Parting with your old clothes

[theox]

Do you do any activities that result in you getting dirty? Maybe you could pick a couple items to use as work clothes for cleaning/gardening/cooking/whatever, wear those out, and then move on to the next items in your collection of now oversized clothes. This is how I've been working my way through what was a rather large t-shirt collection.

Whatever you decide to do, in-growing your clothes is a good problem to have!

[fivestone]

I keep mine in the basement. I know I should probably give them away or donate them, but in the back of my mind, I think..."Just in case I get big again..." I'll probably go ahead and get rid of them once I've maintained goal for a few months. I may use some of them for art projects. But I don't have a special attachment to them. I do have a handful of garments that are only a size or two too big, and I'm thinking about getting them tailored.

[Veal2Steel]

Fivestone, I really recommend you get rid of those clothes! Why put in your brain even the slightest thought you can gain some of the weight back? Trust me, having NOTHING bigger to wear in your closet (or packed away somewhere in your house) is incentive to stay on your program. What fun is it to have to go out and buy bigger clothes?

[MoniqueDiet]

I think making a quilt is a great idea. This way you keep something that is sentimental but also you would have a gentle reminder on how far you have come in your goals.

Monique

[k8yk]

Nothing makes me happier than getting rid of clothes that don't fit because they're too big. They're just clothes. But I'm not a sentimental person, so I can't really relate to this. For instance, I don't have an emotional attachment to my hair like so many women seem to have.

I guess, I have to wonder what is it about the clothes that "means so much" to you? I have a few things that were handed down from my mother, but other than that, clothes are just clothes. To me emotional attachments are reserved for people, not things.

The quilt idea is awesome But I would suggest you stop wearing clothes that's too big for you - it just makes you look frumpy and possibly a bit nuts Even pajamas- I realized I was wearing all this huge clothes around the house and my man was never getting to see my hot new body! What a waste. So I got rid of all the giant t-shirts and sweat pants and traded them in for some cute little nighties and smaller t-shirts and sweat pants.

Keep moving forward. Don't let items from the past hold you back! Enjoy your accomplishment.

[JEN3]

Take them to a Consignment Shop and make a little money off them. OR give them away to the truly needy.

[fivestone]

Originally Posted by Veal2Steel

Fivestone, I really recommend you get rid of those clothes! Why put in your brain even the slightest thought you can gain some of the weight back? Trust me, having NOTHING bigger to wear in your closet (or packed away somewhere in your house) is incentive to stay on your program. What fun is it to have to go out and buy bigger clothes?

You have a really good point, and believe me, I intend to do everything in my power to stay small. At that same time, I know that I've gained weight in the past, not just from poor eating/exercise habits (which I don't think will be a problem in the future!), but from various medications. I'm hoping that I'll be able to manage that condition with the current weight-neutral meds, but if not, then I guess I'll have to do what I do... and in the event of it causing a gain, I didn't want to have to buy a completely new wardrobe. :/

As I'm sitting here typing this, I'm mulling this over some more. Maybe I'll cross that bridge with the medication if and when I ever have to come to it (and in that case, get clothes that I find more attractive and feel more comfortable in than, honestly, the clothes down in the basement.) Hmm... I'll update this space if I end up getting rid of the clothes!

[joyfulloser]

I'd keep the fat clothes. Been there...done that. Like you said...it could happen due to one reason or another. Owning fat clothes will NOT make you gain all the weight back. That's a ridiculous notion! In these harsh economical times, waste is just not something any of us can afford.

BTW, I keep size 18's, 16's, 14's, 12's, 10's and my current size 6's. I just keep the big clothes downstairs in a backroom closet! Heck...just a gain of 10 lbs or less can leave you clothesless! Just something to think about from another perspective. Congrats on your loss!

[MiniMeee]

I'm not keeping any old clothes. I don't ever want to go back to that dark place. Those clothes were frumpy and uncomfortable anyway. I say, get rid of them. Don't give yourself an excuse to fail, again. Believe that you will succeed, have faith in yourself.

[4xcharm]

I have a cedar chest that contains clothes that are both too small and too big. They are beautiful wonderfully constructed items and to replace them would be too expensive. I take them out once in a while just to look at them practically as art objects. And, like someone else said, after a year or so, I sometimes feel better about donating them. My regular closet is a whirlwind of constantly changing items. This "Art Chest" moves much, much more slowly.

[mylifeswork]

I get rid of fat clothes the second they are too big and trust me, some of them were really nice and expensive. They can be an excuse to go backwards. And, like everyone else I keep the skinny clothes as incentive!