Downsizing My Clothes

This week I had to face the fact that there are some things I can no longer wear.

Not that this is a bad thing.  In fact it is something to be celebrated.

Thankfully I have clothes in a range of sizes that I can downsize into as I have put on weight gradually over the last 5 years.  So I have been trying on things that are in my wardrobe trying to work out what I can no longer wear, what I can wear a bit longer, what I can wear that looks good and what I will be able to wear in the near future.
I have a pile of clothes that are destined for the op shop and the pile is not very big at this stage but it is growing as I go through each draw and cupboard.  When going through my clothes I kept thinking I should keep some of these clothes in case I need them again in the future.  But then I realised that I will never be this size again and by the time next summer rolls around there is no way I will be able to wear anything I was wearing in the summer just gone.  So I really need to be more ruthless and just get rid of all my summer things.

I work from home but go into the office once a month and during my last visit to the office my boss commented that my clothes were looking way too big for me.  She was right.  I had found that my work pants were really baggy and my shirt was billowing.

The benefit of working from home is that I am not having to go out and buy lots of new clothes as I loose weight.  I can get away with wearing baggy things that are too big most of the time and then the few things I have that do fit well are worn when I go out and work in the office.

So far I have not had to buy anything new and I hope to keep this up as long as I can since it will be a waste of money to buy things I may not wear very long.  The few things I think I will have to buy before anything else are new underwear and bras.  Having my knickers fall down or having breasts going unsupported are not experiences that I fancy inflicting on myself or the world at large.

I am looking forward to buying new clothes in the future and I cannot wait to have a much greater range to choose from.  Something tells me this is one of those things that all fat people look forward too when they loose weight.

I will hold out as long as possible but I am excited about shopping in the future.

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