Originally Posted by Ophelia924:
....It was when my own mother pantsed me that I knew I had to do something about the clothes in my closet.

:rofl: and BIG congrats on your amazing loss! :carrot:

Jenguin, I definitely will toss out my 'fatter' clothes once I am solidly two sizes away from them. I also periodically clean out the closet, I do shop at thrift stores/consignment shops and sometimes get something 'just because it's such a bargain' and end up never wearing it.

but again hooray for thrift stores because they are such a good source of 'interim' clothes.

i usually save some of my bigger stuff for work because i will disroy a pair of jeans in a year at work. so when it is too big it gets moved into the work pile and stays there until it either has holes in it or i have lost another size.

I just finished going through my closet and trying things on. I had a pair of dress slacks in there that were waaaaaaay too tight just a month ago. Amazing the difference 10 lbs makes. Now, they are almost to the point where they're too big. A pair of jeans that were a tad too snug last week... went up with a lot more ease, this. Clothes that are too big, or that don't 'hang' well... I am NOT keeping. I'm thrilled about the prospect of never seeing OR fitting them again!

I go through my closet every year and get rid of things. In recent years it hasn't been because of weight loss, though. I try to be tough with myself and get rid of anything I haven't worn in a year or more, regardless of how much I like it or hope to fit back into it one day.

Now that I am losing weight, I will be sure to get rid of all the billowy, "flattering," tent-like clothes I have. I will be HAPPY to do it! :D

However, I think I will hold on to at least one outfit, so I can try it on from time to time. It's a big morale boost for me to wear baggy clothes that used to be just right (or almost too small) for me.

This thread made me go look through my closet and WOW I didn't know my body had changed THAT much in a couple of weeks. I looked like I had my hourglass shape back and didn't look bad. I am pleasantly surprised and I'm getting rid of a BUNCH of clothes! (keeping some that I'm almost into and won't wear tight) YAY

I haven't lost enough this time around (and hope its the last time!!) to toss any clothes due to weightloss. I have to lose about 20 lbs before I notice much difference in my clothes size for some reason. Once I lost 33 lbs and my kids (grown) didn't even notice it until I'd lost that much, and one (who rarely sees me even) didn't notice my loss at all!! Makes you wonder...

Anyway...to get back to the topic :-) I go through my closet quarterly usually.

I have the 'hanger rule' in our house, once all of your hangers are used up and have more clothes than hangers then you need to get rid of some clothes. So, about every 3 months I donate a small bag to charity.

Typically, I get rid of clothes as I grow out of them. I do, however, hang on to my biggest pair of pants. They remind me of where I came from and that I never want to go back there.

I meant to keep a pair of my biggest sized pants and i forgot!!! Oh well. I usually clean my closet out anywhere from 3 to 6 months. I just don't think about it very often. I just cleaned it out about 2 months ago. I'm not dropping sizes very quickly now for some reason. Must be because i'm eating too much. lol. I do try to only keep clothes that fit well and clothes that i want to shrink down into. Like they fit, but i don't like the fat roll i can see in the too tight t-shirt, that seem to be in style. The biggest size pants i have in my closet is one pair of size 8's. They fit kinda of like a 6 though so i keep them because i don't have very many pairs of work pants. I really need to buy more pants. I have like 3 pairs of pants. That's 3 days of slacks, one day in a skirt, and fridays i get to wear my only pair of jeans. It was only 2 months ago i finally went and bought me some smaller panties. I wear a size 4 misses pants but was wearing a size 12 misses panties. So...it felt so good to buy myself a size 5 panties. Matter of fact i just bought me some new panties this morning...with tinkerbell on them!! I love tinkerbell. I just couldn't resist. I got them in a size 7 juniors (since i can wear a size 7 junior jeans). Hope they fit.

Okay...sorry for rambling. I just really clean out my closet when i've dropped another size and i think about it. Sometimes, it's like Rayell says, when you run out of hangers, you got too many clothes. lol.