FASHIONISTAS ~ Using FASHION as motivation?

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!

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.

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swim777 wrote: »

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!

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.

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.

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!