did you ditch your clothes after losing the weight?

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  • mcibty
    mcibty Posts: 1,252 Member
    My partner made me watch whilst she bagged them up and threw out three sacks worth. I argued against one pair of trousers and she made me put them on and jump, then raised her eyebrows when they ended up round my ankles.
  • ViktoryaC
    ViktoryaC Posts: 124 Member
    I sadly have been going in the opposite direction, and I can tell you getting donated clothes in my new bigger size has been a lifesaver...so go do it! I have, as a reality check, given away my 6's and 8's, but I'm holding on to the 10's....I will get back in them someday! Currently a 16/18.....
  • addean1
    addean1 Posts: 119 Member
    Got rid of it! Donated it all. Problem is, I'm down to 1 pair of pants that actually fit, and I'm 1 size away from goal, lol so I refuse to buy more in this size. ;)
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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Mine are gone...no turning back. I did keep one pair of jeans though that I pull out whenever I'm having a "fat" day (which are becoming more and more rare)...I put 'em on to prove to myself how far I've come.
  • Broderick50
    Broderick50 Posts: 842 Member
    I'm deciding on this right now many of my clothes are too big. I'd like to sell them but part of me wants to keep them. I feel like if I keep them then I'm acknowledging that I will be this big again. So I'm torn, but if I find someone who wants them they are sold to the highest bidder.
  • schonsdragon
    schonsdragon Posts: 102 Member
    I have been getting rid of clothes and replacing them as I move down in sizes. I don't want to keep them because they do not fit. I find it is a confidence boost to have clothes that fit and look good on me. Also by not having the larger sizes I have to watch my weight or I will have no clothes.
  • jillianbeeee
    jillianbeeee Posts: 345 Member
    Mine are in my closet :( my kids and hubby keep telling me to get rid of them but I just can't seem to believe that I am actually where I am now. I am going to give it some more time to sink in that I am no longer the person I was.
  • ihammen
    ihammen Posts: 55 Member
    I lost about 60 lbs 5 years ago and gave away most of my clothes to a friend and donated the rest. Well, after a while I put most of it back on, and had to buy all new "fat clothes". The clothes I had given away were all really cute from good stores, and so I had to lay out a lot of money again to replace them. This time I have lost about 40 lbs so far, with another 15 to 20 to go. I am keeping the clothes that are too big, labeled in boxes for at least a few years. We have the space in a storage building we own. I just don't want to have to replace everything. Not that I plan to put the weight back on.....but it has happened before.
  • 2dare2dream
    2dare2dream Posts: 104 Member
    ive been replacing as i ditch old clothes, although it would appear i have only lost 2kg thats because i just joined mfp last week but have been on weightloss programme since beginning of summer and have actually lost bout 30kg . i dont buy alot just enough to see me till i reach next size and i dont buy anything with elastic in waistband .. that way i cant kid myself lol
  • hmaddpear
    hmaddpear Posts: 610 Member
    22lbs down and I'm still fitting in most of my current wardrobe. :ohwell:

    I do plan on ditching most of the clothes as I (finally) outshrink them, although I'm hoping there's one or two good pieces I'll be able to alter. And I want to keep my biggest pair of pants, just for the humourous "goal" photo!
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    I'm keeping mine around for the next pregnancy and the eminent baby weight I will have to lose...again.

    ETA: When I started using weights, I got smaller, with the exception of my calves. Half of my work socks didn't go all the way over my calves, which I thought was funny.
  • ksuetorres
    ksuetorres Posts: 139 Member
    Donate, kick to the curb or otherwise ditch those baggy clothes! No way are you ever going to fit into them again! I still haven't cleared all mine out, and it's a real kick to see how enormous I was just a year ago. During my weight loss months, I kept buying smaller sizes that I ended up only wearing for a month or so; it's hard to get rid of those, but I did it. It's way more fun to buy smaller clothes than bigger ones! I went from busting out of a size 14 to size 4, and that's where I'm maintaining.
  • SavvyGurl0528
    SavvyGurl0528 Posts: 228 Member
    I got rid of some, but I did have some nice clothes that I didn't want to part with (and was short on $$) so I got out the trusty sewing machine and took them all in. Some of more difficult things, I took to a seamstress in town and she made them a couple sizes smaller.
  • amyrob56
    amyrob56 Posts: 27
    I did the first purge of clothes this summer when I had lost 15 lbs - cleaned out most of the summer things AND found older clothes that I had"outgrown" when I had gained - some fit again and some were already to big!!!

