"Fat" clothes - keep em or burn em

LeonaB17
LeonaB17 Posts: 304
edited September 2024 in Success Stories
I already know what I plan to do with my fat clothes - I still have my clothes from my highest weight - in a box. They haven't fit in 3 years and I work hard every day to ensure they never do again! I still have a ways to go and my ultimate goal is to take a pic of me standing in ONE pants leg of my size 28 pants. LOL.
SO I'm just curious -what are everybody's plans for their "fat" clothes once they get their desired weight off? And if you have already done so what did you do with yours?
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  • youngtweezy
    youngtweezy Posts: 183
    Donate them!
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    donate
  • reese66
    reese66 Posts: 2,920 Member
    Donate them...
  • newjmf
    newjmf Posts: 78
    I have donated most of mine to a battered womens shelter. The others I have given to co-workers.
  • mielikkibz
    mielikkibz Posts: 552 Member
    as soon as they don't fit, I donate them. . just gave some clothes to a friend between jobs who definitely appreciated them :)
  • suzooz
    suzooz Posts: 720 Member
    Donate
  • Nanadena
    Nanadena Posts: 739 Member
    Donate them!
  • idahogirl71
    idahogirl71 Posts: 1,110 Member
    I gave my to the local homeless shelter. Not many plus size clothes are donated to the homeless so that is a great place to take them. I have my one outfit I am keeping for when I reach my ultimate goal, but I get rid of everything else as soon as I am down a size. It keeps me motivated to not gain back what I have lost because I don't want to have to buy the same fat clothes again.
  • kmeekhof
    kmeekhof Posts: 456 Member
    Give them to somebody I know that could use them and/or donate them to a Goodwill/ second chance/ salvation army
  • changling82
    changling82 Posts: 137 Member
    burn 'em. best thing i've ever done!
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    took em to a donate box
  • StaceyZombie
    StaceyZombie Posts: 69 Member
    Gave to friends. Some of the sizes I only wore for a month so the clothes were practically new. I do wish I would have kept a pair if my size 24 pants just as a reminder....but GOOD RIDDANCE :-)
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    throw them away or donate
  • deidrelgrewell
    deidrelgrewell Posts: 2
    First way to go on keeping out of those clothes for 3 years! Second, I would burn the outfit you hated the most! The one that you always hated to wear but had to because of your weight! Then donate the rest! :)
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    What everyone else said... DONATE! :)
  • katzav
    katzav Posts: 67
    i have a closet full of skinny clothing, but as soon as i (blessedly)get too skinny for something, it's outta here!
  • summerfun21
    summerfun21 Posts: 47
    I agree donate. But find that one piece and watch it burn baby burn!
  • KhollerSA05
    KhollerSA05 Posts: 39 Member
    Lots of my "fat clothes" have hardly been warn so I am going to have a yard sale to help declutter other areas of my home and out them in that and whatever doesn;t go I am going to donate. I do have a few items that are very near and dear to me and I want them to go to people who will appreciate then so some of my friends have offered to take those pieces off my hands. Of cse I also had some lovely undergarments that were close to never worn, and you can't really donate those or anything so I have decided to make myself a "fat girl" crazy quilt as a way to remind myself how far I let it get and how far I have come.
  • donicagalek
    donicagalek Posts: 526
    I took them to the local women's shelter with the clothes my kids outgrew. Ask for a receipt for your taxes.
  • SheilaSisco
    SheilaSisco Posts: 722 Member
    I have one pair of jeans that I will keep just as motivation to NOT let myself go that far again... but the rest I will donate... always feels good to help someone else out, don't you agree?
  • kaveril422
    kaveril422 Posts: 116 Member
    I actually hadn't even thought about it until now. I guess I could donate them, I will save one pair of Jeans, because I too want a picture of me standing thinner in my size 24s. I don't know if I will be able to get in one leg, but I definitely will be holding them out in front and grinning from ear to ear! I also want to have them to remember what size I never want to be again.
  • mommacool
    mommacool Posts: 138 Member
    I am saving the biggest pair of pants I had, so I can hold them up in front of skinny me, and the rest are going out the door as fast as I out-shrink them! (that would be the opposite of outgrow. LOL!) I have some in a bag right now to go for donations. Bye bye!!
  • OnionCookie
    OnionCookie Posts: 272 Member
    I kept one outfit as a reminder for how far I've come (and where I don't want to go back) and donated the rest. XD Once in a while when I'm feeling down, I just pull out the fat clothes and realize I've done so much and if I worked hard doing that, then I can finally achieve what I really want (and keep the weight off). Corny I know but it works.
  • sarahc001
    sarahc001 Posts: 477 Member
    I'll let you know when I (outshrink?) mine. (Not there yet!) But in all seriousness, you should probably just keep one pair of pants as a reminder of how far you have come.
  • PrincessLacey
    PrincessLacey Posts: 114
    I threw a lot away (my mom wasn't to happy about that but I was!!),i've got another bag in my closet and gave some to my best friend.
  • Strawberry34
    Strawberry34 Posts: 22
    Well, to be honest....and I don't mean to be a downer here. But I once lost 86 lbs. and then I had to have surgery on my back, and I gained it all back plus some!! I had given all of my fat clothes away, because that's what everyone said to do. So, I've had to buy different wardrobes, different times. I'm sure my situation is unique, I just thought I would throw this in. Don't know if you anticipate any type of surgery in the future or not. I'll probably give em away again, if I ever get this weight off. But it really has cost a lot of money!!
  • wannabefit4life
    wannabefit4life Posts: 56
    I kept one pair of jeans (size 26) not only as a reminder but to take a final picture in when I reach my goal weight! Everything else has been donated.
  • namrettik
    namrettik Posts: 127
    I'm keeping what used to be my largest - and most comfortable - jeans just for the wow factor. The rest, I suppose, can be donated or given to friends going through their own weight changes. I have a couple friends who are ahead of me weight-wise who pass down their clothes to me. I love it! Less shopping, less money!
  • LeonaB17
    LeonaB17 Posts: 304
    Don't get me wrong - I am all for donation too. I have donated a ton of clothing in excellent condition b/c I didn't wear it long! I am only hanging onto some of the biggest clothes, a few 4x shirts, a couple of the 28 pants, extra wide shoes,etc. and a few more items. I mostly kept clothes with the strongest memories and emotions attached. But all of my step down clothes 3x, 2x, 26's 24's 22's etc I have donated.

    I personally would never burn clothes unless they were so worn no one could use them - to me that would be wasteful. But I've heard of people doing so after losing weight almost as a celebratory ritual.
  • 123nikki123
    123nikki123 Posts: 527
    Burn them, cut them, do whatever it takes to get rid of them!
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