When did you decided to throw away your "fat" clothes?

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I see what you did there...

Yesterday. I just put like half of my closet in a garbage bag intended for the local Goodwill. I've gone down 2 pants sizes thus far and that was enough to necessitate getting rid of clothing because I looked ridiculous. I am keeping one pair of pants to remind me of the size that I used to be.

As soon as I grow out of them, they are gone. I don't keep anything that is bigger than the size I am in. The one thing I kept was one pair of jeans when I was my largest just to try on one last time when I am done losing weight.

I kept one outfit from my largest size just to remind me of where I started and that I never want to go back there. The others I got rid of as they became too big. I was never giving myself permission to have to wear them again.

I had comtemplated keeping clothes just one size too big just in case but after several months at my smallest, I decided that was a terrible idea too because it was like giving myself permission to gain back to a certain point and that most definitely was not ever my intention.

Right now I am busy losing the 20 pounds I have gained since my lowest. I am still wearing the same clothes, but they are snug and that is definitely an incentive to get the weight back off. I refuse to buy bigger clothes again.

I gave them away when I went down two sizes. I only kept things that fit. My husband encouraged me because this time is clearly different I am not on some crash diet. My weight loss hasn't been quick and my changes are permanent. This has been a change for our entire family not just something I am attempting by myself. There is no going back.

Edited: Ticker says -28 lbs but my loss is actually -38 lbs.

Some of them I've given away when I saw the opportunity, but I still have some in the closet that remind me of where I started. I guess I'll be getting rid of these pretty soon as well, since space is getting tight from occasionally adding more stuff that fits now.

I donated mine on week 2 of clean eating because I decided I was never going back. Having them around made me feel like I could count on them if backslide. They are a negative enabling tool. I can't afford to buy fat clothes so I know I have to stay out of them. I refuse to go back! Donating them and knowing I'm not going back was so liberating. I felt so powerful and in control when I dropped them off at the consignment store. Plus by consigning them, I get to spend my earnings on new "skinny" clothes. It's a win win!


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Considering I only lost a little over 37lbs (and I'm trying to gain about 5 of those back), I haven't thrown away any of my old clothes. I did bag them all up and store them in my attic about 6 weeks ago though. I just can't afford to buy clothes again if I end up gaining weight back (or getting pregnant, ha).

once i reach my goal bf% ill take them to the local drop off. i think itll be more rewarding knowing that i have no more fat to lose.

also im going to keep my largest pair of jeans as a reminder

I kept mine until I couldn't wear them anymore without looking ridiculous. I then donated to Goodwill. Like others, I didn't want to have anything to go back to. I went from a size 24 to a 10, so I did this several times. I could usually skip a size along the way. I do have one pair of pants left from before ....as a reminder of where I never want to be again. Whenever I clean my closet out, I think of getting rid of those too, but I never do. Instead I put them on as a reminder of how far I have come.

Having lost about three zillion pounds over a lifetime (56 years) of being fat...then less fat...then fat...then less fat...then grossly obese again, I'm not going to be throwing my fat clothes out again. I had some really classy, classical suits which by some magic, managed to cover up the worst lumps and bumps. I donated them and now that I'm gross again, I can't find anything like those wonderful garments. I'd like to say that THIS time, my weight loss programme is going to succeed and THIS time, I will never ever return to piggyhood ever again...but I've grown more realistic in my old age!!

Like most of the responses here, I got rid of mine as soon as they were CLEARLY too large for me. At first it was a total mindfk because I was able to wear a lot of the same 2X and size 22 stuff from my highest weight of 307 all the way down to around 250...but then suddenly, my clothes looked TERRIBLE on me to the point that people I barely knew would say, "I am sorry to be rude, but that is really way too big for you". Embarrassing, especially because my entire life I've been pretty into clothes and fashion!

I wound up having a massive garage sale and advertising it on Craigslist and some plus size facebook groups for my area...sold every single item and made a nice chunk of change!! Then I sold a few items in lots later on...like 4-5 pairs of jeans to the same individual. That worked well, too.

Since then I've been a lot more mindful of things being too large, and I seem to get rid of 2-3 items of clothing almost every week! Even though my weight loss has slowed a lot as I've gotten closer to goal, getting into ladies sizes I notice that even 5-10 lb can be an entire size smaller. Now I usually donate all of it though because I don't have enough of any one size to bother selling. I have a lot of good luck with thrift stores and clearance racks, so it hasn't been crazy expensive to buy new clothes all of the time.

I did make a mistake earlier on, when I was at size 18 I believed that I'd probably be there for a year or so...I just had no good concept of how much quicker my sizes would change as I became smaller. So I purchased practically an entire wardrobe of 18 and 1X clothing which was too big a couple of months later. I won't do that again!!

This weekend! I must say it was a thrill!! I just hadn't taken the time to do it, but one morning last week I was getting ready for work, I must have tried on five or six shirts trying to find one that didn't just swallow me! I donated them to a local charity except for one pair of jeans, just to remind me how far I have come and where I never want to be again. )

I go through them every week or so. I have sizes from 18 through to 4, but I've already dropped from 18 to 10. They're in a heap in the spare room. I toss them when they don't fit well, or are just worn out and stretched about.

I tend to line up the next smaller sized clothes so I can see what I've got coming up next, although I actually skipped a size and went straight to 10 from 14, so a bunch of stuff I didn't even get to wear.

Tossing out the underwear is the hardest though. I've always loved nice underwear and I have some gorgeous bras, but the girls just don't fill them anymore..

I never did throw away all of my fat clothes, and I think it was a huge mistake. It made it "okay" for me to let my weight creep up until I no longer had clothes for work and needed to buy new clothes with money I did not have. That's painful, especially when you have a closet full of clothes that are too small.

I really think that it's an emotional step you need to take so that you are committed to maintaining a healthier lifestyle. I feel like by not throwing them out, I was always giving myself the option to gain the weight back again.