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Buy smaller clothes for motivation?

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  • Shortgirlrunning
    Shortgirlrunning Posts: 1,020 Member
    I’m too picky about how my clothes look to do this. I don’t know what my body will look like at a smaller size so what if I buy a bunch of clothes in a smaller size and reach that size but still don’t like how they look on me? I do a lot of online browsing of clothes I want to buy someday though.

    I did buy a new winter coat in a smaller size. Not for motivation though. My winter coat was way too big because I bought it when I was 50 lbs heavier. So I needed a new one but (fingers crossed) I’ll be another 20-30 lbs down next winter and coats are expensive! I don’t want to have to buy one two years in a row. So I bought a size down. It’s a little tight this year but hopefully next year it will be perfect.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    edited November 2019
    Honestly, I think external motivation are fairly short term fixes. If being healthier, more functional, having more energy and looking better aren't motivation enough to keep you on plan, I don't see why new clothes would.
  • mcsega
    mcsega Posts: 19 Member
    No, clothing especially pants even if they fit that doesn't mean mean they will look right on you. I usually have to try on 2-3 pairs of pants that fit to find the right pair.
  • FireyChimera
    FireyChimera Posts: 155 Member
    That sounds like a terrible idea and only sets you up for disappointment and feeling like you need to conform to the clothes. The goal should be to be healthy, not a certain size. My goal is to be happy and healthy
  • MaintainInTheMembrane
    MaintainInTheMembrane Posts: 63 Member
    I did this while I was losing weight. Especially if items were on sale.

    It worked really well, because I tried the items on throughout my journey, and could really see the progress. It also meant that when my fat clothes were too big, I had something new and fun to wear. I only bought things I knew would suit me.

    I live in those clothes, now, and it’s a great feeling.
  • yourfitnessenemy
    yourfitnessenemy Posts: 121 Member
    I’m thinking of doing this with slightly smaller clothes that are on sale.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I think for me, making the purchase itself is a motivation, so if I bought the clothes before I can fit them, then the clothes themselves wouldn't motivate me.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    angf0679 wrote: »
    I don't need to buy smaller clothing - I only need to dig them out from the storage tote under my bed, or reach to the back of my closet.

    This!

    But I've also made a discovery ... sometimes, when I lose weight, I'm a different shape.

    I was slender for about 20 years between about 23 and 43. Since then I've gradually increased and decreased a few times. The most recent time I decreased, I was the same weight as I was the last time I wore the clothes I bought between 23 and 43 ............ but the clothes didn't fit well. My shape had changed.

    So ... one of the difficulties with buying something in a smaller size is that you just don't know what your smaller shape is going to be.

    I believe that. Same thing happened to my friend. She gained 20lbs, lost the 20lbs but her hips stayed wide. She wasn’t curvy before.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    edited November 2019
    clafairy1984 wrote: »
    Does buying clothes in a smaller size aid motivation for slimming it just make you feel bad?

    I don’t buy smaller clothes ahead of time. What if they don’t fit right after you lose the weight? You won’t necessarily have the same contours after weight loss.

    I never threw out my smaller clothing. I’m finding that the legs of my old jeans fit but I can’t button them comfortably. Some day.

  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    angf0679 wrote: »
    I don't need to buy smaller clothing - I only need to dig them out from the storage tote under my bed, or reach to the back of my closet.

    I was basically here in September. But now those clothes that I put away and tucked behind things fit again! No need to buy new clothes! It's like shopping in your own closet and I was able to tuck away the 1 size too big stuff...

    But, kidding aside, if I was you, I'd wait until those close fit to buy them. Saying "I can't buy them until I'm "???"."

  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I think I would only risk it if I ran into a dress at a thrift store that I loved, so the option to size up wasn't available, and it would be cheaper. It would have to be only a little tight though, or else I might run into the situation of "tight in the shoulders, loose everywhere else" that is common with me lol.
  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 706 Member
    I do it, but with strict parameters. Otherwise I end up with no clothes I can actually wear!

    They have to be beautiful, very significantly reduced in price, and from brands I like but are usually to expensive for me. Only a little bit to tight, and in styles I know will work.

    I love clothes, and my taste is generally to a higher end than I can afford, shopping this way in sales means I can get the lovely things.

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  • littlegreenparrot1
    littlegreenparrot1 Posts: 706 Member
    banshee925 wrote: »
    It’s devastating if they’ve gone out of fashion by the time you do fit into them 😂

    I'm not that bothered really. I try to stick to classic shapes and colours/patterns that I like.
    I have stuff that's nearly 20 years old, been carefully stored. If I like it and get into it everyone else can take a run and jump 😆.
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