did you ditch your clothes after losing the weight?

I didn't really believe I was smaller until I got to be about 40lbs lighter and my husband politely told me I looked ridiculous in my old clothes. I threw them all away.

Yes, I get rid of my clothes as they become big. I saved a couple pieces to remember how far I've come.

On weights - no, you will not get bulky. You'll get toned and strong. There's nothing attractive about skinny fat. No need to go nuts on the amount of weights. Start small and focus on your core. Bands are great too. Maybe invest in some training sessions or try pilates. I'm a fan of free weights and bands, because I engage more muscles that way.

I have had to clean out my closets with each passing season. It was hard at first to donate them and I kept some stuff around "just in case". However, now I donate everything. I didn't need to turn to the bigger clothes then so I'm not holding on to them now. I also do very heavy strength training and the only thing it did to my clothes was make them looser!

GONE! I had my no turning back moment. It feels weird but awesome.

i finally cleaned out my closet and filled 2 large trashbag that are going to donation.... only took me 2 years to get rid of them.

yes. do it. donate those clothes. i slacked off and started gaining, and when i reached 10 lbs of gain, my clothes felt miserable. if i still had one size up i would've kept goofing around about getting serious about losing that 10. it was a great wake-up call to say "welp, you can wear the same two outfits everyday or you can get back to the gym and start logging every morsel again". better to catch it at 10 lbs than to have a back-up plan that involves allowing 20-30 lb gains.

I gave some away. I do have a pair of pants in my closet that are my biggest size that I sit in sometimes when I have a week where I don't lose anything. Puts everything in perspective. I

Unfortunately at this moment I can't afford new clothes so I'm still wearing 2XL shirts when I should be wearing L/XL. The pants I had to get rid of- even with the belt they kept falling down. True story- I was walking up the stairs at my college and my hands were full and my pants literally fell off of me. Like, I stepped right out of them even with shoes on. There was someone behind me...

lol that stinks!! go to the goodwill and get some nice jeans for 5 or 10 bucks! they have sales on the first and last saturday of the month for 50% off, i've found it helpful

donated and tossed. kept one pair of jeans for the epic b/a photo. I still have a few sweatshirts and t-shirts that I wear around the house.

GONE! I had my no turning back moment. It feels weird but awesome.

I agree with this wholeheartedly! It is kind of a terrifying thought in some ways but also very powerful. Oh, I did keep one piece of clothing, recommended by one of my mfpals, so that I can track how far I have come periodically.

In regards to your question of clothing & exercising, I doubt very much you would gain so much muscle that you would be going back to a bigger size. Seems physically impossible for a woman to do but I'm not a lifter so am probably wrong about that.

Good luck with your journey!

I've lost 22 lbs since using MFP, and lost close to 30 overall this year, with another 8 pounds to go. I've only bought one new outfit, so I'm still wearing all my old "fat" clothes, but once I reach my goal, I plan on doing one of the following:

1. Give away anything that doesn't fit right at all
2. Keep the clothes that I still love that can be taken in

Ultimately, I plan on getting rid of about 80% of my wardrobe. I don't want to keep anything "just in case" because I want to stay the weight I have worked hard on getting to. I'm hoping it will give me that added push to maintain my new weight because I won't have anything else around to wear if I gain it all back.

Of course I ditched them. Why keep clothes that are too big? So I can fall back on them if need be? Why even allow a fall back plan to be an option? No way. Never.

I've lost 35 lbs and have been giving my old too big for me clothes away. I haven't given them all away cuz I can't afford to replace any clothes right now, so I've kept the ones that fit a little better but r still to big on me. I don't want them around so I can fall back on hem if I gain weight, I've done that a few times with each pregnancy and now after three kids were r done, so no excesses.