Packing up my fat pants
June 16th, 2008
I made it to the bottom of my bottomless laundry pit today and found three pairs of “fat pants” that have been in the pile for weeks. The way my laundry system works is, I let the pile grow and grow, then dig out the things that I like to wear and want to wear and wash them, while the things that I am not in such desperate need for stay in the pile. So these three pair of work pants were really baggy on my several weeks ago, and I bought five new pair of work pants a few weeks ago, and these have worked their way to the bottom of the pile.
I am taking them to Goodwill tomorrow. I was going to wait until I had a chance to really clean out my closet and get rid of a lot of things, but honestly I’m not that organized and it never seems to be the right time for a big closet cleaning, so I am trying a new approach and pledging to take small bags of things to Goodwill on a regular basis vs. waiting to have a big motherlode to drop off.
But besides the dread of closet cleaning, I also have just felt really reluctant to get rid of my too big clothes. What if I gain weight? What if I gain back A LOT of weight? What if my new smaller pants get too tight and I neeeeeeed my fat pants?
So it feels like kind of a milestone step to get rid of them, and it feels kind of good and kind of scary all at the same time. Like this is a real commitment to staying healthy and slimmer and if gain back weight and I don’t have any pants to wear I’ll have to go around in my underwear as my penance for giving up on my healthy lifestyle.
I am saving one pair of jeans for the obligatory before/after photo that I hope to someday take : )
June 16th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Congratulations on reaching this milestone! In the past, I’ve always tucked my “fat clothes” away, just in case. This time–the last time–I decided that as soon as something becomes so large that it’s not wearable, out the door it goes. It’s too easy to lean on that old oh-well-I-have-a-closet-full-of-clothes-that-will-fit adage when you feel the waistband getting snug again. Never again. Keep up the most excellent work!
June 16th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Congratulations on getting rid of your fat pants. I can’t wait to get there. Right now I just have pants, and too small pants =) Last time I kept my fat pants and got fat again. This time I’m throwing them out as soon as I can!
Abie
June 17th, 2008 at 6:16 am
I concur — get rid of them!! It’s too easy to fall back on them. When I got rid of all of mine before I got pregnant, I did keep a few because they were the most comfortable jeans I had.
Now I have the opposite problem. I have a closet and dresser full of pre-pregnacy clothes I am trying to get BACK into!!
June 17th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Getting rid of them feels great! It’s a statement and a promise! I too kept one pair. I have them hanging on the back of my closet door.