How long have you hung on to your oversized clothes?

Darlene_Oregon · May 27

@chris_in_cal Sounds good to me! I actually have quite a few clothing items that are older than most people on this site. But they're memories. You have to hold on to them. They make me smile 🙂

JamesArthur3933 · May 28

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I agree about the baggy clothes for general wear out and about. But I figure people often may wear the same clothes for before and after photos to highlight the difference in how they fit?

I did something a bit different. Just before I started going to the gym, I bought one of those 'Athletic cut' vests that was maybe 3 sizes too small for me. Took a photo from the side, It's really not very flattering but one day, I'll put it back on to see if it looks any better on me.

Wynterbourne · May 28

With the exception of a few sentimental items, I got rid of pretty much everything two sizes or more too big as I lost. I replaced things as I lost by going to Goodwill and other thrift stores so it wasn't expensive. Oh, I also kept my largest shirt and largest pair of pants just to remind me how far I've come.

MargaretYakoda · May 28

chris_in_cal wrote: »

Not a good answer to your question, but: I'm holding on to my boot camp uniform, and my 1989 NYC Marathon t-shirt hoping to again one day proudly rock these duds.

My piece of clothing from days gone by that I’m hoping to fit into again one day is a the that says “If you’re really a goth, where were you when we sacked Rome?”
That fit me perfectly the very first time I lost a bunch of weight. I am very much looking forward to rocking it again.

There are two items I will be hanging on to forever I don’t care how baggy they get:
1) Some fluffy Jammie pants that are the most comfortable ever. I’ll just replace the elastic waistband.
2) A Tshirt from the punk band (word that means soft and also means cat, which got censored by the algorithm so I have edited to make it as clear as possible which specific punk band I am referring to) Riot. It’s a limited run, no longer available. It’s Barbie pink, with an extremely rude Russian word (an insult about someone’s uh…. ::kitten:: )in pink glitter across the front.
Every once in a while I wear it to the VA and someone who understands the translation gets a huge kick out of it.

springlering62 · May 28

JamesArthur3933 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I agree about the baggy clothes for general wear out and about. But I figure people often may wear the same clothes for before and after photos to highlight the difference in how they fit?

I did something a bit different. Just before I started going to the gym, I bought one of those 'Athletic cut' vests that was maybe 3 sizes too small for me. Took a photo from the side, It's really not very flattering but one day, I'll put it back on to see if it looks any better on me.

I did the girly girl version with a way-too-small pencil dress I spotted at TJM.

I hung it sideways in the closet so I had to move it every time I got dressed. I talked to it. We developed a relationship. I worked my way from a 22W down to a size M and proudly wore it to an event.

It’s too big now, but stupid as it sounds, that was probably one of the best goal methods I had. I keep that dress in the closet, not because I want to go back “up” to that size, but to honor how useful it was to me, and what a friend it was during the whole process.

And it never talked back, never made fun, never once said “you’ll never wear me”. It was silently supportive.

snowflakesav · May 28

I was relatively slim until I turned about 54. I'm 60 now. I haven't purchased that many good fitted items that fit me at my largest , mostly leggings and knits so I think there won't be much to purge. That said I have an entire closet full of size 4 items that I couldn't part with. hopefully i'll be wearing some of them in 70 days.

1ns1d3_0u7 · May 28

I've boxed up most of my stuff to donate. I've kept a few things just to keep as reminders.

How long have you hung on to your oversized clothes?

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