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

I generally only hang on to 2-3 sizes up, because I don't want to even pretend there's a safety the safety net. Stuff in my closet ranges from 00-4 right now. Figure I'll regret not having the slightly bigger sizes when on a bulk cycle, though.

I am jumping in late. Demoralizing or not. You do what is right. I work as a professional, accounts, doctors, etc. I have to look decent. Which means my clothes must fit. Bite the bullet and get back on the wagon.

About 6 months after I hit maintenance I tried on someone of my old clothes for fun and couldn't believe how they were falling off of me. I will never forget that day. I went from an XXL/XL to a M (sometimes small).

I gave some clothes away, threw some out, had my seamstress take some of the nicer things in and I donated the rest.

I did keep one pair of my largest shorts that used to fit tight on me and now I can fit comfortably in one leg!

I got rid of mine when they started getting too big.

wizzybeth wrote: »

I am getting rid of my fat clothes as soon as I no longer need them. Thankfully I kept my smaller clothes - some of which are actually still in style.

I did this too. I totally cleaned out my closet and tried on everything last fall. I have boxes labelled "sooner" and "later" (you know, for those clothes I intend to get into sooner or later) and occasionally go through them to see if something else fits. I got rid of the things I will never wear again because of the style as well as the things that were too big. The only things I am keeping no matter the size are my sweaters and t-shirts. Those don't look bad at all if they are oversized so I will probably wear many of them even at goal.

I'm very lazy so it took me a year or something, but I got rid of everything too big, as well as 6 years worth of kids clothes, in December. I only kept my size 8 jeans because they still fit, even if they're a bit loose, but somehow fit my legs better than my size 6s even though it's the same cut and the same brand.

I've kept a pair of jeans, a shirt, and my old FFA jacket for the sake of perspective. Everything else has either gone into the donation bin or into the trash.

spacequiztime wrote: »

I've kept a pair of jeans, a shirt, and my old FFA jacket for the sake of perspective. Everything else has either gone into the donation bin or into the trash.

I did save a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. The closest thing I have to a before photo is with me wearing them so I saved them to wear for my progress photos.

I fix my closet every month to see the clothes I hate/are too big/are too tight. But I got rid of most of my clothes this January. When I say most, I mean all of my clothes (and am in dire need of a shopping trip). Luckily, my sister and mom are the same size as I was while losing weight, so I gave it to them. :-) The other clothes they don't like I'll either donate or sell.

As soon as I could fit into the next size down without someone being able guess my religion (ha DH says that... more applicable to men).
Burn the boats baby. No going back.
Now I only own at goal clothing. within a 5 lb range. And I refuse to buy anything not at the at goal size. No going backwards. Nothing fits, stay out of the stores, restaurants and hit the produce aisle and the gym.

dopeysmelly wrote: »

I got rid of my clothes as soon as they were too big for me. I put them in a huge pile in the guest room and then sorted, cleaned and took them to a local charity who were more than happy to sell them for others to use. My closet was pretty sparse for a while.

Since I'm not going to regain the weight EVER there's no point in keeping clothes that don't fit me.

I did the same...although I had a few pairs of premium jeans (over $200) that I gave to a friend of the family. Everything else was donated.

I find having the bigger clothes around makes it easier for me to be in denial about gaining back the weight, which was absolutely the case last summer.

Therefore when I got serious I actually got rid of anything that was baggy or even "fit" well at that very moment (leaving every bit of clothing I had as between a 'little' tight and 'can't even get this on') and the second I have something that I think is even a little baggy - out it goes. This is the most success I've ever had in weight loss so I think it helped.

Even if I start gaining some back and my clothes get tighter - well then maybe I buy one pair of larger pants and one shirt (or just live with tight clothes) and then start watching closer what I eat again. Small price to pay. But I haven't had that problem yet as I've really stuck to my plan this time around.

I think if you have doubts you are subconsciously questioning whether or not you are able to continue doing what you're doing for the rest of your life and you should look at changing your diet/lifestyle in a way so that you know that you CAN stay on track because it feels Easy (or at least, easy enough). I think that makes a big difference. It's really a warning to you if you're not ready to throw them out. It means you haven't completely converted to your new way of life. I'd look inward and figure out why I thought I might ever go back to what I was doing before? and why? and figure out how to solve that. I know that for myself, I just won't. Perhaps that is what gives me the confidence to just toss the old.

I'm working out 6 days per week and still calorie restricting so I'm not there yet, but I don't mind working out 6 days per week and eating mostly what I'm eating now, with maybe adding 500 calories/day back when I'm at maintenance, for the rest of my life. The idea doesn't phase me, so I don't worry about regain. If anything I'll just gain 5 lbs and then tighten up whatever I was doing to lose those 5 lbs.

I stuck them in boxes, especially the new ones that I really liked and wanted to have altered. I lived in tight jeans and Active Basic t-shirts for my first year and a half of maintenance - it's only in the past four months or so that I started overhauling my closet. And when I did that, most of the too-big stuff went right out the door. I've taken a few of those pieces to the tailor and I'll take a few more in as I can afford to... It's so nice to have clothes that really fit.

In the past, I've held onto clothes that were too big or too small. I don't plan to do that so much anymore... By the time you can wear them again, they're out of style!

I too had/have a hard time getting rid of the "fat clothes", due to going down only to go back up (always gaining more than I lost), that I held onto to, two sizes heavier than I currently wore. But it was easier giving away the really big clothes, what I find harder is giving up the 10's, 12's & 14's. Because these are the sizes I see as "normal", but Daughter explained it well, "mom holding onto those clothes that are to big is an excuse to say to yourself 'I knew I couldn't do this' , so don't give those thoughts a chance of reality". So as of last week....there are only current sized seasonal clothes in the spare closet!

I dropped from a 20/22 to an 8. At first I was scared to get rid of my bigger clothes, but over time, it got easier. I was so excited when I dropped out of sizes. Now I am almost frustrated. It seems like I just buy clothes and one day I put them on and am swimming in them. I am maintaining, but I started rowing and lifting. Not much change in weight, but the inches are just melting off.