    The other day I pulled one of my standard fall jackets out - and it was huge!!! so I guess it is time again.

    biggest was size 12 - pants were falling off - last week went to store thinking I'd fit in a 10 - too big - 8 too big - new magic number is size 6!!!! Whoo hoo.

    I am only 5 ft tall and I sew and embellish most of my store bought clothing so it is hard for me to give up the clothes I have spent hours working on. But I can alter things like jackets and shirts and "re-make" them so that helps a bit.

    My new plan is to review and toss at each season. Now I need to buy a new swimming suit - my current one hangs on me - can't possibly wear it in public.....
  • p2smommy
    p2smommy Posts: 64
    I've hung onto them for 10 months - I'm at the point now where I don't have much choice. I'm ebaying them so I can buy a new wardrobe. At this point, nothing fits.. I have 3 pair of "in progress" pants that I can currently wear without them looking like they're 3 sizes too big by the end of the day and sagging. All of my shirts are too big now, so I'm taking some advice I read on here several months ago.. GET RID OF THEM - force yourself not to keep that wiggle room for "just in case" it comes back on.

    Good luck!
  • haymancm
    haymancm Posts: 280 Member
    I'm giving my bigger clothes to friends heavier than myself, but I'm keeping a pair of my old jeans that were skin tight on me once upon a time! :) I don't plan to go back to the "big" me again...I was there too long!!! :)

    Add me if you'd like to be on my support team!! :)
  • mrsamanda86
    mrsamanda86 Posts: 869 Member
    I'm not there yet, but I'll probably keep one size up for my fat days/when I don't feel like wearing tighter pants/just in case. Not keeping the really big ones because I refuse to get back to them!!!
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
    I have gotten rid of all of mine. As soon as they get too big, they are gone. The only thing is I wished I had kept one pair of my original size pants to use as a comparison now!
  • Bama56
    Bama56 Posts: 101 Member
    i got rid of them as i went, which i later regretted (though i had no idea at the time i would go as far as i did). i wanted to compare my 30" waist pants to the 50" ones i was wearing.
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    Donate old clothes or take them to a consignment shop. Having only my "skinny clothes" in my closet is extra motivation to maintain my good diet and exercise habits. Not to mention, I would not want to be sorting through my clothes every morning before work trying to figure out what fits and what doesn't. It's so much easier when it all fits!
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    fat clothes are gone.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Mine get really big, really quick once I lose a certain amount so there's no allure to keeping them left. They look AWFUL. So I sell or donate anything that has reached the ugly point of being too large.

    But in the short term I don't get rid of sizes until that happens. Right now I can safely say I am a 16 but lots of my 18's still look good, so I am wearing them until they do not.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    Sure did. My husband's school does a clothing drive every year, they got a lot of BIG clothes a couple years ago, lol.
  • Valtishia
    Valtishia Posts: 811 Member
    I think its a personal choice. I have friends losing weight so I would always keep one size up as a just in case and the rest would go. I am kind of glad I did too because I got pregnant in the middle of my journey and I needed that clothes after I had the baby. Buying a whole new wardrobe after you have a baby is not easy with all the new expenditures you already have. Even then, when I got pregnant, I was wearing a size 12-14, back to my prepreg weight but my body sure is different and requires a 14-16 now.
  • drefaw
    drefaw Posts: 739
    yea, I got rid of all my old clothes.... but when I showed up for work nekid, they kinda got bent outta shape a bit, so I had to go and buy some more ........:bigsmile:
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
    YEP.....get rid of them!!!! Have that be your motivation to NOT gain weight back. You've invested the money in the new clothes!
    Kaye
  • Binkie1955
    Binkie1955 Posts: 329 Member
    yes, it's important to do this. for one thing, the poor need them so find a good thrift store. you can use the tax deduction anyway. the larger reason why you need to get rid of those old fat clothes, is that having your clothes properly fitted give you a second input on whether your body is changing in ways you don't want it too.

    And don't forget this valuable lesson from military history -

    Around 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar and his naval armada set out to conquer England. England was a great distance from Rome and the Celts were skillful and aggressive soldiers. The Roman ships held a finite number of soldiers, yet there were hundreds and thousands of the enemy. In addition, if Caesar and his men planned to retreat, they would have to sail back across the channel, cut off from relief or additional supplies. As the Roman ships drew near the coast, the enemy could be seen lining the Cliffs of Dover, eagerly awaiting battle.

