anyone else feel sad or frustrated when going clothes shopping??

You are not alone. Trying to buy jeans or a swim suit are the absolute worst for me.

Good advice @snowflake954 ! I with you @Dnarules with the jeans and swimsuits! Ugh!

Yes! But that's why I'm working on a new me I've had that confidence before I had my 3rd child, loving to shop and I WILL have that again.

Yep I feel your pain as well. I realized I could fit into a size 18 at old Navy, then went into Walmart and tried on an 18 and couldn't even do them up. Put a real damper on my clothes shopping. It's ridiculously annoying but like others have said that's one reason I'm working on a new body!

I recently went jeans shopping and came home empty handed. Went to Walmart, Kohls and JCPennys. It is amazing the size difference across brands! A size 16 fit in one store while I could only zip up an 18 in another. I need a size Short so that complicates things even further. I will be wearing my old jeans till they fall off whether from use or being too big to stay up! They are a pair I bought at Target a couple of years ago and LOVE them because they fit perfectly. Sadly they no longer carry them. Sigh.....

I meant to say I. I try to stay away from clothes shopping. Are t-shirts ok for your job?

Clothes shopping can be both amazing and heartbreaking. I range from a size 4-6 depending on the store, and even for me trying on a dress I can't zip or a swimsuit that gives me a muffin top is tough and makes me feel horrible.
Just gotta push through and accept that all clothes are not made the same! Find the pieces that make you feel awesome, sexy and confident. Those are the wins in shopping that are worth the splurge!

cocoamoon wrote: »

Like you want to buy clothes but can never find something that looks good or the clothes you wanna really wear don't look nice on you.
It makes one get stressed and self esteem gets lower tbh

Always! No matter how much weight I've lost I always feel a mess when I go clothes shopping. I feel like I look fat in everything.

snowflake954 wrote: »

You'll find that as you lose weight clothes shopping gets alot easier. Just follow MFP suggestions, stay within your calories, exercise if you can, and you'll see a difference in a couple of months. Don't ever give up and in a year you'll have a whole new wardrobe. Best.

False. I have as much trouble finding clothes at an Australian size 6-8 as I did at a size 14-16. I've now added muscle, which makes it even more difficult. I buy shoes. And handbags. And jewellery. And gym clothes!

It is annoying when the sizes differ between brands but it is such a thrill when you can ask the shop assistant to bring you a size smaller. I have dropped three dress sizes since last summer and most of my jeans are destined for the bin as I have run out of holes on the belts. I am not buying a lot at the moment as I plan to lose another couple of sizes but I am lucky to have a branch of Taking Shape in town, the styles are amazing and easy to layer into different looks.

Please keep trying, it will be worth it in the end.

While I readily admit being in a smaller jeans size is a great joy to me every day since I lost weight and have maintained, I have gotten extremely picky about clothes and only buy clothes that fit, make me feel and look great, and are more than 75% natural fibers like cotton, wool, silk and linen. I also am a huge fan of Project 333 -(google it) . I don't let the fashion industries' crazy lack of standardization on clothing sizes impact me anymore. I also found that pinterest has a huge number of posts on"capsule wardrobes" or "travel wardrobes" that I wish I had known about when I was losing down to my maintenance range.

What I am more frustrated by is how expensive good-fitting clothing is for larger people. I was able to find nice clothes even at size 18w but it breaks the bank every time. I think if your figure is non-standard in any way, it is almost impossible to find flattering clothes at places like Walmart for obvious reasons - their priority is to keep the price down, not to carry clothes specially and competently cut for my apple shape obese figure.

I have been very lucky at Winners for years and keep scouring the racks at least a couple of times a month even though I don't always buy anything. They often have beautifully fitting jeans in the plus-size section from different brands so you can find what works for you. I am now in that awkward moment where the bigger size fits like a sack and the smaller size is super tight. So I'll wear my baggy old things until I drop a size or they drop down on me in some public place somewhere

I try not to get too hung up I the size number on clothes as it varies so much from store to store. Who cares if the label says 10, 14 or whatever?
If I try it on and it looks good and makes me feel good, that's all that matters to me.