clothes

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if any of you are "saving" any of their outgrown clothes?? I was going through my summer stuff last night and I have 3 huge bags of clothes.. I know I DON'T want to save the bigger clothes "for just incase" cause I don't want to be there again!! :-0 But.... I was thinking maybe I shoyuld save some of the size smaller than I am now.. Has anyone else thought of this??? I was kind of disappointed...not...that some of the clothes I saved because I figured they would fit me by now are too big!! Ya!!

in the scheme of things is saving a larger size really necessary? in the sense of 'what if?' I still have the size up because I really thought that was the size I would be, (size 6) now I am a solid size 4 and when I put on a size 6, I get frustrated that it 'falls off', so should I save it? maybe. will I save it? yes. BUT that is because I am clear down at the bottom and totally done and trying to maintain and there may be some 'bounce'. but if I were still on the loosing streak, and not at goal. no, I would not 'hold out' for 'what if' I FAIL. visualize success. plan for success. assume that you will succeed.

that you are a size 6!! Wish I could say that! Don't think that will happen,not a positive bone in my body!!! Right now I think that I am stuck in a size 14 --which is fine with me! In fact --if it wouldn't be for my waist and stomach (from my hysterectomy) I would probably be in a size 10 by now! I do have allot of 12's that fit,and also my boobs---just can't lose them!!! But so far I decided not to save them.....my sister wants all my clothes that are too big,so if......a big if....I do gain some back I know where I can go!! hehe!! !!

if you are 'stuck' at a size 14, that is much better than were you were a year ago right? seriously 14 is not a 'bad' place. but if you want to be a size 10, GO FOR IT. do not store your size 16's, keep your mindset that you are a 14, but you are going in the other direction, not 'back' to a 16. as for me, I dropped back down to 143.5 which is now the lowest that I have been during this process by .5 lbs so I really do not think that I will go back to a size 6, and that I am going to be hovering between a 2 and a 4. on a permanent basis. so it make no sense for me to keep the 6's. but it is a matter of getting comfortable in my own skin. THAT is the job of the year.

I dont save mine. I give them away to other wls ppl behind me. I have a friend that is 16 months out that is wearing a lot of my old clothes. She is in a size 10 now. It was suppose to be the other way around where I got her clothes but I passed her somehow. I figure if I keep them it would be to easy just to put them on than deal with a possible weight gain. I have the mind set if the clothes I am wearing get to tight I need to go back to basics and make them fit right.. In the past I got in trouble because I would keep the bigger clothes and instead of addressing the gain I just put them on... Not doing that anymore. I do have my size 5's which fit comfortably and my size 7's which are a little big.. lol.. but if someone needed them I would give them to them.. Just havent had a chance to get rid of them.. I gave away all my size 9's and 8's the other day.. or at least most of them I think.

Hi Karen I keep my clothes as long as I wear them, so basically until they get too big to pass as ok to wear, then I give them to charity. I've got clothes from charity on my way down, so figure someone else may be able to use them. I dont' like spending a lot on my clothes as I know (well up til now anyway) that I won't be wearing them for long and hate wasting money. DONT keep them for 'just in case'. I know just where you are coming from, but even if we dont' lose anymore, we CAN stay at this point we have got to. DONT go back to old habits, even if you have a 'bad' day/week here and there. We CAN do this Karen, we have already succeeded by getting to where we are now compared to a year ago. We have to believe in ourselves and trust our bodies. Keep working on the old habits - it's a life time thing. I know it's so hard, but I believe you can do it.

I gave most of mine to charity and the 16's I kept a few of (they are comfey, baggy)