How long till you started investing in new clothes?

I guess I'm a bit ... Fortunate? Because I have my own clothes from before i gained so much weight. So I kept some favorite things that I lose into (gave away my really small size stuff though so I will eventually have to make this decision ).

I wouldn't personally buy a whole new wardrobe at any weight. Im a bit cheap that way though. I think if I was still far from my goal, I would just shop second hand and good sales. And maybe the occasional thing in my current size (you still gotta feel like yourself in all this ). Once I got closer to my goal weight, I'd start investing in nicer things that wouldn't be useless if I lost a bit (maybe things that can be tailored ).

Right now I'm living out of country in an Asian countries try where everyone is like a size zero so finding g clothes here is hard for me. I recently lost I to my size 14 clothes but my family is coming to visit and I'm having them bring me a pair of paints in size 12. Im not there yet but I will be soon!

I have learned the hard way to stop buying so much. The problem is that I love to shop. Now I try to stay at Ross or somewhere I can stay as close to $10 as possible. As someone else mentioned, when certain things literally started falling off then I knew it was time to shop.

I go shopping when I realize my current clothes are looking sloppy, usually every 3 or 4 months. I almost always shop at thrift stores though so it's a lot cheaper than buying a department store wardrobe every few months.

I just go shopping right in my own closet

Going thru past clothes and finding 8 pairs a pants that now fit again was like a little trip to the store.
I can now fit into a lot of my shirts that I kind of outgrew over the last few years.

Don't want to buy much more until I have settled in at goal for a while and that's a few months off.
Still, there is a lot of pleasure in getting something new.... and that helps to be a reward....which also inspires to stay on track.

I find the best deals on eBay for shirts and pants, look for new items, new old stock or new without tags (NWOT) some good
deals if you make smart choices.

Consider finding a good tailor, too, so that your more-expensive things can last you longer. A person I found is very good and, at least I think, quite reasonable price-wise. It has saved me so much money.

I had my jackets and coats altered. Some uncomplicated things just needed the sleeves shortened (like a fleece jacket, for example). The cost was about $10 for me, which is obviously a lot less than if I purchased another new one from LL Bean. More complicated things (like a pea coat or a lined overcoat) were in the $30-50 range -- again, much cheaper than if I purchased them brand new.

I've lost about 30 more lbs since I had them altered, and I notice that they are not fitting right again. My plan when we are fully into spring is to have them altered again -- taken in at the waist, etc. If it costs around $30-40 to do this, the $60-70 total I will have spent tailoring a coat is still so much less than purchasing a new one for around $200-300.

I love charity shop (thrift shop) shopping so I've just been buying bits along the way. The good thing is because there is usually only one size for each item I just pick up things that I like that look like they could fit me and ignore the label until I've tried it on. It can end up as a nice surprise when I start getting more and more of the smaller sizes. So its been quite a gradual process of acquiring smaller clothes rather than a whole new wardrobe.

The same with old clothing. I've been throwing things out/donating bit by bit as I put something on and its inconveniently loose or just doesn't look right. There are a few pieces that I am desperately hanging on to though. One of my favourite skirts that I used to wear on my waist now fits my hips so I'm keeping it!

I dislike shopping so only as needed. My jeans are a little baggy but don't yet look clownish, so that can wait. I have just one t-shirt that doesn't look like a tent, so I'll pick up a couple of them this week.

Edit: Not to be pedantic, but clothes aren't an "investment." They're just a cost.

I buy work pants as I need them because I have to look decent at work. This spring/summer I will have to buy new warm weather clothing I have none left that fits from last summer (I've slowly started to accumulate some of it on sale). I buy new workout clothes when the old ones are too big.

I usually only keep 1 pair of jeans that fits perfect, 1 that's too big, and 1 that's too small. (I like Old Navy because you can get some cheap jeans)

I just bought like 4 new tank tops for under my blouses for work because all the ones I had were 3 sizes too big. But didn't buy more than that because I'm not sure what size I'll end up.

Last fall I bought new underwear in 2 different sizes. so I should be okay for a while yet. and I just bought new bras because my other ones were much too large in the band. but I don't cheap out on bras so I only bought 2...

arrghmatey1 wrote: »

I believe a good pair of snug fitting jeans reminds your body that the waist band is a poor choice for storage.

Not sure if anyone else (guys) notices this, and I'm not sure if it is just the cut of my current jeans, but after wearing size 52W, now wearing 44W, the "boys" are sure missing the extra room I had. Sitting is a bit uncomfortable now. Not sure what they will think of 40W or below.