When did you go shopping?

Lets just say i ended up donating a bunch of almost new clothes

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. lol

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

I have little choice but to regularly get new clothes. I work part-time at a front desk and need to look immaculate. The days I'm in the back on translation work I can show up in jeans and t-shirts and no one lifts an eyebrow.

Thankfully I can ask friends and family if they have anything I can borrow to tie my over so I don't have to spend all that much. I'm currently wearing my cousin's pre-pregnancy clothes and she's using my own old clothes until she fits into her own again. Another cousin's girlfriend already offered her own old clothes from before she lost weight for the next phase. And one of my aunt gave me all her suits and dresses from before she retired. It's not always 100% the style I like, but it's a temporary situation.

As a result, I get a whole new wardrobe everytime I lose a size and only have to spend the gas money needed to drive to where ever said person happens to live.

The only thing I spend money on is jeans. I need to feel comfortable in my jeans and no one seems to have the same body shape.

I didn't realise I had shrunk until I went to put on a pair of shorts I hadn't worn in a while. They practically fell off. My busy schedule means the only clothes I really wear are work clothes & pyjamas. While I downsized the work pants - it didn't really sink in, I mean they were a mens cut anyway (womens just don't have enough pockets)!

Suddenly I realised nothing fit anymore! Skinny jeans were baggy, shorts were falling off, high waisted skirts became hip-skirts.

I have gone from an Australian (on average) size 10 to a (on average) size 8... 12kgs in total.

I've decided i'm not going to throw everything out and start again, but instead replace as needed - I needed winter clothes so I've bought some and hopefully won't shrink out of these!!

After the first 10lbs I dropped a dress size so bought a few things knowing I was only half way to goal. I was lucky that some old clothes that were too small started fitting so they got another outing or three
Then as I approached goal I had so much fun shopping for another size smaller. There is nothing better than buying new clothes in a smaller size especially when having never been that small before

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. Hate saggy falling down pants. It isn't exactly a big investment since I usually just have 2 pairs of jeans + leggings for the gym. Got by with just one bra for a few months; went with 2 this time because it is hard for me to imagine needing a smaller band size short of surgery...if there is another inch or better there it is a really sneaky spread out inch. And I bought two size small tees this past weekend just because I could...they were on clearance and look absolutely fine...not too short/clingy; and everything in my closet is XL/L.

I go every time stuff is getting too loose on me. Which is usually every couple of months. But I typically shop at thrift stores or consignment shops right now because it's way cheaper than buying stuff from regular stores.