What do you do with your clothes that don't fit?

In the past I used to hang onto all my clothes and like most had a wardrobe of a couple of sizes. What I've noticed is that clothes I had but didn't like to wear didn't get any better the next time I pulled them out of the closet. In fact I have some pants that sort of fit but I've always hated them so I decided that I just needed to get rid of all the stuff that I never wear. Then I realized that I've changed my lifestyle, especially how and what I eat and I'm never going to gain all that weight back - well I may gain some back and I may never get as thin as I would like - but being realistic I will never be back in plus size clothes. So I packed up all my larger clothes and donated them to the local Goodwill center. My closet is thanking me because you can actually walk in it. LOL

Are you hanging onto your clothes? Do you get rid of them?

Skylar

Funny you mentioned this, because after I lost a hundred pounds a while back I got rid of all my skinny clothes as I gained back my weight.  All of them went except for a few items that my daughter wanted. 

The other night, as she was packing to move out, she brought me my very last purchase while being skinny.  It's a shirt from Victoria Secret, a skinny, slimming, silky little shirt.  Needless to say my daughter can't even wear it now and man...that thing looks SMALL!  I wasn't that small, but man...does it look small to me now!  I think it would fit like a quarter of me now.  Was very depressing at the moment, and still is, but I still can' t let go of this one last item.  I keep looking at it and thinking I need to throw it away, but I can't bring it to myself to do it.  So for me, I think it is sort of a good thing to keep at least one item  for remembrance, either your skinny clothes or your fat clothes!

Thinking about tacking it on the wall, might do me some good! :) hehe

I know what you mean, you pull something out of your drawer where it's been hidden for along time and you wonder if you could ever have been so small that it fit. Yes, it is depressing. But maybe it's a good idea to hang onto it and every once and awhile look at it as a goal to work towards. However if it makes you really sad, then get rid of it immediately - no need to keep something that depressing around. I do have some old hand me down clothes from my kids - classic kinds of things that I hope eventually I will fit into.

Skylar

I gave all of my clothes to a friend of my niece who had the big ol boobs and belly like me.  What I didn't give away was my old blue jean blouses that are soooooo comfortable and I still wear them at the house.  Now here's where it is going to sound a bit "odd".  I wear them because I can identify with the woman who wore that size more than I can with the woman with the brand new wardrobe.  I spent almost my whole adult life being morbidly obese and sometimes I don't recognize the woman in the mirror, so my old blouses help to keep me grounded.  Hopefully my mind will catch up before they totally wear out!

Mary 

It's nice that you were able to give them to someone who could wear them. I bet those blue jean blouses are soft and worn in and so comfy to wear and wrap around you. I do understand too that you haven't quite come to terms with your new size reality. Body dysmorphia.

Skylar

I have a lot of cute and dressy old navy clothes. They are mainly winter clothes because I wouldnt wear pants being a size 24 or so..So once winter gets closer..I will be listing them on ebay to sale them and try to get some money out of them so i can buy smaller clothes. My closet is so full so it will be thinking me when I am able to do this! Hard to just give them away when i can make some money off of them when the time is right and also i dont know of anyone my size that needs them. So- theres an idea for some of you..name brands especially!

Hi Stacey. I'm the opposite, I don't wear dresses because when I'm heavy I want to hide my legs in pants. Ebay is smart but it's also little time consuming and fussy taking pictures to post etc. I enjoy taking my stuff to goodwill knowing that it helps others and it's easier to just drop the bag off on the way into work.

Skylar

So far I have kept my old clothes that no longer fit but I think I will end up selling them possibly on ebay as well.  I'm sure I will keep some of the t-shirts because for some reason I love my shirts really big so those I won't get rid of.  However the shorts and jeans that don't fit I will likely sale those.  Then next summer I'm guessing all the American Eagle clothes I just bought will be too big as well so I'll probably also sale them on ebay next spring.  I'm hoping by them to be at my goal of 150 or below so I don't expect what I'm wearing right now to fit.  I'm in a 16 at the moment and I'm hoping by the time I hit my goal to be at least at a 12 if not a 10.  I'm so confused with how sizes work and what weight I can be and what size I can wear I just kind of take it and go with it.  I know the last time I lost a lot I was down to around 175 and I think I was wearing a size 14 but something must have been keeping me at a 14 because right now at 197 I can fit in those 14 jeans (they're a bit stretchy).   So I can only imagine I'm losing more inches this time because I'm excercising a lot more then I did last time.



Johnita