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While losing weight our clothes obviously start to get too big. So when did you go shopping to buy smaller clothes, how much weight did you lose?
I've lost over 40lbs and my clothes are loose but still fit lol I'll probably buy new ones at 60lbs loss!
Oh forgot to add my size 20 jeans were just too big to wear so I had to buy a size smaller
But other than that I'm wearing my old clothes
I've lost over 40lbs and my clothes are loose but still fit lol I'll probably buy new ones at 60lbs loss!
Oh forgot to add my size 20 jeans were just too big to wear so I had to buy a size smaller
But other than that I'm wearing my old clothes
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I went from a size 14 (173lbs) to a size 4 (125 lbs). Somewhere around 140-145 lbs, I bought a little bit of clothing (size 8) to carry me to my final goal. I saved all my gift cards and monetary gifts for the end result.
I lived in my workout clothes during my weight loss. It was easy since I'm a stay-at-home Mom. I used a diaper safety pin to keep my workout pants from falling off of me during exercise. lol Hey, I was at home and I didn't care. It didn't mess with my workouts. haha! Now I got nice fitting everything:-)6 -
I went from a size 20 at 243.5 pounds into a size 12 at 227 and then into a size 10 at 163 pounds0
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Buying clothes that fit you, even as you lose weight, helps motivate you as well by letting you see your progress better. I was at 387 when I started and wearing 5x shirts with size 52 jeans. Around 335 my mom was visiting from out of state and wanted to go shopping and buy me some new jeans and by then I was able to get into size 46 jeans.
Now that I am down to 306, I am getting comments from people at work who know I am losing weight about how I need to get some smaller pants because "those are sagging pretty bad... but at least it isn't a fashion statement to you." So I will probably go this week and try on some 44's. I was pretty shocked that I was able to wear a nice 3x shirt this weekend and some of my old clothes are now an option again.
Like I said, buying them as you go down helps re-enforce how much you have lost. I am looking to get down to 225 and I certainly am not going to wait until then to buy clothes. I will just be giving better condition clothes to the Goodwill now, rather than throwing out clothes that are completely worn out.10 -
That was three years ago when I did the PQ diet through a company called univera0
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Lets just say i ended up donating a bunch of almost new clothes4
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At my heaviest, years ago, I actually bought suspenders for my work pants. I didn't want to buy new clothes until I'd lost all the weight. It was maybe a little extreme but it was effective.2
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sindirella21 wrote: »At my heaviest, years ago, I actually bought suspenders for my work pants. I didn't want to buy new clothes until I'd lost all the weight. It was maybe a little extreme but it was effective.
Hence my safety pinning my pants. lol1 -
I go shopping whenever I can afford to.
I love cute clothes.2 -
I bought my first reward outfit after I had lost 50 pounds, and then I couldn't help myself after that. I did have a number of things that I got rid of at the beginning of this year, but only a few items truly went to waste. For the first time, I decided to remove everything that was too large from my closet once it reached a certain point of ridiculousness (like when I found myself wearing women's size 26 shorts when I was a women's size 18 or tops that were drooping so low in the front that I was flashing people). I always held onto clothes in the past.
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I buy new pants as soon as I fit into the next size down. I've gone from 24W to 14 petite. I get the pants on sale, and get one pair of jeans and one pair of black pants for work. I'm not going to go around hiking my pants up all the time. Shirts can last quite a bit longer if you buy the right ones. I've worked hard for those smaller sizes, so I'm darn well going to wear them all the way baby!!8
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Hate clothes shopping. Hate it.
For outside the home, I pretty much live in jeans, and bought a new pair at any point along the way when belting them made them look like the paper-bag-waist style that was in fashion a couple of decades back. I'm 5'5". I started out at 183 in a size 16 women's jeans. (A few years back, I was in a 20, too, but lost a couple of sizes when I got more active, even while staying at about the same weight.) I think I went to a size 12 misses at maybe 160, then 8 around (don't remember) maybe 140, snuck a 6 in there somewhere (130?), and hit 4 at 120ish.
My workout leggings became lightweight sweatpants when I put a drawstring inside the top edge so I could cinch them in. XL T-shirts still work, I just look like a refugee. (I Do. Not. Care.) I bought a few nicer things (pants, shirts, coat, sweaters) for more dressed-up social occasions. I'll work on the rest of the wardrobe gradually (sigh), if I have to, I guess.
Quite a few people buy from consignment/resale shops or things like Goodwill/Salvation Army during weight loss, and only buy new new clothes when they get to goal weight. Frugality pushed me in that direction, but I hate to shop there just as much, so I resisted.2 -
I am currently still shopping in my closet. 26 lbs down and I've gone from a size 20 to a size 18. If past history holds true (and it might not, last time I lost weight was before kids), my next size will be in about another 20-25 lbs.
The smallest size I have in my closet is 14, and not much in that size. So once I'm basically out of plus sized clothes I will need to shop properly.1 -
I love clothes shopping! The first time I lost weight, I hit up consignment shops as I did not plan to fit into those clothes for very long. Finding outfits that fit me nicely was a confidence booster.
When I got to my goal weight I bought brand new clothes and wore those for years. Now that I am doing this again, I like what the above poster said-I'm still shopping in my closet too!0 -
I bought some new underwear and tops when I was down 15-20 lbs. Most of my pants and skirts were stretchy waist so they still fit okay. I fit into some clothes I owned that used to be too tight to wear.0
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RoseTheWarrior wrote: »I buy new pants as soon as I fit into the next size down. I've gone from 24W to 14 petite. I get the pants on sale, and get one pair of jeans and one pair of black pants for work. I'm not going to go around hiking my pants up all the time. Shirts can last quite a bit longer if you buy the right ones. I've worked hard for those smaller sizes, so I'm darn well going to wear them all the way baby!!
This is what I do, too.0 -
Shopping in my wardrobe. Size 10 Australian now0
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I wear my denim jeans weekends. This past Saturday morning as I got dressed my 46 jeans fell down when I reached for my belt. And again. And again. I finally managed to hold the jeans with one hand and grab the belt with another and get the belt wrapped around me and the pants held up. Saturday afternoon I went to the local WM and purchased a single pair of 42 jeans. After changing into these, I discovered that the reduced material in the waist was not causing any bunching of fabric and thus exposing the inability of the belt to firmly hold the pants to me. It's not a typical belt. It uses velcro to hold together and my weight loss has exceeded the adjustment range of the belt, so I'll have to order a new one soon. I bought new smaller undershorts a month ago.0
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I shop way too often. No waiting here.2
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I go at like 5 am to beat the crowd. I hate the crowd. Couple times a week roughly. But I always dress for the occasion. A stylish blazer and an ascot.
Ah, it's clothes shopping. That I don't do as a rule. I thought it was groceries. I buy clothes off Amazon.4 -
This is what goodwill and other second hand stores and great sales are for. No need to wallow in too big clothes.
I've generally bought new stuff every 2 sizes.4
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