That's nice.

When I was fat, I used to wear XL clothes. Now I wear M sized
clothes. I wore XL clothes a long time after I lost weight, until they
wore out. I still have some big clothes that I am keeping. I decided
not to burn any bridges, the statistics of weight regain is grim and I
do not want to spend money again on items that I could keep.

I think that there is a value in recognizing the dangers.

You're lucky you have clothes to move into.  I've been through a couple of
wardrobe changes already.

I donated my stuff.  I still have some things to give away, too.  i'm sure
someone is up hundreds of dollars in clothing.

Wise.  You might want to hang on to just one size larger, though. so you'll
have something to wear just in case you creep up, but only one size.

Have fun.  Almonds don't work around me.

You've done an AWESOME job, Cubit!  Only 25 lbs to go!

Yes, I've found that it's very important to get rid of large fitting
clothes as soon as you can. I didn't a while back, and found myself
fitting back into them :-(

On a happier note, I'm back into size 34 jeans now. It took searching
through literally *every* men's clothing store at the outlet mall, but I
found one with four pairs of size 34, 29 inch length jeans. Yes, I
bought all four pairs. I'm 5' 10" but my legs are somewhat shorter than
average for my height. So my jeans have a tendency to be too long when I
buy the standard 30 inch length. They usually wear out by fraying at the
bottoms of the legs. 29 inch lengths are a bear to find.

While rummaging through some boxes of old clothes I did find a pair of
32 jeans, which I can barely fit into. Maybe by summer. And most odd of
all, I found two pair of size 30 jeans. I have *no* idea why I have
those. I cannot ever remember wearing that size. They look to be in new
condition. We'll see.

I got rid of all my old size 38 jeans (I never wore larger than that,
though for a while I was busting out in them), and many of my 36 jeans,
I'll keep some of the newer ones until I can find more size 34 in 29
length. I also got rid of many of my old XL shirts and 17 1/2 dress
shirts. I'm still keeping a few while we're in winter, and I'll buy
smaller ones for next winter. I've got a long of medium sized shirts
that people bought for me as gifts over the years that I could never
wear, so I'm actually all set in that dept.

One of my problems from the past is that I would tend to wear baggy
shirts, I guess thinking that if the clothes didn't fit me "tightly" I
wouldn't look heavy. Wrong. After watching a few episodes of "What Not
To Wear" (don't laugh) I've realized that if you wear properly fitting
clothes, you actually tend to look less overweight.

That sounds like a photo opportunity : )

Nicky.

<snip>

That *is* exciting!
Becasue I gained my weight fairly rapidly after a prolonged illness a few
years ago, I saved all my old clothes.  They're in plastic tubs marked by
size.  As I've lost weight it's been like getting a new wardrobe, opening a
tub and finding clothes I can wear  that I had forgotten about.

My biggest thrill size-wise was when I bought a new suit.  I've gone from a
size 50 down to a 44 jacket.
--
Peter
website:  http://users.thelink.net/marengo

Awesome Cubit!!! You're almost there.

I wish I had some old clothes to fit into again. I got rid of ALL my
too small clothes in October. Most of them were out of style anyway ;p

I'm going to wait until June to buy new clothes, hopefully in *much*
smaller sizes. Then what I have now will likely go to the diabetes red
boxes like my old clothes.

I guess not having anything to fit into down the line is as good an
excuse to shop as any *grin*

-----
285.5/260.5/120 monthly-goal: 5