skinney clothes
 

yes, we all have a few token items, that we have saved, in order to fit in them 'soon' but where do i draw the line, i have;
i am currently a size 14;
2 skinney jeans (one size 9, one size 4)
1 jeans size 11
1 jean shorts size 11
2 coats (one large fancy coat, one medium leather)
a bunch of old t-shirts that i really need to toss (medium)
a few dress shirts for work, size 8,
3 dresses, size small,
but everything else is GONE-donated,
from size 6 all they way up...
what do you suggest, should i donate this stuff?:?:
what do YOU have?

If it's stuff that you like and it's still fashionable then no I wouldn't get rid of it. I'd keep it. It is totally doable to get back into them.

Save it and keep it as clothing to let you know how far you've come along the way. Sometimes the scales are evil but clothing is a certain "marker" for your success.

i have a bunch of clothes that i bought the last time i was losing weight that were tight when i bought them, but i figured they would fit becuase i thought i was going to keep losing...but soon they will fit more properly. i am excited to be a size 9 or 7. i have never been either of those!

Just throw it out! LOL It will be more fun to re-buy those things when you fit into those sizes again. Or maybe keep ONE thing in each size and toss the rest.

I just keep the "skinny" clothes that are either so original i don't think i'll find an equal replacement, or the ones that are very nice/expensive. For me, its a total of about 6 items which are my fav old skinny jeans, size 9 (almost there!), a couple of pairs of dress pants for work that were expensive, and a couple of cute dresses.

I kept some of the things that I absolutely love and just can't bear to part with. Other than that I just went ahead and donated everything. I agree with the poster that said it would be more fun buying things later. That's very true. :)

i have 2 things i'm saving to wear again when i hit my goal one is my winter coat suede sized at 13/14 and my little black dress thats a medium, and now that i'm not worried about having more kids the sexy tops i had bought in my thin days are going on the goal.
i think i kept my size 14 jeans i hope i did i know i gave my 12s away perhaps my 11s too
i do have 1 thing i wont get rid of even tho i know i wont wear it again but its my wedding dress(its a blue flowered sundress) thats an 11/12

i have a pair of 27 seven jeans that i could, when i was 132, get up around my butt but not button (there were like 3 inches!) and i will not give those up! my roomate who is v. thin borrowed them once without asking and then asked me again and i let her but i think i made it clear that I didn't want to. haha. it didnt help that the reason she was borrowing them was that she was too "big" for her jeans or that I want to have them be perfect and unworn when i finally get to wear them! i think they would probably fit me at 128.

also - my goal is to get so i dont have these love handles so i can wear sexy tops again! with my gigantic rack (hehe its true) i need to have a totally thin stomach or else I just look chubby :(

I own several pairs of wickledly expensive jeans that I could squeeze into, but I'm going to sell them on eBay. It's just not feasible for me to lose weight when I don't need to (I'm a TRUE size 26/2, which is about a size 25/0 due to vanity sizing these days now, and my jeans all fit a size 24, which I will not squeeze in. Muffintops = not cute)

I am in all of my small clothing. This is the smallest I've been in my adult life however I did recently get rid of all of my "fat clothing" except for my one starting out that I take pictures in. I can't wait to be able to buy skinny clothing.

Last winter I donated alot of things to SA. It was a bag full of "Denial" at the time ... lol ... but I did save a few things that I LOVED ... 7 items ... folded neatly in the the back of my closet. ... tied together by a belt I can't fit either ... :lol: ... some are some really nice pieces most being sizes 10-18... they represent all of the phases of my overall goal ... 150 ... but I'd rather start off with a newer wardrobe as I progress ...

What's interesting, is I'm the smallest I've been since 7th grade (I'm in Juniors 13s now, and I was wearing Juniors 13s when I came into 7th grade). So, I didn't have any clothes to save. I gave all my too-big clothes away over the summer. I HAVE, however, bought some smaller sizes for inspiration :) I have a couple pairs of jeans in size 11 and a pair in size 9 that I bought over the summer!

Through the years I've amassed quite a clothing collection. Except for the odd item I come across in my closet (or a box) that I now think is fugly, I can't bear to part with my things. My dd is 9 now and if I can't wear them hopefully she will get to. I remember being 16/17/18 and wishing my Mom had saved more of her 'vintage' clothing. LOL.

My only concern is that we're built different. I always had a small waist, w/ excess weight going to my thighs first. She has lovely slim legs, but w/ a bit of a tummy. Could be the age though?

Anyway, I think u should keep your stuff if possible.

My vote is to keep what you love, and toss the rest.

When I started gaining weight back, I tossed most of my skinny clothes that I didn't love. The stuff I still have is a pair of size 11 jeans, some size 9 goth pants :devil: (Hey, I was darn proud of those...these were bought after my doc told me I could lose all the weight I wanted, but I'd never get a single digit size over my hips :p), and a green size 12 formal gown.

Everything else went the way of the dinosaur. :angel: If I'd held on to everything, my closet would be overflowing. I am nothing if not a clothes horse.

Keep them all!

I kept my skinny clothes from back in 2005. My girlfriend kept telling me that I should give them away or sell them to a consignment shop since she didn't think I'd ever be able to fit them again.

I can fit almost all of them now and it feels like victory every day! :devil: BWAHAHA! I WIN! I shop for new clothes right in the comfort of my own closet. It will be such a rewarding feeling when you can do the same. :)

Madame
 

I love that you have 7 items of clothing wrapped in a belt that doesn't fit. Great Idea---- LOL, that is so me, and I love the way you worded that, very funny. That is great. See this is the stuff I love on here. =)~

I kept one suit that fit for maybe a month (size 6). One dress (size S). Some lingerie (I can dream can't I?)
The rest went to Goodwill and the Women's shelter resale shop. I figured that I would deserve a shopping spree if I ever got back down to that weight.

Fast forward to 7 years later:
Since I kept almost nothing - I have been to Goodwill shopping for "in-between" clothes the last month. NOTHING fits anymore. While this is awesome, my work wardrobe is dwindling to a bunch of oversize clothes that really do not fit. What a wonderful problem to have!!!

I say keep it all, but I am a HUGE packrat. I have every pair of jeans I've owned since 10th grade that weren't falling apart. My pants range from 14-24, and it is my goal to one day be able to throw away that one size 14 because it's too big. I also have a lot of shirts hanging around, too. Mostly of my shirts back in the day were t-shirts, and most fit me now anyway, but I do have several "nice" shirts that are too small. I hope to toss them one day because they are too big as well.