Emotional Wreck???

I purged my closet yesterday. I have almost nothing left to wear. Why was this so hard to do???? I sobbed like a baby! My god you'd have thought my dog died I was so weepy. Any one else have this kinda ick going on? My head knows this is ok. My feelers don't. I know this was a good thing but it still made me so SAD!?! Am I grieving who I've been for so long? Or am I just really cheap and hate to lose that much money on the clothes? I tossed out anything that was a 22 or larger! I know only own 5 pair of jeans and 7 pair of panties! Shirts I have plenty of. Is this just me?

Stacie Congrats to you!! YOu have lost so much weight you are able to relive yourself of the clothes and memories! This I bet is so normal! I still have not gotton to that point but I will one day and I will love it!! cheer up and go shopping if you can!! dee

Oh yeah, I did the exact same thing and even blogged about it. I completely freaked out when I had to get rid of all my stuff! Good stylish plus-sized clothes are so hard to find, and so expensive, I just felt horrible letting it all go. At the same time, it is great to be so much healthier and able to wear a smaller size now. It's weird having such a minimal wardrobe, isn't it? Here's a quote that helped me get through it: "All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." ~Anatole France

It is scary to become someone that you have not seen in years. You are morning and it is ok... You know it has nothing to do with the clothes.. Deep down inside it is very scary....But you know you will be fine. because you are expressing your feelings....Hang in there,,

NO kidding this was horrible... I spent the weekend taking things out and putting them back into the closet. What a greedy person I am. I just could not stand to get rid of my ten pairs of black works pants... and the gray ones I love so much... and that green corderoy jumper that looked so good. AND now I have NO black sweaters. So, all of those 26/28s are sitting by the end of the bed in white trashbags with little red ties... I just cannot get them into the car to take them to Salvation Army. What is wrong with me? But I did find a pair of size 22 jeans that I have NO idea of where they came from...and they fit !!!! I have one pair of jeans that fit. How can that be? I know the rest have to go. But they are MINE. My kids think I am nuts. Am I? Camai

NO you are not nuts.. For years we have made our clothes who we are and with out them we were uncomfortable. When I went through my clothes I remember thinking what if I need them. Ohhh that was it... I started to cry. Well through out the years every diet I went on I would lose and get down maybe 1 or 2 sizes, but I never got rid of clothes because I knew I would still need them. SO I think this is one of many mental games that we have played for too long.

I'm the complete opposite of you! I actually do a little "happy dance" everytime I have to get rid of something in my wardrobe. I've got no emotional attachment to my "fat" clothes, although it is a bit painful when I think of all the money I spent on them. However, I am sorting out the nicer, trendier things and I'm going to try to sell them on ebay. Might as well make a little money off them and turn it into something positive. I keep 2 garbage bags in the bottom of my closet and the things I don't plan on selling go into one bag and the things I plan on selling go into another. The bags are getting really filled up these days. It's actually very exciting to me. I was down to only one pair of jeans so yesterday I went to Walmart and I no longer shop in the plus sizes anymore. That was a wow moment! I am wearing a size 16 and they are a little loose on me too... soon we'll be moving down to size 14....can't wait! Seems so surreal to me but I'm lovin it!

I totally feel your pain... It is so much to go through so quickly. All of us spent so many years feeling completely discouraged and now finally it is happening. The dream might actually become a reality. It is a lot to mentally absorb.