Do you buy clothes that are in your goal size?

hummm.. I may try this. But will not go to a 4 maybe a 6.
I usually dig out old clothes with a smaller size.
Now I only have a few pounds to lose and it is terrible hard.
Maybe a goal piece of clothing will help motivate me more.

Found out most of my summer clothes are to large..yeah... but I cannot wear my shorts with a belt. (no loops). I really need to go shopping.. Chain Stores are a good hour drive to get to for me.

Wait...dress size can be really different from pants size depending on your body type. I'm a pant size 0, but I'm a dress size 4. I would not be able to breathe in a smaller size. Then again, I properly worry too much since no one knows your body type better than you.

I have in the past (I've lost weight multiple times) and it can be discouraging, rather than a goal to work towards. right now, I have all my size 4-6 pants that I was able to wear just 6 months ago in the closet. Laughing at me.

I get a lot of clothes donated to me (usually large black trash bags... cause I'm a broke as hell college student) and if clothes look like they're close to fitting (I'm in a size 16, so I'll save a size 14 or 12 for later) I keep them stored somewhere. Recently, I got close to 10 pairs of "new" jeans this way. I set aside a bunch of size 14 to 18's when I was in a size 22, and now that they fit, I don't have to buy new clothes (or a reallly good belt). If I know that I won't fit in them for a really long time (if ever.. like a size 2 or something ridiculously small) I pass them on for someone else to wear.

I did buy one pair of "too small" pants on purpose. I'm more comfortable in size 18, but fit in size 14, so I grabbed a pair of size 16 Khaki pants for work. They fit now, but I don't want to have to run out and buy another pair of pants when I lose more weight, because I really cannot afford it, so instead of buying 2 size 18s, I got an 18 and a 16. The pants were ridiculously expensive and I had to drive for like an hour to go buy them, which is where my justification comes from.

However, I wouldn't recommend buying too much in a "goal weight" size, because what will you do if you gain muscle mass and find that those clothes just will not fit right? One or two sizes smaller should be okay, but much more than that, I'd discourage (unless you find it really motivating)

I was just shooting to be back in my size 4 petites. Not sure exactly what happened, but I breezed right past that closet full of 4's and ended up in 0's and 2's when I reached my goal weight

I don't buy in my goal size. I'm still too far away to know what size it would need to be and what will look good on my body at that size.

My body shape has changed a lot in the last 10 lbs, so styles that used to look good, don't anymore. And styles that used to look ridiculous on me are cute now. I don't know what shape I will have when I get to goal.

That being said, I do buy clothes one size down sometimes. I've been shopping at thrift stores quite a bit lately and there's some really high end clothing at these stores in my area. If I find a nice pair of designer pants that can zip up, but are too tight to wear out in public right now, I'll still buy them. They're $5 and I'll be able to wear them in a few weeks or months. I wouldn't go more than one size down though.

hekla90 wrote: »

Nope. I never imagined I'd wear such a small size when I got to where I wanted. I'd have a bunch of too big clothes if I had bought at the size I thought I would be. As is it I own mostly scrubs and work so much most of my clothes are old and too big but I'm afraid to change them out in case I gain again (it's only a 12 lb difference between them and where I am now).

Exactly this. My goal size was an 8/medium. I actually bought a bunch of jeans, pants, and shorts in a size 8 and shirts in medium when I got there, thinking that was the smallest size I could be with my frame. Well, 10-15 lbs later and I'm a size 4/small and swimming in those clothes. I've discovered once you get down in the single digit sizes, they're all surprisingly close together. I've had to replace my entire wardrobe, so I highly recommend only buying a few things while your still in the losing stage, even if you only have 10 lbs to go.

so i have done that in the past, and what i learned is...it's not a great idea! I have some dresses that fit me now, but they don't look good! Just because you're at the size, doesn't mean everything fits the same, will look good, etc.

I typically do not buy clothes that I cannot wear. I did recently buy a pair of jeans online that I thought would fit me (I have other jeans of the same brand so I ordered the same size). They arrived, I tried them on and they are too tight. I have decided to keep them since I like them and they will fit someday. I probably need to lose 10-15 pounds. Maybe more since weight doesn't budge from my hips and thighs as quickly as other parts of my body.

I think it's a good idea if money is not an issue. A couple of months back I bought a really cute blouse and a pair of short that were several sizes too small. I hang them on a rack next to my mirror. I can now squeeze into them and in about 45-60 days they will fit rather nicely. For me it allows me to see progress besides just the scale. If you're the type of person stop dieting on a whim then don't do it.