How do you halve your clothing size with only a 35 pound loss? I went from 255 to 220, which is also a 35 pound loss and still wear the same size clothes and I look the same.

Congrats on the weight loss! I recently went from a size 16 to a 6/8. I’m giving away a lot of stuff, consigning some pieces, and saving a bin of my favorite items in case I ever need a different shape in clothing. I rebought a bunch of items in my smaller size on posh/ebay.

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

It is ... because you aren't filling up a landfill.

Maybe I didn't explain well.

No, you are selling the size 8 on Poshmark and buying a size 4 on Poshmark. It's not filling up any landfill.

Personally, I've been giving most of my too big items to a friend who is also on her GLP-1 journey and two sizes behind me. Great for her!

Yeah -- clearly you have been giving stuff away because if you were trying to sell it on Poshmark, you probably wouldn't be all "you are selling the size 8 on Poshmark and buying a size 4" here. Because -- listen up OP -- it can be very difficult to sell on Poshmark, and is generally not at all worth the effort.

OP, just have the clothes taken in. It will be a de minimus cost if you take them to the dry cleaners for tailoring.

lol, you must not tailor clothes, particularly to get them taken in by multiple sizes. Tailored clothes are amazing, but they far from “de minimis” cost.

Congrats, OP! I’m down 30 pounds and went from an 8 to a size 2. I’m loaning all of my larger clothes to my sister who is also taking GLP-1s. Once she no longer needs the larger clothes, I’m going to store them in space bags and put them in a bin. It’s just in case I regain or my body changes as I get older. Go slow on buying new stuff if you’re still losing.

Join your local Buy Nothing group on Facebook. Most of them have "traveling closets" in various sizes. Put all your clothes in the medium traveling closet so someone else can make use of them. As someone who just moved from large sizes to medium sizes, I'd love to find some clothes to wear for a few months until I hopefully make it down to the small sizes. Congrats to you!

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

It is ... because you aren't filling up a landfill.

Poshmark is all secondhand clothes...

Yeah, and even if OP is buying on Poshmark she is unlikely to be successful selling her stuff on Poshmark -- and then the clothes she already has get donated and likely end up in a landfill. If you don't believe me that donated clothes end up in a landfill, well, start Googling.

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

It is ... because you aren't filling up a landfill.

Maybe I didn't explain well.

No, you are selling the size 8 on Poshmark and buying a size 4 on Poshmark. It's not filling up any landfill.

Personally, I've been giving most of my too big items to a friend who is also on her GLP-1 journey and two sizes behind me. Great for her!

Yeah -- clearly you have been giving stuff away because if you were trying to sell it on Poshmark, you probably wouldn't be all "you are selling the size 8 on Poshmark and buying a size 4" here. Because -- listen up OP -- it can be very difficult to sell on Poshmark, and is generally not at all worth the effort.

OP, just have the clothes taken in. It will be a de minimus cost if you take them to the dry cleaners for tailoring.

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

It is ... because you aren't filling up a landfill.

Poshmark is all secondhand clothes...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

It is ... because you aren't filling up a landfill.

Maybe I didn't explain well.

No, you are selling the size 8 on Poshmark and buying a size 4 on Poshmark. It's not filling up any landfill.

Personally, I've been giving most of my too big items to a friend who is also on her GLP-1 journey and two sizes behind me. Great for her!

Anonymous wrote:Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

It is ... because you aren't filling up a landfill.

Congrats OP, I'm in a similar boat. I lost 65 pounds and am also now a 4. Feels great doesn't it?

Since I went from a 12 to a 4 I've needed a new wardrobe more than once along the way.

I've gotten really into buying things from Poshmark including the exact same garments I had and loved before in a smaller size. It's not worth tailoring a size 8 JCrew pencil skirt to a size 4 if the same skirt is on Poshmark for 20 bucks. I also buy a lot from TheRealReal, mostly designers I know well so I am confident about the size and fit of their cuts.

Give away or sell your too big clothing. You're not going back.

Don't buy too much all at once. Build your wardrobe slowly and intentionally.

Congrats. I'm in a similar position. I've lost 45 and although am getting rid of my too-big clothes, I've bought some new ones that are also too big.

I went to the mall and bought jeans and I was so excited to be able to buy "normal" sizes that I just found the size 16s, tried them on, and they were comfortable enough and I bought them. Well, after actually wearing them I realize they are at least one size too big lol. Maybe 2. I'm going to take them to be altered.

So if you really like some stuff you have, have it taken in. General rule of thumb is that it is relatively easy to size most things down 2 sizes or so, and gets trickier after that depending on the garment. But figure out what is worth it and take it to a tailor. For simple stuff, your local dry cleaners can probably do it for you.

I have a bunch of Armani, Theory and other designer clothes picked on The Real Real for when I become thin like you. Great place to find quality stuff for cheaper.

I’d get the stuff you really like dry cleaned and put it away in a bin and store it in a basement or attic… Not saying you will gain the weight back, but you may want some of those clothes if your body changes shape as you age and you can get them tailored then. The stuff that’s not Wonderful, I would drop off at Goodwill.

I am never going back. I feel great. Not a humble brag just really trying to figure out what to do with clothes. I have many nice things that are now much too big for me. Advice? I was an 8/10 now a 4