Grieving clothing

With all that our bodies have been through I feel this is a silly topic but it bothers me. I have moved from a size 26-28 to a medium. I have been given clothes, bought others and have been given my mother's clothes (she died last year). I have so many clothes that I don't have enough time to wear them before I out grow them. I don't have time to enjoy them. I have a wonderful coat that I haven'[t been able to wear and now it is too big for me this winter. I will try and have it altered but things are changing so fast. It's a strange feeling because I certainly don't want my loosing to stop. Part of the problem is that I work at a gym and wear the same seven or eight sets of sweats and I don't have opportunities to wear the other skirts, shirts, dresses and pants then I loose weight and can't wear them. I'm not even sure why I feel this way. Can anyone relate to this or help me understand what is going on with me?

I can certainly relate and I'll bet others can too. My job requires very professional clothing so I've had to have some pretty nice stuff all along the way and it's been tough to get rid of some of them even when it meant going down to a smaller size. At the same time, it's been kind of fun to give them to other people *****ally needed the clothing; it's been a real blessing to them and that's nice. I'm down to an 8-10 and mediums and I'm pretty certain that it won't change much now (unless my shoulder bones begin to melt) so I'm being more selective and only getting stuff that I really, really love since I think they'll be around now for a good long time. Julie

Once in a while, yes. Mostly I find that it is more frustrating to shop (in a sense) now than when I was heavier. Before I could go into LB and know what size should fit. Now in the Misses Dept, I'm never sure. I can go from a 12 to an 18 depending on style and manufacturer. Usually a 16 seems to be fine now. I do find that I am more selective on the price I pay for clothing as I don't want to pay a lot for something that will only fit for a few weeks. Yes, I have a couple of things that were really hard to give up. They had looked so nice on me .. however... when I finally gave them up, they really were baggy. Mary

Having just cleaned some more too big clothes out of my closet this morning, I definitely feel the same way. Some old favorites I'd had for years, which were too small last winter (just before surgery), are now way too big. Some, I'd also never worn (they still had the tags on them). And yes, it was much easier shopping when we were bigger, as there were less choices for us. It's a bit overwhelming to shop in regular misses department, but I'm enjoying it just the same. I only buy things on sale though now, as I expect next year (or within a few months) they will also be too big. We all just need to let the clothes go - - try and view them as part of our former selves to which we hope never to return. Also think about filling up that closet with nice, new, fitting clothes when we get to goal!

hey hun I understand the to many clothes thing.. i have all my mom's clothes as she also passed way last year , she was smaller and wore from a 3x to a a large , she never got rid of anything , mind you i have sold of gave away clothes from the 60's , lol still in great shape and all was name brands.. mom never bought cheep.. so aw I loss i have to go thru her stuff and find things i can wear. it will be very hard to wear something, (not sure i ever will) and then to give them away in time.. now for my own clothes its so easy to give them away lol I been giving them to my oldest daughter who sadly is obese also. and dont have insurance to pay for the surgery..