What are you doing about clothes?

I bought a "new" pair of pants at Goodwill. You can also wear a belt but that only goes so far. If I were you, I'd stick to thrift stores until you hit the weight you want to be at.

If you have some really nice pieces that you cannot stand to get rid of, take them to a tailor and see if they can be taken in. A lot of time it can be done fairly inexpensively, and you end up with a custom fit.

Otherwise, donate the stuff you have shrunk out of, and shop at Goodwill or thrift stores for a few basic pieces (generally pants and skirts) and update with seasonal tops from someplace like Kohls, Target or someplace similar - that way you can feel updated and fresh, show off the shrinking you and keep a budget!

wearing them

I like the Goodwill Store. And/or you can have them hemmed/taken in...

Salvation Army.... Pretty much my entire wardrobe is from there.

I have just been buying a few things for each size. Like when I needed a size 9 I n jeans I instead of a 15 (I looked ridiculous in those baggy pants) I just bought 2 pairs at a Ross for cheap. Just do a little at a time to get buy until you're done losing.

Find out when your Goodwill has its one dollar per item in the store, day. Most GW have a color of the week. Here in S.C. on Thursdays all of say "BLUE" was the color of the week, goes on sale for a buck!! Get there first thing that am. I only buy what appears to be new,or new with tags. I have a phenomenal wardrobe. From designer jeans, tank tops, linen tops ,silk blouses jean jacket, leather jacket, wool coats, suede jacket, shorts, capri's…. you have to look, throw anything and everything you think you might like or might fit that day, and go try the stuff on!! Sometimes in the dressing room, I have found I have the complete outfit that way. Now GW has become somewhat of a hobby for me. I travel quite a bit, and I stop at all the ones I can find in upscale areas. Heck, a few weeks ago, I got a brand new with tags still on, a 4x12 hand made, all wool ,gorgeous rug!! Get your Mom or a great friend to babysit for 2-3 hours. I guarantee you will walk out of there a happy camper!!

Also look at TJ Max, Ross, Beals, and other discount clothing stores for new clothing.

I'm honestly pretty lazy (and pretty poor, lol) and I've always worn clothes that were too big for me. Like...WAY too big for me. My fiance wears a 3x, and I wear his clothes all the time.

I dunno, to be completely honest I'd rather just run around the world naked.

I like the Goodwill Store. And/or you can have them hemmed/taken in...

This is what I did until I got to maintenance. As I lost weight, I got rid of all the clothes that were too big. I felt keeping them would be psychologically giving me permission to gain the weight back.

Clearance racks, Charity shops. Only buying bare minimum as needed (am broke as well, so that kida curtails any spending!)

I am also gradually cycling through the clothes I 'grew' out of - that's been my big fear - not having any warm clothes this winter. (I'm in Australia). They were all too tight, so now I can fit them.
THEN I will move on, and start fitting the smaller clothes (pre pregnancy)i still own.
By summer, I should have a whole new wardrobe made of all my old clothes that I kept but haven't orn for years.

Our thrift stores suck, so I've been going with sales at Old Navy for some basics and casual items to "get through" a size. Last week I was in Anaheim and stopped at the Old Navy Outlet where it turned out the entire store was 40% off! I also had some reward cash to spend, so was able to pick up a few warm weather items without spending much.

I also recently signed up for Gwynnie Bee (www.gwynniebee.com), which is like Netflix for women's clothes. I picked the $79/mo plan so I can have 3 items out at a time. Shipping both ways is free AND you don't have to launder items before you send them back (unless you wear them several times, in which case, please do launder ).

So far I've been very pleased with the experience. I've had a "new" dress for Easter, an outfit for a presentation at a conference, and several outfits for work, all for the price of one mid-quality outfit. Plus I'm not adding more stuff to my closet that I'll just have to get rid of later. They carry sizes 10-26 in lots of styles and brands, and they've added at least 20 new items each week that I've been a member.

I just keep having to wear my big clothes because I can't afford to buy new. Or even used. I'm just saving some money so in another month I will have enough to go buy a few outfits.

College life.

Have you ever known a person who was stylish, looked great, but seemed to own only a handful of outfits...and those outfits were cute and well put together, but they kept wearing it over and over?

Become that person.

Even if just temporarily.

I have learned this the hard way and still struggle with it. But trust me ;-) It works!!

I was always - for well over a decade - around sizes 20-24, 2X/3X. I gained and lost 40-50 lb and still was in that range and could wear all of the same clothes easily. I wore the same size 22 jeans at my heaviest (307) and at my MFP start weight (262)...it didn't really cross my mind that after getting to around 240 lb I'd wake up one day and everything would look terrible and no longer fit. Like falling-off terrible looking.

When that happened, last summer...I bought a whole new wardrobe in my 'new' size, 18 and 1X. A lot of it was secondhand, thankfully...but I tried to recreate my usual wardrobe of like 10 pairs of jeans, every single color of dress pants, several skirts and dresses along with about a few dozen shirts and sweaters etc.

By October, it all fit terribly and I needed smaller sizes. Then it happened AGAIN around the beginning of this year. So now I'm learning.

Just get enough new and secondhand stuff to get by while still feeling stylish and good about yourself.

If you're like me, it will totally change your relationship with clothes...MAYBE for the better...and you'll also do laundry more often. Good luck!

Goodwill in affluent areas (I've scored Lucky Brand jeans for $13.99, and regularly get Gap jeans for $3.99. I also scored 2 Coach purses, that my daughter, who worked at Coach, said were legit, and a beautiful suede coat).

When I was losing weight, I made it a point to have 2 pairs of khaki-type work pants and 2 pairs of jeans. I generally wore each size from a bit too tight to a bit too lose, and skipped a size going down. For shirts, I went with generic T-shirts from Old Navy and similar, and kept each for 3 sizes, but again, I had maybe 7 or 8 total at a time.

I didn't actually build a wardrobe until I was pretty much done losing.