When did you get rid of the "fat" clothes?

I'm having that problem too. After beating myself up for having to buy pants in the size I had chosen as the cut off point, I promptly lost weight and am not in the size below. I just bought those jeans etc. and then there is the smaller clothes that I procrastinated giving away that I may fit in soon, between the two I have more clothes than I have space for and not sure what to do.

Got rid of my old clothes when I took off 65 pounds. Down 85 pounds now, so no regrets.

Still, the root cause of being overweight for me was work related. In my old job, I traveled constantly, lived on the road out of hotels, ate on an expense account, worked long hours & rewarded 12 hours days with poor food choices.

I started my weight loss journey when I left that job, so I didn't need that wardrobe anymore, and I'm not about to return to that industry/lifestyle anytime soon.

I got rid of my cloths as soon as I couldn't wear them. I will never return. I have manintained for 3 years now and am still into my 32" waist. I never plan to change that unless it is a 30" waist.

80% fit perfect
10% too small
10% too big

I gave away all my big clothes years ago right before being diagnosed with melanoma on my thigh. 6 weeks on crutches ... 6 months recuperation. You guessed it I regretted giving away those clothes. At least keep anything you love. Nothing like old friends in a time of need.

Like @nxd10‌ I alter dresses as they became very long when my hips and butt got smaller.

I got rid of my old clothes as soon as I had to buy more to replace them. The only exceptions were my two suits and two nice dresses I had bought that I'm hoping I can get taken in. Honestly though, I haven't even looked to see how much it would cost to get a seamstress to take them in and odds are they'll just sit in my closet for a year or so.

Get rid of them once they are 2 sizes too big. You have to make it uncomfortable and expensive to gain again. The exception is my nice suits. They are 2 sizes over where I am, but I'm still 2 sizes from where I want to be, so they're in the alteration pile for a couple of more months because I don't want them to be altered too much.

Actually, I just got rid of all of mine about 6 weeks ago. I have some issues with maybe needing them again, but DH asked me "when are you going to bring all these boxes of clothes to Goodwill". Most of them have been packed away for 2 years. I have been on maintenance for 16 months. I guess there is no turning back...................hopefully.

I got rid of all my clothes as I shrunk out of them. Figured it was good motivation to not regain. I did keep one pair of pants from my largest size - size 26. I'm now a size 4 but I pull them out every now again just to remind myself of where I never want to be again.

Luckily, I had friends and relatives who helped fill in the gaps as I was losing. My wardrobe is rather small right now but I'm slowly collecting clothes that fit.

I got rid of mine progressively through my weight loss (though on no fixed schedule) the second time I lost the weight. It made more room in my closet, meant other people could enjoy the clothes, and meant that if I did regain any weight, I would have a much lower cut-off point or would have to buy new bigger clothes.

Over the past eighteen months or so, I've caught myself twice and gotten back on track with eating and exercise--in both cases right on the cusp of edging back into "overweight" instead of "normal" on the BMI scale, and coincidentally right as I was reaching the upper limit of fitting into my clothes. I didn't actually consciously link the two together, but I think the desire to not buy bigger clothes definitely impacted my decision to get back in gear.

I agree that it can be demoralising to have to buy bigger clothes, so I guess I used the flip side of that as extra motivation to not get bigger than the biggest clothing I have (so I wanted to keep that clothing fairly small). I'm not sure it's a good idea to have the safety net of bigger clothes; I think we need to fully believe that we'll succeed and go into this whole-heartedly. (That said, my wardrobe was never giant or super expensive, so I can see how it would be different for different people. And I did keep a select few pieces, though they're packed away in a box buried in the basement. They were for sentimental value, though, not to be worn again.)

All the best in your journey. ^_^

donated everything to charity that was worthwhile after 40 lb loss. Fortunately I kept my high school clothes from 40 years ago. Now I just have to wait for paisley bell bottoms to come back in style

Congratulations to you all on your major success in losing weight!!


I lost almost 70 lbs two years ago and was so happy but didn't have enough money to replace all of my big clothes so I bought a few things but not a lot. I only had a handful of fitted clothing that was not stretchy. This was my first mistake. Since all of my clothing was stretchy I didn't realize how fast I was gaining all of the weight back because I stopped doing what I was supposed to be doing. My plan was to donate all of my big clothes and then burn one pair of the most worn out pair of pants on new year's eve as saying goodbye to the old bad habits. Well I didn't do this and over the course of the last year and a half I have gained it all back.

This time around, I know what I have to do to lose the weight and make it stick, I just have to stay focused. But my plan for keeping it off is that as soon as I am back down to where I was last time, I am going to buy all fitted clothing. No stretchy pants, only fitted paned and button up shirts or fitted dresses for work. I am now really close to an amazing thrift store so I can now afford to replace my clothing as I need to. Once I am back to a size 18, all of my big clothes are going away. They will be donated to a homeless shelter I have already picked out and I have designated my burn clothes to celebrate that change and will make it stick this time. It might sound silly to some but I think it is will be cleansing. And don't worry I am only burning 2 pairs of pants that aren't fit to be worn.

Once I move down a size, I keep one or two pairs of pants from the size up, but get rid of the rest. It allows me a little flexibility, but still keeps me accountable. Shirts tend to stick around longer since they usually work for a much wider weight range. I try to keep them until they're just unflatteringly large. Same for dresses.

When it doesn't fit, I get rid of it.

Pretty much asap ... I have 2 sizes though for when I bulk but not allot. Normally a medium but go up to a large when bulking.