FASHIONISTAS ~ Using FASHION as motivation?
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I used to “shop” in my closet. (When I needed motivation, I’d try on clothes I wanted to fit back in.). It was a joke with my husband that I had something new from closet shopping. Very motivating since I had so much to lose!6
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Well... I’d like to fit into the pants I was wearing before so yeah I guess1
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I get that. I'm not much of a fashionista really, I'm pretty casual, but I like to look nice and put together, even if it's a casual outfit. I find that when I'm bigger it's harder to be casual actually. When you're big and casual, you look kinda frumpy. When I'm slim and have fitted jeans and cute t-shirt, I can still look good, but when I'm big and wearing the same thing, I feel like I look like I'm not trying at all. It's weird how your perception of the clothing can change depending on the body it's on.12
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I used to “shop” in my closet. (When I needed motivation, I’d try on clothes I wanted to fit back in.). It was a joke with my husband that I had something new from closet shopping. Very motivating since I had so much to lose!
@swim777 Yes, me too!
I was finding timeless things I'd kept from 20 years ago, along with beautiful more recent things I now fit again.
Of course, I was also finding ghastly stuff that I decided life was too short and space was too much of a premium that I threw all the crap out, and all my fat clothes, and de-cluttered all my cupboards.
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A while back a found these jeans that fit me nice and were on sale. I liked them so much I bought a second pair one size smaller. This week I retired the first pair and pulled out the smaller size out of the closet. I few other pants waiting for my future success.6
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I used to “shop” in my closet. (When I needed motivation, I’d try on clothes I wanted to fit back in.). It was a joke with my husband that I had something new from closet shopping. Very motivating since I had so much to lose!
@swim777 Yes, me too!
I was finding timeless things I'd kept from 20 years ago, along with beautiful more recent things I now fit again.
Of course, I was also finding ghastly stuff that I decided life was too short and space was too much of a premium that I threw all the crap out, and all my fat clothes, and de-cluttered all my cupboards.
Feels so good!
It feels great! At first I bagged things up. I didn’t trust myself to keep the weight off. And some of those things...like you say, were old! It really helped me though to set goals and see progress even when the loss slowed down. Currently, I’m up ten pounds and working hard to get that off. Yuk!
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seltzermint555 wrote: »Fashion has been a huge motivator for me in weight loss and sometimes I think I'm a little too fashion-obsessed for my age (41) but I believe I'm making up for the twenty years I lost wearing only plus size styles.
Yes! I'm definitely making up for lost time. I often think about when I was younger shopping with my friends. I usually had to sit on the sidelines or shop alone in the plus-size section which had *way less* options as they do today.
Now it's my time to shine!6 -
Never a fashionista but maybe one in the making soon. I have finally been losing weight consistently (almost 4 months). My son said to me "Why are all your clothes so big and boxy". I would never want anyone to see my bulges and didn't think that is a good look for me and would make me uncomfortable. He reminded me that previously when I have lost 50 lbs (more than once but gained back), no one noticed your weight loss cause you still wore the bigger clothes. So I have since tried on all my clothes, giving away bigger clothes to friends/charity. I am wearing closer fitting shirts, at first really uncomfortable in my skin, but now feeling much better. As soon as I put on a top that is now too big, I either wear it that day, wash, and then put in the away pile. I have two pair of pants hanging on the back door, one I need to lose maybe 10 lbs. to fit and the other maybe 15+. When I lose the next 7 lbs, will try them both on again.
This is what I used to do 35 years ago for years - I would buy a tank top, buy a button down shirt and wear the shirt open because it wouldn't close, purposely buy it smaller thinking that it will eventually fit. But the arms were usually too tight or after a washing, would become too tight. I did this for years and years never buying the right size. The next time I shop in will not be in the women's dept.6 -
When I was at 210, I rarely ever ever ever felt sexy in any clothes of mine. Now at 165 I try buying all sexy, exciting, flirty and fun clothing. Nope - I don’t really own any basics other than jeans/yoga pants! I think that always having a closet of fun, exciting clothes is motivation alone. It makes you feel good and sexy a lot of the time and not frumpy. It makes you wanna keep losing the weight since you appreciate your body more!7
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juliedesabrais wrote: »When I was at 210, I rarely ever ever ever felt sexy in any clothes of mine. Now at 165 I try buying all sexy, exciting, flirty and fun clothing. Nope - I don’t really own any basics other than jeans/yoga pants! I think that always having a closet of fun, exciting clothes is motivation alone. It makes you feel good and sexy a lot of the time and not frumpy. It makes you wanna keep losing the weight since you appreciate your body more!
You’re not disguising or hiding. You are able to express yourself. I know exactly what you mean!
