Should I throw out or donate my old baggie clothes?

Off topic: thanks @earlnabby I did not know that. I will pack a bag of socks for various shelters from now on.

Donate Donate Donate don't look back!!!

I got rid of my old stuff off and on the past 6 yrs and always wish I didn't because in those 6 yrs of this life style change I went up and down at time's I went from 235 plus down to 156 give or take I did this fast so it messed with me mentally then I started over exercising restricting and got down to 138 wich obviously I wouldn't be able to maintain have had many ups and downs and took me 6 years to get where I am now I did go from 138 back to around 160s at one point> Well anyways I wish I would have had the clothes from when I was 160s to 130s because I spent alot of money to buy clothes back while I got on track.

I belong to a weightloss support group, as well as on here. Its called TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). There are chapters in every state. We bring in clothes we have transitioned out of and to put it simply...someones fat clothes are others skinny clothes...everyone is at different parts of their journey. I would give it to them :-)

Donate! If you have anything that would work for job interviews or work, try finding a great women's shelter to give them to so they go directly to women who can use them right away

I've been trying to sell what I can on eBay, 'cause a lot of my old clothes are in almost brand-new condition (heck, some of them ARE brand new with the tags still attached!) and I just don't have the money to buy all the new stuff I need. I went from a 14P to a 4P so I need *everything* new, including very expensive items like winter coats and suits. Even if I don't make a ton selling on eBay, every little bit helps.

Anything that I can't sell, I'll likely donate. When it comes to that. But for now, I'm hanging onto everything in the closet of my spare bedroom, not because I'm afraid I'll re-gain the weight, but just because I'm trying to be patient and see what sells first.

(Wouldn't it be awesome if MyFitnessPal had a clothing swap mechanism where you can find someone with roughly your height and previous size to take your old wardrobe off your hands, and in turn, they can pass their stuff to the next size up, and so on and so forth?)

I like to donate to charity when I have clothes no longer used/too small/big...BUT...I'm really bad for this...I still have size 0 clothes from 15 years ago, just waiting for me to suddenly fit into them again...and I also still have size 14 dresspants hanging in the same closet...again, just waiting for me to explode again. I'm down 78 lbs, but still feel like I'm much bigger than I am, and that any day now it could happen. LOL!

I've lost 85lbs so far and I sold what I could in eBay and gave the rest to goodwill. I feel by having those clothes around gave me a reason to go back. Now it's more incentive to keep on trucking.

I donated mine as I figured there was always someone who could use them.

I've donated most of my baggie clothes. There's no reason for me to keep them around.I know there's many others that will need them so trashing them isn't an option for me unless they were in bad condition.

Donate everything that you don't want to keep - don't throw it out and let it end up in landfills. That's general advice on getting rid of clothing, not a response to your question of whether to discard your too-large clothing.

Most of the bins for clothing collection that you see these days in parking lots belong to for-profit companies that sell the clothing for recycling. When I learned that, I called my local Goodwill to see whether they sell clothing for recycling, too, and they told me that they do so with the things they cannot sell. So, I used to only donate nice clothing to Goodwill and discard the rest, but now I segregate the clothing that could be resold (which I package nicely) from the clothing for recycling, which I put in bags that I label as such.

Congratulations on your success! Donate your old clothes, you don't want to have the larger sizes around the house. Besides, someone else can benefit from your success. In our area we have a chain called Savers. They take donations of clothes, furniture and other household items. The profits from the sales goes to local Boys and Girls Clubs. I have bought most of my clothes from there along my weight loss path.

I suggest a compromise: keep some mid-range stuff (the stuff you buy/bought when your halfway towards your goal), donate anything bigger. I've been on these forums long enough to see that, despite best intentions, life happens, and you may gain some weight back due to circumstances (e.g., family tragedy, loss of income, illness). It would (most likely) be a temporary slide, but at least then you would have clothes you like to wear while you get your act back together.

if they're in good condition, donate them...there are always people who need clothed.

Always donate! Some one out there definitely has a need...