New clothes

"Paul" wrote in message
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I have some smaller clothes still from years back, mostly jeans. I'm now
able to wear a few of them. I've even got some things that are medium and
right now I'm wearing a extra large. I'm wearing a 40 waist currently
down
from 48. I had quite a few clothes in the 44's, but it didn't take me
long
to lose the waist line. The clothes that are 44 and under I will store
away. I've given all the larger clothes away. I feel like I'm struggling
right now with my weight. It definitely isn't coming off like it did the
last five months, but I'm staying the course, being strong, and continuing
to eat better than ever, so I have no doubt I'm going to make it at least
to
200 pounds and hopefully to my goal of 175.

Paul

Since I'm short and 10lbs can mean a size change for me I tend to keep a
wardrobe of two sizes. I did get rid of all the clothes I wore when I was
at my highest weight but will probably continue to keep a two size wardrobe
of jeans and slacks. Some days the water weight gain alone can mean I feel
much better in jeans that are one size larger.

Beverly




"SnugBear" wrote in message
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"Paul" wrote

I had been giving my
larger clothes to charitable organizations, but have decided to start
keeping clothes just in case I ever gain my weight back. I bought
some $3 Rubbermaid tubs the other day and put away about 10 pairs of
pants and 10 shirts. As I lose more weight I'll probably store more
clothes away as well. If I maintain my goal weight for at least three
to four years I'll probably give those clothes away as well.


New clothes are great and I love Kohl's! I have to go visit my friend
in
New York to shop there though (good excuse, huh? ;-)

I always read that there was no point in keeping clothes that were too
small in hopes of losing weight because if you lost weight, you would
want NEW clothes. Some clothes styles are classic, but if you're
talking
about waiting 4 years, what are the chances you'll want to wear them?

I would only keep one size bigger, but that's me.

--
Walking on . . .
Laurie in Maine
207/110 60 inches of attitude!
Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03

On 6 Feb 2004 02:34:56 GMT, SnugBear wrote:

New clothes are great and I love Kohl's! I have to go visit my friend in
New York to shop there though (good excuse, huh? ;-)

I really like Kohl's, too. They've had a big sale (probably still
going on) of all their winter stuff at like 80% off. I bought a lot
-- got some amazing buys!

I haven't been saving anything that's bigger than I would wear.
(Sometimes I will wear larger sizes than I'd buy now -- particularly
in sweaters and such -- but if I put it on and it's unattractively
big, it goes in the charity pile.) I can't swear that I won't need
the clothes again ever, but I'm not planning on it. If I gain, I'll
just have to buy more.

Chris
262/162/???

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:35:48 -0600, "Paul" wrote:

I feel like I'm struggling
right now with my weight. It definitely isn't coming off like it did the
last five months, but I'm staying the course, being strong, and continuing
to eat better than ever, so I have no doubt I'm going to make it at least to
200 pounds and hopefully to my goal of 175.

Paul, you've lost at an unusually fast rate so far. I don't think you
should expect that to continue. There's no need to be in a hurry --
just stick with it. Don't worry, you'll get there! You're doing
great!

It has taken me 19 months to lose 100 lbs., but that's about the rate
I wanted anyway, so it hasn't bothered me.

Chris