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I Swear I'll Never Wear (fill in the blank) Again!!!
04-14-2008, 04:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 10,489
S/C/G: 257/135/maintaining
Height: 5' 4"
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I Swear I'll Never Wear (fill in the blank) Again!!!
I was sorting through some old clothes today and thinking about the styles that I used to wear: always a long shirt open over a long Tshirt, worn with black stretch pants (because black is slimming, right?  ) Exhibit A is the pants in my avatar photo. Total camouflage wear, designed to cover up the butt. As if! 
Once I lost the weight, there were certain clothes and styles that I swore I would NEVER wear again! Here's my list:
I swear I will never, ever wear:
1. Elastic waist pants (except for gym pants)
2. Long, oversized Tshirts
3. Old lady undies (droopy-dingy-cotton-pull-up-to-the-boobs stuff)
4. Any large floral print that really belongs on a sofa
What's on your list? 
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Meg
Start: 257 - June 1, 2001
Goal: 135 - May 12, 2002
Size 22/size 4
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04-14-2008, 04:57 PM
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*Courtney Rae*
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 764
Height: 5'5
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When i am finished losing i will NEVER wear/buy mens t-shirts (might wear them to bed) but never in public
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04-14-2008, 05:00 PM
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Chicago Peace
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Delta, Ontario, CANADA
Posts: 25,486
S/C/G: 232/181/153
Height: 5'0" on a tall day
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Hmmm... I'm certainly not in maintenance but it's time to purge my wardrobe.
I'm ditching:
- any T-shirt with a message or silly bunnies
- blouses that would only be worn with a power suit
- my tacky chenille robe
- my Red Hat Society regalia - my group is not fun. If I ever join another group, I'll buy new stuff!
- velour except for my purple robe
- pants that are too big for me and not worth the alteration time
There will be more!
Last edited by Ruthxxx : 04-14-2008 at 05:01 PM.
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04-14-2008, 05:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 2,070
Height: 5'7"
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Meg, I think I'm wearing your entire list as I type this!
Anne
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Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams,
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. -from Song of Myself, Walt Whitman
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04-14-2008, 05:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 10,489
S/C/G: 257/135/maintaining
Height: 5' 4"
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You're pregnant, dear Anne! Pregnant ladies get a free pass to wear anything they want to.
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Meg
Start: 257 - June 1, 2001
Goal: 135 - May 12, 2002
Size 22/size 4
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04-14-2008, 06:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 6,148
S/C/G: 200/136/130
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Tunic sweaters.
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04-14-2008, 06:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 7,991
S/C/G: 173/in progress/140ish
Height: 5'8"
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Let's see...
size 12 or 14 anything (I'll keep some 10's around because yesterday's 10 is today's 6 or 8)
non-fitting sweaters or sweater sets (I have too many that are so huge on me they just hang on me)
anything that does not flatter (regardless of whether it fits or not)
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There comes a time when we all need to stop saying "I wish" or "I will", and start saying "I am", so we can later say "I did".
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04-14-2008, 06:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 151
S/C/G: 153/120
Height: 5' 4"
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I agree with you Meg; the first thing I did when I reached my goal weight was to throw out/ give away any pants with an elasticized waist.
I hate them and I wore them for years!
I will never ever wear pants like that again!!!
It was/is a total thrill to join the land of regular waist band pants and zippers.
And those long ( to the hips) shirts/ sweaters -- out the door!! 
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1 year 2 months maintaining! YAY!! 
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04-14-2008, 07:00 PM
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~~Maintainer!~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 2,498
S/C/G: 346/186/186
Height: 5' 9"
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Long (past the hips - disguise you know) blouses that button up the front like a jacket with a T-shirt worn underneath.
"Jeans" with elastic in the waist
Boxy jackets that are wider at the shoulders to try to balance the lower part of my body
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04-14-2008, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 194
S/C/G: 297/137/150
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I am in with giving up my tunic sweaters! I think I used to live in them all winter long. It didn't matter I wore them with work pants, skirts, jeans! Yes, they go with anything but really do not flatter at all.
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Long Term Goal
Starting Weight 1/1/06: 297 lbs.
Weight on Surgery Day 9/5/06: 249 lbs.
Current Weight 10/04/08: 142lbs.
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04-14-2008, 07:41 PM
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Rennie
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3,910
S/C/G: 198/Ticker/120
Height: 4 foot 11 inches
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We just talked about this over the weekend. We were at the mall ( did the 5k ) and I was looking at a few outfits in windows. I was saying that is ok and that is ok. My husband looked at me and said " DEAR, you are not that big now AND YOU ARE NEVER to wear anything that looks like it could come out of the maternity section again." Oh my gosh, he is right. I am never again going to wear anything I could have worn when I was preggie lol. I happen to like old lady panties lol. I do not like how any other kind of panties fit under pants. I want my panties to stay all the way down around my behind not ride up even a little. I think woman look terrible when you can see a panty line half way up their buns lol.
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Starting Date April 4, 2011
BMI 04/04/11 ( 44.01 ) BMI 07/13/11 ( 40.05)
A few things I have learned in life:
Everything is a choice; we make the choice to be what we want to be or just talk about being what we want to be.
Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
God, keep your arms around my shoulders and your hands across my mouth.
We take the lessons we have learned in life into our future. We leave our bad habits in our past.
Last edited by Shy Moment : 04-14-2008 at 09:55 PM.
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04-14-2008, 07:58 PM
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Just for today...
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,101
S/C/G: 191/190/165
Height: 6'0'
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grandma bras with the huge shoulder straps
My DH's jeans
frumpy jumpers (you know how they "hide" your waist???)
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04-14-2008, 08:10 PM
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Future Glamazon
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: California
Posts: 684
S/C/G: 254/198/170
Height: 6'2"
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Empire-waist blouses, especially the ones that tie in back.
Oh yes, they are somewhat flattering, but the end result is that I also look pregnant. 
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Last edited by Apple Cheeks : 04-15-2008 at 07:16 PM.
Reason: spelling!
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04-14-2008, 08:15 PM
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Constant Vigilance
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Fremont, CA
Posts: 2,822
S/C/G: 150/132/<130
Height: just under 5'4"
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I hope I never have to wear a size 12 or higher again! If I do, things have gone horribly wrong. 
No more giant oversized sweaters! And no more XXL t-shirts and other oversized shirts! I used to wear a lot of really large shirts.
No more men's t-shirts. I still can't wear one in any size--XS small fits through the shoulders but is too tight in the hips. Large fits in the hips but hangs off me in the shoulders. You know what: it's not me--it's the shirts! From now on, I only wear t-shirts designed for women.
No more unflattering clothes. At the size I am now, if it doesn't look good on me, it's not me, it's the clothing. Before I would buy stuff that didn't look good and then try to camouflage it, because, well, nothing really looked good. No more.
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My Before and After Pics
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04-14-2008, 08:17 PM
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Finding My Bliss
Join Date: May 2007
Location: California
Posts: 2,916
S/C/G: Fit & Fat!
Height: Tall & Strong, Baby!
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As I maintain what I've lost and continue to reduce my size, I know I will never wear size 26/28 or 22/24 AGAIN!!!! 
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"I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants." -Gandhi
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