I get severe migraines and I puke quite often because of them), scrap fabric(Custom doll clothes, bracelets, etc)
Pants - Play tubes for rats/other pets. Scrap fabric. Or new shorts if the waist still fits( I LITERALLY still have a pair of tripp pants from 7 years ago! They're shorts now, but were those super long baggy pants but they got too short as I grew.

And if I still like the clothes that are too big, well I keep them and wear them to bed, or around the house on really hot days. Shirt dresses rock!

And of course the opposite goes as well, I have been saving a 'skinny' wardrobe in a tote for going on 2 years now, just a BIG TOTE of nothing but tiny clothes, that I now fit. If I hadn't been stubborn and saved them despite my mom saying I never would(She wanted me to sell them or something) I would be fairly naked right now. XD

I wasn't "afraid" to do it, more cheap than anything LOL. I went from 300 pounds (size 24) to 200 pounds (size 12) before I got any new clothes. The only reason I did it is because my husband said it was embarrassing to be out in public with me and my new hotter body and my clothes falling off, or inches of fabric bunched up in my belts LOL! I knew he said it to make me realize that I should be rewarding myself and enjoying my loss and my new body. The reason I didn't want to buy anything is because I knew I had more to lose/body re-comping to do. A great friend as well as an aunt of mine "donated" a closet full of clothes to me that were all in my new size. Problem solved! I did however buy 2 new pair of jeans that fit like gloves, haha. I've now since shrunk to a size 6-10 depending on brand and have collected some new pieces that I've shopped for myself. It really does help me feel better about my new body. As for the fat clothes: donate them to a women's or homeless shelter, these people need them more than the thrift stores do. I'm never looking back. I know I'll never need those fat clothes again. Side note: keep one of your biggest outfits so that if and when you have a stall in your progress you can put it on and feel like a million dollars! I might do this today! ????????????

I never throw away my 'fat clothes', I just pack them away in storage containers when I don't need them and then get them out of sight and out of mind. This works well from a motivation standpoint and also from a financial standpoint. It's just not responsible to throw away (or donate) so much money in perfectly good clothes. It's unrealistic to think that once you hit your goal weight you will be at that weight forever. Holidays happen, vacations happen, aging happens, etc. It's all about your mental state, and if you view it as being financially responsible rather than a dietary failure, there are no problems.

I was scared to at first, but now I'm not. I even confidently buy things that I think will fit great in "10 pounds or so" because I'm really secure that this isn't a fad, and I'm going to keep sticking with it. I didn't get rid of anything til about 70 pounds off though and by then everything was literally falling off me, and my boobs were laying in the bottom of the cups of my bras like they'd been forgotten on a shelf. Things are only lasting me two or three months till they need to be replaced because I'm still losing about ten pounds a month reliably. So, currently I have the rule of two (or three). No more than two or three of the same item in any current size. I do a lot of shopping at thrift stores too.

Nah, once it gets too big/baggy it's either going to Goodwill or to the trash. I buy my barn clothes at Goodwill, so that if I shrink out of them, no biggie as I've only a few bucks out of pocket. I've good stuff in my closet that's thirty years old and fits again now.

I've got small, medium and large clothes. Right now my large clothes are choking the life out of me so that;s when I knew I really needed to get my act together. anyway to answer the question, no I don't ge rid of the fat clothes.

If I find clothes that don't fit me for one reason or another, I donate them. *shrug* I don't really have "fat" clothes, persay since I've been roughly the same size since High School (just working on body composition and toning now)...but that's what I'd do.

OMG! YES! I went through this! Took me months to buy new clothes and start wearing them.

For a few weeks I wore a couple of pair of pants where I was folding them over in the back and pinning it.

My wife finally forced me to start buying new clothes.

The hardest part was going through my closet and bagging up all my fat clothes to bring to charity.

I felt like this too. But we're moving soon, so the unnecessary extra stuff has to go!

I gave most of mine away to a friend who is beginning her weight loss! As for my clothing, I've tried to alter my bigger clothes, and buy cheaper items along the way. It is really fun looking for smaller clothes though!!

I have gotten rid of some but kept the nicer items. My husband and I want to have kids in the near future, so I have saved some of my larger clothes to wear in the early stages of pregnancy, before I will need maternity, and to also wear while I work on losing baby weight.

another thought. It was ridiculous to save some of them.. I was in a hurry one day.... grabbed shorts to throw in gym bag (I went to gym dressed to work out.. but was going out afterwards) .... worked out.. took a shower... and put the shorts on.. and they fell off my hips... they shouldn't have still been in the drawer but.... it was funny/embarrassing at the same time.. I rolled the top down twice and went out anyway... ..