At what point do you get rid of your “fat clothes”
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Anonymous
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I’ve lost almost 30 pounds in the last year going from a size 8/10 to a size 4. Yes I used a GLP-1 and I plan to stay on a low dose for maintenance for the foreseeable future.
Most of my clothes simply don’t fit anymore. Pants just fall off and even with a belt I can’t wear them. Dresses just hang. I’ve bought some new pieces to fill in but I have everything still in my closet. At what point do I just toss all of the clothes that are too big? Is it worth tailoring some of my favorites (I have a dress that I loved when I was bigger that is a size 10 that I think I might try to tailor down but who knows how much that will cost…). Of course I’m worried about gaining it back but hoping I can stay at this weight and size at this point. At what point did you move on from your bigger wardrobe? |
Anonymous
| I was so thrilled that as soon as they were baggy the clothes were donated. |
Anonymous
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Get rid of it
You can always buy new if you need to I lost 90lbs and have kept it off. The fat stuff is gone. It’s liberating. |
Anonymous
| I’d box it up and keep it in a closet, especially anything you truly love. If in two years you never have need of them, awesome, donate them then. |
Anonymous
| Keep the things you really like or were hard to find or high quality (for me: pants, maybe a few classic sweaters or jackets) but get rid of anything you don't love or that is trendy (e.g., many tops will look dated in a few years). Box up the former and revisit in a year. |
Anonymous
| 3 years and I am still afraid of the 50 pounds I lost and the clothes, sizes 8 and 10 are in 3 boxes in our basement (now a 2-4). Maybe some day I will be comfortable enough to get rid of them, but some day is not here yet |
Anonymous
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I got rid of everything I didn't love and packed the rest away in an airtight box and put it in the basement just in case. I don't have anything that I can tailor.
I deeply regret getting rid of all my really nice pre-baby clothes. Screw you a-holes who told me to donate it all because either I would never lose the weight or it wouldn't be in style when I did lose the weight. ALL that stuff from 20 years ago is 100% in style right now. |
Anonymous
Yep. And the quality of the stuff that I gave away isn’t possible to replicate now. I’m still regretting giving away the sueded silk Dana Bachman stuff. |
Anonymous
I could have written this post. |
Anonymous
| I kept my clothes when I lost a lot of weight naturally, and lucky i did as I slowly put most of it back on in the subsequent years. Now I am losing again with glp1s, I am not sure. I hope this time it’s permanent… |
Anonymous
| I lost a lot of weight during the pandemic; it fell off me due to a lot of stress and family deaths. I bought new clothes and was happy to wear them--it was the only good thing to come out of that horrible time. I kept the weight off for several years but got cancer and instead of losing weight I have been putting it on--steroids are part of my chemo regimen. i'm glad I've been able to raid my basement storage room for bigger clothes instead of having to go to stores. Bodies are unpredictable. Keep them if storage isn't a problem and you're not a trend-chaser. |
Anonymous
| Glad I didn’t get rid of it because eventually I gained it back after going off the GLP |
Anonymous
| I lost weight without GLP-1s in 2020 and got rid of my old 10/12s immediately. I haven't needed anything larger than a 4 since then. |
Anonymous
| I worry about this too. I went down two dress sizes and nothing fits. It’s actually kind of depressing because I loved my clothing so much. I’m not going to get rid of them yet. |
Anonymous
Get alterations on the clothes you love. I did this. It's not cheap but it's much less experience than replacing them. |