On Maintenance, should I give away my big clothes?

Give them away! You won't fail again. Having no clothes to fall back on will ensure this. If your clothes start fitting tight again jump right back on MFP, go back to a deficit for a few weeks, and you'll be good again.


(If you are done having kids that is, I made this mistake.)

So I've been spoiling myself buying clothes lately. Summer is over, and I really needed some work clothes because what I wore in June just don't fit anymore. I should really give away the clothes that are too big, and I want to, but I have this tiny, tiny, tiny voice in my mind whispering, "What if you fail AGAIN? Then you'll have nothing to wear? Maybe you should keep them, just in case." I hate that voice!!!!!! Do any of you have that little voice too? I know that this voice could eventually sabotage my successes but I'm not sure how to get rid of it. I will have to figure that out. Do you think I should have a big purge fest and give away the clothes that are too big?

I donated my clothes BEFORE I reached my goal! As soon as I felt I had lost enough weight (about 25 lbs), I knew I would never go back to my old habits and gain the weight again. I decided it was time to clear out all of my clothes and give them away. I never looked back. My closet and drawers were so bare... but I'm slowly adding new items that I absolutely love. I won't buy anything now unless it's flattering on me. So, my answer, DO IT!!!

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I donated my clothes BEFORE I reached my goal!
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Me too - as soon as they are baggy on me they are out of here - I do not even allow a 5kg fluctuation while I am still losing weight - theyare too big - out they go!!

My own philosophy for this is to Go loud and Go proud...

I am at the same stage as you - where clothes are too big for me now.

I am going to enjoy pushing everyone of them into the clothes recycling bin. I will even take a photo to record this great achievement.

I definitely dont want to go back to the size i was and i now know how to achieve this.

I would advise you to challenge yourself - and throw those big clothes out.

Good luck !!

Get rid of them - if they're hanging out in your closet, it makes it too easy to backslide because you'll know you won't have to worry about having something larger to wear.

I gave my old ones away long before I hit my goal - I have limited closet space, and it made no sense to have some of it taken up by clothes I couldn't wear. Most of what I outgrew was pants, and my rule was that if I could get out of them without unzipping or unbuttoning them, off to the Goodwill they went. Now I'm shopping at thrift stores until I hit my target weight, which makes me feel much less guilty when those "new" clothes get too big (down side: I've found some truly fabulous pants that I won't be able to find in a smaller size).

I'm in agreement---get rid of them! I lost a decent amount of weight a few years ago and made the mistake of keeping a few items that weren't huge but were too big at the time. I was short on cash and needed to have decent work clothes, and kept those items that were for the next season. You can guess what happened--I grew to fit into them and then by the next season, those clothes were too small. It's now more than 2 years later and I'm just getting back on track.

My other tip is never ever ever buy anything with an elastic waist! My Chicos travelers' skirts and pants were deadly--they kept "fitting" so I really didn't realize how much weight I had regained.