    Caesar is said to have directed the ships away from the cliffs, and after a valiant effort, the Romans established a beachhead, though one entirely surrounded by Celtic soldiers. According to legend, Caesar then made an incredibly daring move. He knew his men were tired and he questioned their commitment and resolve. As long as the Roman ships remained along the coast, there would be thoughts of retreat. Caesar ordered the ships to be burned. This way, there would be no escape, no retreat. If the Roman soldiers were going to be pushed back, it would be into the sea, and thus to be pushed back would be to perish. Caesar needed commitment from every one of his soldiers and he needed them to realize that defeat was not an option. They had come to conquer – and stay.


    Burn the ships and ditch the 'fat suits'!!
  • p2smommy
    p2smommy Posts: 64
    yes, it's important to do this. for one thing, the poor need them so find a good thrift store. you can use the tax deduction anyway. the larger reason why you need to get rid of those old fat clothes, is that having your clothes properly fitted give you a second input on whether your body is changing in ways you don't want it too.

    And don't forget this valuable lesson from military history -

    Around 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar and his naval armada set out to conquer England. England was a great distance from Rome and the Celts were skillful and aggressive soldiers. The Roman ships held a finite number of soldiers, yet there were hundreds and thousands of the enemy. In addition, if Caesar and his men planned to retreat, they would have to sail back across the channel, cut off from relief or additional supplies. As the Roman ships drew near the coast, the enemy could be seen lining the Cliffs of Dover, eagerly awaiting battle.

    Caesar is said to have directed the ships away from the cliffs, and after a valiant effort, the Romans established a beachhead, though one entirely surrounded by Celtic soldiers. According to legend, Caesar then made an incredibly daring move. He knew his men were tired and he questioned their commitment and resolve. As long as the Roman ships remained along the coast, there would be thoughts of retreat. Caesar ordered the ships to be burned. This way, there would be no escape, no retreat. If the Roman soldiers were going to be pushed back, it would be into the sea, and thus to be pushed back would be to perish. Caesar needed commitment from every one of his soldiers and he needed them to realize that defeat was not an option. They had come to conquer – and stay.


    Burn the ships and ditch the 'fat suits'!!

    Love Love Love LOVE this! :)
  • allisonrinkel
    allisonrinkel Posts: 224 Member
    I ditched most of my clothes because they were waaay too big on me and I just couldn't walk around looking like I was wearing sacks.
    It felt so good to donate all my old clothes. I'm glad that someone will get use out of them since I no longer can.

    The saddest part was donating my nearly new Victoria's Secret bras, because my bra size went from 38DD to 36 C/D. I had some really gorgeous fancy ones I had hardly worn.
    I'm hopeful that some lucky lady has them now and is enjoying them!!

    Building up a wardrobe after getting rid of most of my clothes has been a struggle. I don't have much extra cash for buying new clothes, so I have found thrift stores to be helpful, also sale shopping!!
  • allisonrinkel
    allisonrinkel Posts: 224 Member
    yes, it's important to do this. for one thing, the poor need them so find a good thrift store. you can use the tax deduction anyway. the larger reason why you need to get rid of those old fat clothes, is that having your clothes properly fitted give you a second input on whether your body is changing in ways you don't want it too.

    And don't forget this valuable lesson from military history -

    Around 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar and his naval armada set out to conquer England. England was a great distance from Rome and the Celts were skillful and aggressive soldiers. The Roman ships held a finite number of soldiers, yet there were hundreds and thousands of the enemy. In addition, if Caesar and his men planned to retreat, they would have to sail back across the channel, cut off from relief or additional supplies. As the Roman ships drew near the coast, the enemy could be seen lining the Cliffs of Dover, eagerly awaiting battle.

    Caesar is said to have directed the ships away from the cliffs, and after a valiant effort, the Romans established a beachhead, though one entirely surrounded by Celtic soldiers. According to legend, Caesar then made an incredibly daring move. He knew his men were tired and he questioned their commitment and resolve. As long as the Roman ships remained along the coast, there would be thoughts of retreat. Caesar ordered the ships to be burned. This way, there would be no escape, no retreat. If the Roman soldiers were going to be pushed back, it would be into the sea, and thus to be pushed back would be to perish. Caesar needed commitment from every one of his soldiers and he needed them to realize that defeat was not an option. They had come to conquer – and stay.


    Burn the ships and ditch the 'fat suits'!!

    What a stellar thing to say!! Loved it!!

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