do you buy smaller clothes thinking that you will be able to

when ordering clothes online sometimes i'll lie about my size thinking that i'll be able to lose enough weight to fit so i'll end up with clothes that are a size or two too small. but hopefully MFP will help me reach that size. just stick with it and check in every day.

I bought a really pretty bra last year in a much smaller size. I didn't kid myself in thinking it would fit, but I am using it as a motivator. I want to be able to wear things like that again. Right now if I need a new bra I have to drive an hour so that I can get a quality bra. We have a Victoria Secret in town, but I have to drop a couple sizes before I can go back there to buy things for myself.

I don't buy many. I had a pair of pants I bought on clearance before dieting that didn't fit (I neglected to tried them on) so I hung them on my bathroom door when I started dieting. They're now too big so my boyfriend bought me a cute pair of shorts a size too small (I can button and zip them but it's not really cute) to work towards.

Sometimes I'll buy jeans that fit, but are a little snug, because I know if I buy them to fit right, they won't fit in a month.

I used to, but then I'd end up not reaching my goal size and have a whole heap of clothes that were useless, and I'd feel like I failed.
Now I buy new clothes when I reach goals. Little rewards for when I get there, so when I wear them I can go out in them right away

a few months back I got some Levi 501's off ebay. My waist had just got to between the 32 and 31 and half and I thought 'a few more inches I will fit in a 30 waist', so I got some that are 30 waist... but unfortunately due to today's designs they fasten just above the hips around my tummy and my tummy was still 35" so needless to say I struggle to get them up and am no where near fastening them! :sad:

I've put them in suitcase under the bed, if they don't fit me within the next year they'll end up in a charity bag. I was more hopeful now after just getting into 12-14 PJ's and I got some Calvin Klein denim dungaree shorts which are 12-14 and I can (only just) get in those now, so maybe in them comfortably by summer... still not sure about the jeans!

All my weight is around my tummy though and only way to get that off is lose all over, but my boobs and top half are already much thinner than I wanted them to be.. so I'm not sure where to go from here as I'm only 3lbs off goal, so would have go at least another half a stone down to get tummy off to get in those Levi's I think? ... I think I'd look too thin.. going under 9 stone and get too much skin (I'm 43 this year)

I do occasionaly buy things too small as a motivator. In fact I bought a great red dress for christmas and managed to loose a stone before christmas to fit into it. But I have not lost much since!

Mostly I refuse to buy new stuff for myself, promising myself a big shopping trip when I have got to goal weight - but not there yet LOL!

I just did a really stupid thing though - I bought a pair of shoes a size too big because they didn't have them in my size and I couldn't leave them in the store I loved them so much. now that really is dumb! I have put in innersoles etc nad am now thinking of cotton woll in the toes. the fact is they are too big!