saying good-bye to unrealistic "goal clothes"

I'm the opposite. I never bought goal clothes (never really tried to lose weight until now) or had any in the first place (always been overweight). And when I first started this, I thought size small would be a good goal for me, but now I realize I'll be more like XS without the excess weight.

That's just the shirt size though... Pants are a different story! My thighs and calves are huge. I always thought I was an apple, because of my fat belly and slim hips... but I'm definitely closer to a pear. Just because my hips are slim, doesn't mean my thighs are!

I've done both. I have some jeans from high school that I'm bouncing off the walls happy that I can get on again. Notice, I didn't say "they fit." They're actually very unflattering and quite painful. But I can get them up and zip them and that makes me happy.

On the other hand, I've ditched clothes that didn't fit, and I thought would never fit again. I know there was one shirt that my arms wouldn't fit in. It made me feel like poop... like I had some kind of freakish she-hulk arms. No article of clothing should ever make you feel guilty.

I didn't keep my high school clothes because I wanted to wear them again. I kept them because I'm a sentimental fool with a touch of hoarding tendencies and they were bizarrely unique clothes. I'm also the unofficial "Keeper of the Costumes" among my family, and anytime anyone has a theme party, I'm the one they hit up for strange clothes. Sixties party? Seventies party? Eighties party? Halloween? I got yer outfit!

So... that's my advice. If you're keeping it because it's unique and/or has sentimental value, keep it. If you feel like it's taunting you... ditch it.