Sadly, I have given away SOOOOOOOO many fat clothes over the years because I swore I would NEVER wear them again, and very sadly I had to bite the bullet and go and repurchase fat clothes because I didn't have anything to wear once I fell off the wagon. I never bought as nice as clothes on the way up and always looked frumpy because I never thought I would stay there long, so depression would become a vicious cycle, and eventually overtake me. To *ME* it was way more depressing having to spend more money (that I really couldn't afford) than to just dig out something from the past...
SO this time around I did things different....(I did everything different

). I have neatly boxed up every nice outfit in totes, and have stacked them in the attic hopefully to be rid of by my children at my estate auction after I'm dead and gone. I don't ever want to see them again, but just in case, they are there all ready for me if I should ever need them again. I guess this way I don't feel so bad spending massive amounts of money on new skinny clothes because I know I won't have to repurchase fat clothes if something goes haywire.
Anything that had stains, holes or "chub rub" was thrown away, underwear and bras were also thrown away.
I guess that 2-5% statistic of people actually keeping the weight off is a little to low for me to feel comfortable yet.