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Great replies! And it's going to be SPRING soon, so it's almost time to plan on lighter clothing choices. Fun, fun...regardless of if it fits or not, it is a reality check, and a motivator to avoid straying off track. Sometimes it gives me a little boost to get a little more exercise that day, too.
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Shopping for clothes is definitely I think almost my #1 motivation!!! I lost 4 lbs last week and went shopping for clothes this weekend lol. I'm such a girly girl and it makes me soooooo happy buying cute little outfits and also workout clothes!!! Soooo fun!!4
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rainbow198 wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »Fashion has been a huge motivator for me in weight loss and sometimes I think I'm a little too fashion-obsessed for my age (41) but I believe I'm making up for the twenty years I lost wearing only plus size styles.
Yes! I'm definitely making up for lost time. I often think about when I was younger shopping with my friends. I usually had to sit on the sidelines or shop alone in the plus-size section which had *way less* options as they do today.
Now it's my time to shine!
Absolutely share your feeling on that too about sitting on the sidelines before! That was me for as long as I could remember, actually. When I was a kid I became adult-sized pretty much overnight and could never shop where my friends shopped whether that meant the kid section or petite stores or whatever.
The other day I felt sad because I was in a store with 2 female friends who are around my exact age and size, but one of them was visibly uncomfortable there and later she said that she hated being there because she feels old and unfashionable. That was sad to me especially because she's not a big girl and not "old" in my opinion.
Honestly even when I was at my very heaviest and barely fit into even Lane Bryant clothes, I still liked fashion & clothes, even if I could only really be "stylish" with shoes and bags.
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Male here. Don't know that I qualify as a "Fashionista" but I am using fashion to motivate. Maybe 5 years ago, I purchased some 42 waist pants. Lost motivation so they have been collecting dust. Started counting calories a few months ago and have lost significant weight. All 10 or so pair of 42 waist pants fit. Threw away all of the 44's I had. Rewarded myself more by purchasing 4 nice casual shirts at the next lower size. Threw out my old dress shirts and am planning my next trip to Belks looking for 17" neck shirts. Bye-bye old belts that were way too long. Hello, tiny (not that tiny) belts.
Last but not least, I looked up some receipts for some of the shoes I wear. Some were purchased in 2011. And they were actually too loose to comfortably wear. Got rid of 5 and replaced them.6 -
If only for every lb lost I made $, that could really contribute to my fashion crazed self. Love your idea btw!1
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Absolutely fashion has been a major inspiration to me for weight loss. A pair of jeans is what started me on this journey. I had gone up almost TWO sizes in the plus size department from a size 22 to a size 24 which barely fit me (as in get some crisco and suck in my stomach, and i can zipper up!). I probably fit into a size 26 more comfortably, but that would place me in the super plus size section. Hell to the no! Not on this body! I took the size 24 jeans home with me determined that I would make them fit. Starting that day, I placed 355 pound self on a diet, began exercising, and now almost two years later I have lost a grand total of 117 pounds. I have not looked back, best decision I ever made! Oh, and size 18 jeans are fitting loose on me now, next pants will very likely be a size 16!9
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I LOVE clothes and when I gained weight and didn’t look good in the clothes that were my “style” I was really miserable. My whole body changed and I had no idea how to dress it. I have to say that being able to look good in clothes I liked was my biggest motivation for losing weight. I know it should have been for my health or something more lofty, but I can’t tell you how much better I feel being able to dress in the clothes I like to wear. It’s like I feel like *myself* again. I have about 10 lbs left to UGW and I’m not buying a single item for spring/summer untill I reach it.4
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Past time this thread was bumped! There are probably more of us "Fashion as motivation - if we were honest about admitting it!" out there who just don't know how to search for older conversations!
And it is SUMMER!!! Hot-weather clothes time!2 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »I find that when I am in a slump (emotionally) and wear one of my best outfits and feel extra stylish, it lifts my mood and keeps me from comfort eating.
Even today at work, I am not dressed particularly stylish as it is casual Friday but I am wearing figure-hugging jeans and a cropped sweatshirt (as in, 0% belly showing but more body con than a big baggy sweatshirt) and I think that helped me to steer clear of the donuts a sales rep brought in.
Fashion has been a huge motivator for me in weight loss and sometimes I think I'm a little too fashion-obsessed for my age (41) but I believe I'm making up for the twenty years I lost wearing only plus size styles.
I work from home and am in my pajamas. Shortly, I'll change into exercise clothes. After dinner, back to PJs.
Tomorrow, I'm going to put on the same red, white, and blue shirt that I have worn for the last three 4th of July.
Not even sure why I clicked on this thread, lol.2
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