Shopping for new clothes

I am down 36lbs and need new jeans. My old ones are getting saggy *kitten*. I know I should buy a pair but want to wait as well. I am so wishy washy.

I went shopping after I lost 10 kg (22 lbs). Big shop. However, half a year later none of them fit anymore - none. So buy something, just to make yourself feel better but remember that you will lose much more. I wish I didn't spend so much money at my first size drop.

Thrift store.

I get stuff as I need it, but if it's a 50% off day and I find something that I can't pass up that is a size or two too small, I still grab it. :P

I bought a bunch of jeans right before my diet and now they are useless to me . so annoying.
I bought new clothes yesterday for the first time since my weightloss, I waited till the season changed from summer to fall and bought things on sale since its not my final size.

25 pounds
after 119 days (approx).

I'm pretty much at my goal except for 5 more pounds. If you are 1/4th into your goal or whatever, you should update your new size when ever you like. If you have a budget then buy things on sale or thrift shops.

p.s. I can find jeans for only 10$ at a few different major chain stores. Its better to update 1 garment here and there more often then a bunch of stuff at your goal weight.

I buy clothes throughout. During weight loss I do a lot of shopping off clearance racks & at Old Navy during big sales. One of my favorite outfits is a fitted t-shirt with jeans or leggings, which you can spruce it up with various accessories [cardigans, scarves, etc]. The pieces for an outfit like that aren't that expensive, and t-shirts can last through a lot of weight loss. I own probably a dozen t-shirts in all different colors and styles. Once I shrink out of them, I keep them and use them as night shirts and for working out. It's a win-win.

I also like button-ups. Chambray or that silky/chiffon type material. These shirts work through a lot of weight loss because once they start getting too big it gives that perfect 'undone' look paired with jeans or leggings on a lazy day, or you can wear a wide belt at the waist to make it fitted again.

Spandex-y jeans and leggings work for a long time through weight loss because they shrink with you for awhile. Plus, it's acceptable [at least to me] to wear jeans multiple times between washes, which means you could buy just 1 or 2 pair and probably be okay. Dresses are also a good option, especially the fit-n-flare kind - another thing you can belt at the waist so you can continue wearing them once they start getting too big!

ETA that I also adore the kind of shirts that are made to be slightly flowy. They're so comfy and you can wear them for a long time since they're already made to fit your shoulders and chest well but be loose around the stomach and hips.

I bought a pair of 200 dollar jeans after I had food poisoning a couple years ago. A week later they didn't fit. Then they didn't fit, didn't fit, and BAM...way too big now. They never even got a chance! Not doing that again till I'm at goal

I think that as soon as something gets too big to wear you should give it away so that you can't gain weight again. If things don't work out as planned and you gain a bit back you will be forced to get back on the wagon so that you have something to wear. In the past I always kept my fat clothes whcih made it really easy to gain back weight. This time around I give away the good stuff and throw out the rest..
I did buy a few clothes which are now too big. I bought expensive jeans which I hardly wore. Now, I am getting by with what I have untill I lose a bit more.

I waited 9 months to start buying new clothes and it was only because I couldn't wear my jeans or my work scrub pants anymore. They were falling off of me no matter what I did. So, I bought myself one new pair and jeans and 2 new pairs of scrub pants. Once I hit my goal weight then I'll buy more clothes because I am hoping to drop another pants size at least.

I'm a broke @$$ so I hit the thrift shops. When what I have doesn't fit anymore, that means I have to get some new clothes and take some of them in at the waist. Some types of skirts are easy to fix by opening up the casing where the elastic is and taking it in. A gothic wardrobe is usually pretty expensive, which means doing my best to alter things if at all possible rather than having to donate away nice items. It would cost too much to just replace everything. wish I were better with a sewing machine..... grrrr..... maybe with the new bifocals I can see to do a better job altering stuff.

Sales are your best friend when you're still on the road to your goal weight/size. I'm spending as little as possible at the moment because nothing fits for very long at all - some shopping still required though to avoid looking like a slob.

You should go for it, even almost fitting into a new size in jeans can be a good motivator to keep on going!

Well, I waited far, far too long. I waited until basically every single thing I owned didn't fit and I started getting comments about looking sloppy. The second mistake I made was not saving any money for the entire new wardrobe I apparently now need! I guess I was so focused on the loss that I didn't really think about it (I'm not a huge shopper to begin with). So I had to go out and buy just the essentials and now I have a very empty closet and an even emptier wallet!!

I second (third? fourth?) the comment about thrift shops. I like to get rid of my clothes as soon as they get too big, the nicer ones I sell on eBay, and the rest I donate or throw away. That gives me a little money towards new clothes.

Shopping at thrift stores I can sometimes score a really expensive pair of designer jeans or even a coat/jacket - the problem is you never know what you are going to find. So it takes persistence, usually a couple of visits to find what I need. But it's a HUGE money saver. Once I needed to find a couple of dresses. I visited 2 thrift stores and managed to find 3 plus sized dresses that fit me, for only $15 total - one of them was new with tags!

I also scored an adorable Ralph Lauren black jacket/coat in a size 2X, for only $2...I'm still wearing it several years later. Can't wait until I shrink too much to wear that though...

*Edited to add that I do laundry once per week so I find that I don't need too many clothes when I'm in between sizes - a nice pair of pants or jeans, maybe 2 pairs, and a few shirts I really like, and maybe a skirt, can go a long way, plus the clothes I have in my closet from when I was a bit thinner...I work from home so don't need a fancy work wardrobe however.

Definitely use thrift shops and clearance racks and resist the temptation to get too much until you hit your goal! Happy losing!

I was just thinking of this today. I reached goal (or a bit below) in February. In the spring, I was hesitant to buy much--partly because I knew I wanted to gain a bit of weight back, and I just started a heavy lifting program. So when I saw winter clearance clothes, I didn't stock up as I otherwise would have. As summer started, I bought quite a few things. While I still wasn't sure what size I would end up ultimately, I decided that I didn't want to wear baggy clothes all summer. (Unfortunately, I bought a lot of really cute dresses that I barely wore--in some cases, never wore--because it was such a cold summer!) Anyway, now it's fall, and I realized today that I'm really comfortable buying clothes, and stocking up, in my current size because I feel confident that this is about where I'll stay. And I figure the more clothes I have--and the more fitted they are--the more likely I will stay this size because I won't want them to go to waste, I'll notice more if things are getting tight, and I'll feel good looking cute in clothes that actually fit!