What have you done with your 'too big for you' clothes?
I was going through my closet this weekend trying to find a decent shirt to wear to church, and realized that a lot of what I own now is too big for me. Not that I'm complaining, of course!
I been hesitant to sort through my clothes, I guess part of me is scared to get rid of them - what if I gain it all back again, which has happened before, and then I needed to rebuy all those larger sizes again. But the other part of me is thinking that I need to be in the mindset that this is for life, and I won't go back to being that larger me, so I should just keep looking forward and get rid of the clothes that don't fit me anymore.
What have you done with your clothes, if anything? Anyone else experience that same hesitation/fear of getting rid of those unwearable clothes?
And if you did/do get rid of them, how did you do it? Sell them, donate them to a charity, give them to a friend, burn them, ... ?
I've only gone down one size so far -- but I was so hesitant to buy any new clothes even though I could have used some -- hated to buy that size -- so what I had was in pretty bad shape -- too bad to donate. So, one weekend I took my pile and threw it in the fire place outside and burned it -- it actually felt good to see it go!!!
I am saving mine for when I launch my online clothing exchange for dieters. I have been working on it for awhile now cause as I am going through the sizes I HATE having to buy new clothes...I would much rather swap them with other dieters at Size X change.
I have a few nicer things that I am holding on to that I would love to eventually try to find someone to give them to, as I well remember a well received set of clothes that a friend of mine gave me during hard times. Unfortunately, most of my too big clothes weren't nice enough to bother giving away. It is sad how poorly I was dressing at my highest weight.
If they are decent - off to the Goodwill they go. Otherwise I toss them. I am getting rid of the them the MINUTE they are too big. I don't want to have them around "just in case." I have some nice things because at some point I decided that I wasn't going to dress in shapeless sacks anymore just because I was fat and had actually started buying myself some outfits.
I kept a few shirts that I use to sleep in now -- at my highest weight, I only had one pair of jeans that actually fit. Those I have kept as a reminder of where I used to be. I can fit both of my legs now in one of the legs. I gave my mom the other stuff to sell at her biannual garage sales. I think she still has some of them. I also have a jacket I'm keeping (I used to wear ALL of the time --even in the heat) -- and the Beatles shirt I'm wearing in my one and only "before" pic, I have that around somewhere too. It's a weird comfort to have my old clothes around -- especially when I start feeling bad about how much I weigh now. It always feels good to put them back on and see how far I've come
The good clothes are donated to Goodwill. The cheapie stuff hits the trash. I am getting rid of stuff as it gets too big. I am only keeping two outfits...including the jeans and top I am wearing in my "before" pic to remind me of where I started. I don't want the bigger stuff there as an excuse to let weight creep back on.
I really like the idea of a clothes exchange too FlabulessBeck (great name too!).
I have taken all of my pants to Goodwill, because I know ho hard it is to find plus size pants there. If I have decent shirts, I take them to Goodwill also. Otherwise, to the garbage it goes.
Since most of my stuff is homemade, I can't really sell them, or send them to goodwill, so I donated them to a charity that works with the mentally ill. A lot of the medications that bipolars and schizophrenics have to take really cause serious weight gain. They snapped up all the clothes I had and asked if I had any more.
I've been regularly clearing out the closets with the stuff that no longer fits. I don't want to enable returning to my prior weight in any way, ever. So, a local charity here has been the recipient of lots of stuff. I've kept a few things that I really like which I might get tailored - I've been moving through sizes pretty quickly, and it seems like a shame to have to give some of these things up so soon! (particularly since I still remember how excited I was to fit into them for the first time)
I constantly keep sorting through my clothes, getting rid of the too big ones. I have offered mine on www.freecyclye.org, and always have more requests for them than I can even answer. Right before I started losing weight, my sis had Gastric bypass and gave me a lot of her clothes. I appreciated it so much and feel like others have appreciated my clothes.
I have only kept two items - a pair of pants in size 34 (!) and a 5x shirt. I keep them to remind myself where I started.
What have you done with your 'too big for you' clothes?
