Get rid of my larger clothes or keep?

IMO,get rid of them.if you don't you'll have in your mind that you can or will go back to size 14 and xl.one oversized sweatshirt is okay to lounge in or work in or whatever,but a drawer full of 'fat' clothes should not be in your house.no judgement but that's possibly why you yoyo'd this last time.

Only ever keep your absolute favorites that you would cry over if you gained the weight back ad lost (ie. I had two fabulous dresses I should have kept). Get rid of the rest,

I recently went through all of my clothes and moved everything into the spare room. Once there I started the sort and purge - anything damaged or that I would never wear again was tossed, next anything too big went into bags for future donation and stored in the garage, with summer having just finished the summer only clothes also went into bags as I expect them to be too big for next year. What was left was a much smaller pile of clothes I currently wear which went back into the wardrobe and a pile of clothes to transition to as I get smaller. Anytime something starts to look/feel too big it gets added to the bags and I periodically try on the clothes in the transition pile which is stacked by size. I probably won't donate the bags in the shed until I'm well into maintenance and am comfortable but in the meantime have a lot more room in the house for storage and the motivation of getting too big clothes out of sight

@KiwiAlexP good for you! Its nice to be in control of your closet, as well as the pantry huh? Your closet should reflect you at your best, not your past best, or your future I want to be best. I never understood why people kept clothes that realistically they will never fit in. To hold on to memories of maybe a pre-children time, when you fit into this or that seems like negative making self esteems issues right there.

I get rid of them as I go. I can't keep five different wardrobes in my closet and I don't plan to gain again, so out they go.

If they're still newish, I sell them on eBay. If they're snagged or have any sort of stain, I give them to battered women who have left their homes and have no clothes.

It might be good incentive not to gain. If you don't have fatter clothes and can't afford to buy fatter clothes, you won't eat so much that you burst out of the ones you have!

I get that it cost a lot of money to buy a new wardrobe all the time. If you are good with a sewing machine or know someone, get them to take some of the clothes in or make it smaller. I have a friend that didn't want to let go of her clothes once she got smaller because of the feelings attached to them, so she made a blanket out of them. They were all older sweatshirts and tshirts, and it really looks good. It's a memory. But if you want to use them as much as possible - take them in, fix them up to fit your new body.

Get rid of them! Think of all the people that can use them.

I have been getting rid of mine, except for an outfit or two to use as comparison from where I was before to where I am now. For me, keeping them was an excuse to let myself go back to being big enough to wear them again. I try to find stuff on clearance when I transition from one size to another to decrease expense. I also try to find pieces that can be dressy or casual to help get more bang for my buck.

I definitely agree with the other posters if it is too big and doesn't look good on you and can't be altered to fit you, then give it away to someone that could use it. Next weekend I plan on purging a bunch of my drawers and stowaway clothes to see what else I should be getting rid of since I plan on buying some new stuff when school starts back in two months (I am hoping to be down another size or two by then). I have a rule that before I can buy new stuff, I have to get rid of the old stuff that I am not wearing. But, that is what works for me and you have to find what works best for you. Congratulations on your weight loss and I know you will be back to where you were 9 months ago.

I'm getting rid of them. I think I'm going to keep the clothes that fit me right now (9 pounds above goal, who knows how many inches once I recomp), but adios to all my 1Xs and size 16s.

I understand your trepidation. I didn't have many nice cloths at my largest, but the size that is getting too big now, I was at for a long time. I have some really cute things. They stop looking cute when they are falling off. It helps if I can find somewhere to donate them where I know the women really need them. I am going to try battered women's or homeless shelters.

Keep your special sweatshirt. When I first lost a significant amount of weight I donated all of my old clothes to thrift stores, because they hardly ever have any larger sizes! Some I also passed up to my sister (unfortunately) who was grateful to get what I had. I think I also sold them as a lot on ebay which was an awesome idea and can get you money for new clothes.
In addition, if you think you may be going down in size further get clothes from the thrift store. Some have really nice clothes and the prices are awesome. In other words, a temporary wardrobe for less.

Throwing in.
I tend to chuck clothing once it no longer fits, but I don't have to worry about the financial burden of replacements.

Can you box them up and shove them somewhere out of sight? Under the bed, back of a closet, something like that?

That way if you really need them they are there, but they wouldn't be constantly reminding you.

I lost a lot of weight a few years ago but never got rid of my old 'big' clothes and I ended up wearing them again, AND gone bigger. If I had got rid of them it wouldn't have been so easy to get bigger as I would have had to make more of an effort to fit into what I had. I've been buying in sales and 2nd hand as I don't want to pay full price for something I'm only going to wear for a sort time. This time I will get rid of them, because I never want to be this fat again, saw a pic of myself on fb and I'm disgusted how I look. Keep the sweater, dump everything else x

I did, however, keep all of the clothes I outgrew, so I'm working my way back through them.

I had a huge depressive fit a few months before I started losing weight and tossed everything I thought I would never fit into again. I wish I'd kept some of the better pieces!