Calling all those who have lost weight.

Has anyone any ideas or thoughts on haveing a second hand clothes section?

Those of you who are dropping the lbs must have loads of clothes that can be re-cycled.

What do you all do with your spares?

I haqte waste and as I hope to lose weight (I ahve a lot to lose) I will hopefully go through several sizes before I reach my goal. It seems silly to buy a whole NEW wardrobe of clothes at every turn.

Would love to hear of any ideas on how we could have our own Ebay type clothes shop.

kind regards, Wobbly

I just use the local thrift store as a second wardrobe... as my clothes get too big I put them in a box and when it's full I go and donate it and buy replacements. They're only a couple of bucks each, and that way I know that somebody else will get the benefit later on.

yeah, this comes up on a fairly regular basis, wobbly, and i'm some swaps have been arranged, but it's much more economical for us to swap locally rather than send our old clothes all over the world.  for the cost of postage, you can probably give away your old stuff and buy at a thrift store (plus, you're helping out a local charity).

I think this is a GREAT idea.  I have so many clothes that don't fit (although in my case, they're still too small), but I know that some of my work slacks are feeling a little bigger than they used to...

I too feel the stress of trying to manage to look OK without spending hundreds of dollars every weekend on new clothes that fit better.

Thanks for the post!

Sign up for freecycle!  You can sign up in your local area and give your old clothes to people who want them and get new stuff all for free.  Just check out Freecycle.org

I do the same as kajikit and put the big clothes in a box and drop them off at a charity station or a thrift store.  Fortunately, I still have lots of old smaller clothes in different sizes that I'm starting to work through.  I also let my friends and family know if I have some clothes in their sizes that I can't wear... but they all wear smaller sizes than me - so off to charity it goes.

You could always go to craigslist.org to sell them/give them away without having to pay fees like eBay.  I had a friend who also used to have a swap group for kids clothes on some Yahoo group.

Thanks for the info, I had never heard of freecycle or craigslist before, cant wait to get rid of stuff now, not only clothes.

Hi ... Part of my former wardrobe  I've given to a pregnant friend. Although they're not maternity they are appropriate and very stylish. I haven't waisted money by throwing them away, and she doesn't have to spend money on clothes she will only wear for a few months.

 I also have sent other larger pants to a friend who when we met, we were the same size( much smaller). We both then gained weight and as it turns out we were the same larger size. She now has all my very cute jeans etc., and is inspired by my progress to also lose weight. Then she will send them off to someone her size who wants to lose weight. We call it the sisterhood of the traveling pants.

As for new items, I am sceptical to purchase until I hit my goal weight. I do have items that haven't seen the light of day for several years. I feel amazing getting back into them. I hope to purchase a few quality pieces. I'm really trying to pinpoint my true style so that i can reflect the best most confident me.

Through my whole weight loss process I think I've given about 15 big trash bags of clothes to Goodwill, no exaggeration. There were some pants that I only wore once or twice before they were too big and I needed the next size down. So much waste, ugh. Well hopefully there's a really tall heavy girl in the area who is benefiting from my weight loss.