Does anyone else have a piece of Clothing for their weightloss goals?

I found a cool t-shirt on a road trip a few weeks ago, stared at the sizes, and decided I'd rather get something smaller that I could wear for longer than something bigger that fits right now. So it's hanging at the front of my closet staring at me every time I weigh myself or get dressed.

I have a dress that I fell in love with in college. It was my roommate's and it's a size 10. A few years ago, I lost enough weight that I could fit into a 12, but I still couldn't zip that dress. I am currently a 16 after gaining back some weight and my goal is to zip up and look good in that dress this year. It's not my style anymore, but I don't care!

knittnponder wrote: »

glassofroses wrote: »

Wow, gis are expensive! I kickbox and our uniform trousers are like $25, same for our tees and vests. It's more our gear that costs, my gloves alone were $120 in the sale for a mid range pair and then there's boots/shin guards, focus mitts, hand and ankle wraps.

I do kickboxing too but for that we get to wear whatever we want. I do have a lovely collection of boxing wraps and of course my gloves. The pair I got weren't too bad though, only about $80 and I love them! The gi's are expensive but the quality ones are worth it. Add to that the rash guards and compression pants so I don't get mat burn...

At least I'm spending money on things that will improve me.

We can wear what we want to train in, I wear my uniform trousers and a Nike pro long sleeve compression top in winter to protect my lungs when the windows are open (asthma and I'm the one who opens the windows XD) and the tshirt version in the summer, rather than my vest because I don't like my arms (acne scarring). Whereas others wear regular workout gear, or all their uniform, or just their uniform trousers like me because it's personal preference. I wear them simply because they give me the most freedom of movement. Sounds stupid but I feel like leggings restrict my hip flexors/adductors on head/axe kicks. But yeah, for those of us who train for belts must wear our uniform for when our sixth dan instructor comes to grade us.

My first pair of gloves were a $50 pair from Adidas and they were brilliant actually. Comfortable from the start but they stopped making them where I am. Now I have a leather pair of Muay Thai Twins gloves. I probably replace my hand wraps the most because I use them for everything even not kickboxing workouts as I have hyperflexible joints and no one needs those flopping about holding weights. XD

The real beauty of kickboxing trousers is they're elastic so doesn't matter what weight you are because your size is your leg. You only ever need replace them if the elastic or the string tie goes.

Exactly about money. I wasn't going to grade in March because I didn't feel ready but still train and people couldn't understand why I'd want to spend $60 on the session if I wasn't 'going to get something out of it'. What I get out of it is Andrew is a 6th dan black belt and his classes are amazing. Everything he does is applicable to real life sparring so it really gets you thinking about how to put together your basic techniques into super ninja moves in 3 steps or less. I'm still a newbie baby so I'll take all the help I can get.

knittnponder wrote: »

glassofroses wrote: »

Wow, gis are expensive! I kickbox and our uniform trousers are like $25, same for our tees and vests. It's more our gear that costs, my gloves alone were $120 in the sale for a mid range pair and then there's boots/shin guards, focus mitts, hand and ankle wraps.

I do kickboxing too but for that we get to wear whatever we want. I do have a lovely collection of boxing wraps and of course my gloves. The pair I got weren't too bad though, only about $80 and I love them! The gi's are expensive but the quality ones are worth it. Add to that the rash guards and compression pants so I don't get mat burn...

At least I'm spending money on things that will improve me.

I do BJJ. My goal, once reached is to buy a really awesome looking rashguard (usually run about $60-80). Right now my shirts are looser to hide my slight belly (during No-GI). And also to splurge on a Shoyoroll or Muaewear GI.

A piece? I have a whole closet full of clothes. I threw away all my fat sizes a few years ago when I lost weight. I just hung onto a few pairs of size 6 pants, so that is what I am wearing. My top half stayed close to the same size with the weight gain, because my shirts mostly fit. I had to go buy a pair of dress pants a few weeks ago for work, to wear for one meeting. I will probably never wear them again.

Once I lose the weight, I will just stick to logging calories and weighing every day. That is what I need to stay on target.