Ok PEOPLE.. How do you feel about your weight loss, and burning your fat clothes.

I feel so GOOD about my weight loss. I have worked so hard to lose this little amount of weight. And i am still in the battle zone... I have changed my goal.. I don't have one set number.. Right now.... I just want to lose 20 pounds ever 3 months. I know that is a lot, but I feel GREAT about what little i have lost, and i don't care for it to come back. SO I WANT TO TAKE MY TIME... I am in my 16-18.... Them 20-22's that was trying to move in on me... GONE! Yeah.. I am going to burn them.. That is something I want to do.. I am not going to do this until i am out of all my sizes, and right at my 15-16 or my 14-15. Yeah that is where i would love to be.. But i do look sexy in a 15-16 i have hips... And i am not going to lie about the jam or the jelly... I don't have a problem with them hips.. My man loves them.... BUT>... I want my smaller size jeans... My goal for august the 29 my b day is to be 160.. But if i am not 160 by my b day.. I will still feel great about my weight loss..

~Lynn

hey - that's a good idea.  i'm not going to burn them, but i might take some size 12s to the hospice thrift store.

Yeah Mariamck, I was thinking that would be a great way of getting rid of the fat clothes. I am not going to take mines to any where.. If i was to do something like that.. I would have a I am giving it to you for free yard sale.. Hey.. Now that i think about it.. Hummmmm....... My kids grand mother church gives clothes away every year to the pubic for free every 2 to 3 years.. Hummmmm... I may ask her they are going to do that again.... I went one year for my little girls and got a lot of clothes for her.. She loves yard sales my daughter does, and the word free. LOL.... Now she is looking for fat free treats and other things that has the word free in it.. My teen is funny, and she is fun to be with..

I'm kind of scared to get rid of my "fat clothes."  The last time I did that, I eventually gained even more than I had lost.

but I can recognize that hanging onto fat clothes can be a self-fulfilling prophecy thing.

I don't know.  I'm between sizes right now so I have time to deal.

I took mine to a charity consignment shop.  I made a little money and bought new stuff with it.  I even bought 1 size smaller clothes, which are in the back of my closet, just waiting to be worn.  I love it!

I am excited for you - but I would donate them to a womens shelter.

I sold em on ebay and bought the next smaller size on ebay too - gettin rid of em because I am NOT going there again!

:o) I just had fun tearing through my closet tossing out clothes that are *way* too big -- I've lost 42(!!) lbs in the last 4-5 months, with probably about that much more to go - but a bunch of my clothes just don't fit any more - I can't wait to take it all to the goodwill and never see it again!

... and I definately never plan to be anywhere near that size ever, ever again - so I don't want the clothes hanging around taking up closet space!

I gather up every stitch that was over an eightteen and gave it away on freecycle.  I have lots of closet space now.  Just waiting to get some sixteens.

i donated mine.  I lost 97 pounds adn my dresser lost 32 pounds.

I started out wearing 24W and 26W.  As I dropped two sizes I cleared out my closet.  Currently I have only 16s and 18s, and XL tops.  Yep, from a 3x to normal persons XL.  I got rid of mine because I refuse to fit back into them.  Currently the 18s fit sightly loose, and the 16s just fit.  If the 18s ever "just fit" again, I know I have stopped being serious and need to get serious again.  When I reach a new size I only buy a few things becuase I am going to keep dropping!

I think its a real shame to burn your fat clothes
BUT I can see why you want to do it
perhaps burn one really old thing then give the rest to someone who needs them or a charity shop
there are lots of people who will need them and much better to recycle than to waste
its so expensive to keep buying new thinner clothes not every can afford to do it

I gave away ALL my fat clothes as and when they became too big BUT I saved my very favourite fat dress and it is kept lovingly in the back of the wardrobe as a reminder

I am always hesitant to throw out/give away/'lose' any of my clothes, but that's mostly because I'm a pack-rat. I get separation anxiety when I have to choose what to pack or give away. I am that person who packs a duffel for a weekend at the cottage, just so I will a)have what to wear for every conceivable occasion including blizzards in June (swear to God) b)be able to put on one outfit, hate it, put on another, hate that one too, and finally have no time to change out of the third outfit before it's time to go anywhere...It drives my mother crazy. =)

Every now and then, I go through my closet and pile up those items that I will absolutely never wear again (either because of weight loss-gain or it's just plain-ugly-what-the-hell-was-I-thinking?), and give them to my cousins or friends. (Everyone loves to shop Chez Jess). Then, I look at clothes that I still love, but that are too big. And then a warm, wonderful feeling washes over me.

I live in jeans, and so including my 'fat' jeans, I probably have around 15-20 pairs of pants (can you say 'obsessive-shopping-compulsion 10 times fast?). I packed up all the jeans that were 'way too big'. And given my size, it's not a very drastic waist-size change, just a couple of inches here and there. But when you try on old jeans, declare 'Look! They don't fit! They are falling off my butt! *conspicuous tug goes generously ignored by observer*', yank them off without unbuttoning them, and pack them away in an obscure drawer, it's just a rush.

Today is day 365......I started my new lifestyle May 21st, 2007.....tomorrow starts year 2.

Today's recorded weight shows a total loss in the past year of 98.8 pounds.  They are lost, and I never ever ever plan on looking for them again!!!!

Would have been nice to have hit the 100 pound milestone at the year mark - but, alas, that wasn't to be.  But that's OK.

I am thrilled with things.  I am thrilled with me.  And I WILL hit that 100 pound milestone very soon. 

I set an arbitrary goal of 150 when I started this - so I have 61.2 pounds to go.  When I get there I will decided based on body feeling and mind whether I got for the next 10.  But in all honesty, I cannot think that far ahead - I take it day at a time and record my weight on sundays.  Looking too far ahead could be self-defeating.  But looking back on the past year is wonderful.  And the best part about it - it doesnt feel like it has been a year! 

Just feels GOOD ! ! ! ! !

umm - that should say I startd May 21st 2006....up there ^^