Did you get rid of your bigger clothes?
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I have a closet full of clothes in sizes from 2 to 16. They are in spacebags, and I still have no room for anything else in that closet. I do want to get rid of those clothes once they are too big for me....but I do have that fear of "what if". So I don't know. Maybe I'll just keep up to size 8 or 10 for a while, and if I'm still at the weight I want to be, I'll toss them too.0
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I hauled around, for many years, my smaller clothes and my bigger clothes. It made it so much less uncomfortable to regain weight. Never again. When the bin of "too big" is full, it gets donated.
"what if" is no longer an option. I am going to maintain, period. I don't care if that means logging and weighing my food for the rest of my life.10 -
I keep one size too big, but donate anything two sizes too big.2
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My sister is losing weight as well and started out smaller than I, so her "in-grown" things come to me and mine go to Goodwill. I will NOT be needing them again.
I have my one biggest ever pair of jeans (size 26) as a reminder, and to one day take one of those pictures of myself in one leg of them9 -
Saving bigger clothes "just in case" would be setting myself up for defeat. I have no intention of backsliding and experiencing health problems again - these are positive changes I've made for the rest of my life. Keeping "big boy" clothes would be saying to myself: "well, you've failed at maintenance before, and you're going to do it again". I've gotten rid of my bigger clothes two or three times over the past couple of years, and I'm about to make another run to the charity drop box.9
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YvetteK2015 wrote: »grammageegee wrote: »What is 16/8 IF
IF is intermittent fasting. So for 16/8, a person will fast for 16 hours, and then has an 8 hour window to eat. I love IF. I find i'm not as hungry as when I was trying to fit all my meals throughout the whole day.
I'm sorry, I meant to go back and answer this. But just what she said--I love it! It took me a while to find just the right IF method for me, but 16/8 is it!1 -
I donated items to thrift stores and bought items for in between sizes. Now I am at goal, I still shop at thrift stores!3
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Most of my stuff is from the thrift store. I got rid of the largest sizes because I hated those clothes anyway. Now I am just keeping the things I really cherish and re-donating the rest. I found that the clothes I saved, for the smaller size, are not to my liking now anyway. Might as well let someone who need them use them. No reason to have clothes to wear if you get bigger...makes it to easy to go back. It is hard to let them go, but I think its part of the process. NOW, I only buy something if it fits fabulous now and makes me look and feel great.2
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I started out with about 20 pairs of pants that were too small and am down to one. I have gone through my closet several times since I started this time in May and while it feels to early to tell if I am going to get to GW I have been getting rid of them. I am 48 pounds down and about 1/2 way to goal. So I have been giving clothes away and those family/friends can't use have been going to charity. Also have tossed out some that might someday fit but I just never felt good in. Or those what was I thinking buys. Closet is much more manageable when you don't have things that don't fit. Have bought just a few new things on Clearance or Thrift store finds to wear until they no longer fit because they are too big.3
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While losing 75 lbs, I literally shopped in my closet until I reached goal weight, since I had stuff in all those sizes, anyway.
Then I donated everything that no longer fit, with the exception of one pair of sweatpants because Thanksgiving/Christmas dinners.3 -
No, I haven't gotten rid of them. But I did sort our my closet and put all the really big stuff into storage bins which are now in the basement.
Next time we move, I'll go through them again will likely get rid of some.0 -
I have given away or donated everything except two sweatshirts. I don't particularly mind swimming in them.0
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I kept several pairs of jeans, starting with my largest pair. As my weight loss continued, I'd take pictures of all of them lying on top of each other, just to see my progress. I am planning on getting rid of them for good though.2
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I get rid of mine as soon as they don't. It's a really fun NSV for me, and even visually making more room in my closet gets me excited that soon I'll be able to replace them with newer, smaller clothes.2
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I got rid of everything except one pair of jeans to remind me of how far I've come. My clothes will be a reminder that going back isn't an option. If they start feeling snug, I know what to do to keep fitting in them.5
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While losing 80 pounds, I stored old clothes in containers in my basement. I wasn't saving them "just in case". They were out of sight out of mind.
After about 6 months into maintenance I went through all of my big clothes.
I donated some clothes, gave some away, threw some tired things away and I also had somethings altered like turning an old skirt into a dress or having a large coat tailored to fit my new body.
I am so glad I saved all of my bigger clothes. It was an amazing experience to try on all of those things that once fit me or was getting snug that was now falling off of me.
It's a day I will never forget. Words can not describe how proud I am of my transformation and all of the hard work I put in to lose (and keep off) 6 dress sizes.
I did save 2 pairs of shorts that I can easily slip into one leg just to have a visual reminder of my hard work, but everything else had to go!!!!13 -
lightenup2016 wrote: »Did you feel better tossing the big clothes? Or did you keep them "just in case"?
I kept them for the first year because I knew I would yo-yo a bit. After that I started getting rid of all the XL shirts and 36 inch waist pants and stocking Large and 34's. That last a few years and finally got down to Medium shirts and 32's, but still hanging on the L/34's for a little longer until I settle to my size again.
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I have zero intention of ever gaining my 40+ lbs back, so I kicked my fatty clothes to the curb. (Except for a few pairs of maternity pants and tunic-length tops for when we are ready for baby #3) In my opinion, keeping your larger-sized clothes is a subconscious way of intending to backslide. It's giving yourself permission to fail. And I don't play that. There is only one direction that it's an option to go in, and that's forward, never backward.0
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I have lost 110 pounds and have lost 10 inches off my waist in 10 months. I am keeping my biggest pants and a shirt or 2 to remind me of where i do not want to go again1
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I keep all of my old clothes.
It's a reminder of how far I've come and keeping the closet/drawers full keeps me from thinking that I've got a lot of space to put more clothes in. Just like the rest of your house (apt), if it looks empty, you tend to buy stuff to fill it up. It's human nature.
And, if I lapse, which is also human nature, I won't have to buy any new clothes. It will be humbling enough to have to wear larger sizes; needing to buy new clothes on top of that would just make all the more painful financially.0
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