Did anyone have difficulty getting rid of your old clothes after weight loss surgery

Did anyone have difficulty getting rid of your old clothes after weight loss surgery, i dont why im have hard time getting rid of clothes when I weight over 600 lbs, half the clothes I use to wear where homemade by mom and i, Also I think when I throw them away or give them away i think i might need them again for some reason

I kept one pair of pants and donated the rest. I've not regretted getting rid of them in 17 years.

Every so often I'll take out those size 24s and be grateful for my 10/12s

Keep something so you can look back at where you started but don't ever think that you will need them again.

I have one top that I bought about a month before my surgery (size 28) that I keep as a "reminder". Otherwise everything else is gone. I never had a problem getting rid of anything. I currently wear a medium top and small petite pants.

I'm 6ft tall and have been since I was 13. Petite would never be in my vocabulary.

I don't think anyone would consider me overweight in any way

Did anyone have difficulty getting rid of your old clothes after weight loss surgery, i dont why im have hard time getting rid of clothes when I weight over 600 lbs, half the clothes I use to wear where homemade by mom and i, Also I think when I throw them away or give them away i think i might need them again for some reason

keeping old clothes give you permission TOneed them again. Gives you permission to gain becsuse youknow you have clothes to grow back into.

its easier to let yourself gain when you know you have big clothes on hand .

Not here! I kept one pair of jeans for a reminder and got rid of the rest. I hope that my old "favorite" tops are some else's favorites now

I did keep one outfit as a reminder of where I came from. The rest I let another super morbidly obese friend have first dibs at, and the rest I donated. I never want to go back there again. I do understand the sentimentality since your mom made them, though. I guess another option is to pack them up in a box and put them in storage - and hope you'll never have to wear them again!

I couldn't wait to get rid of my old clothes and donated them!

Sounds like you have good memories associated with those clothes, of you and your mother making them. Perhaps you might cut squares out of each garment and make a quilt. That way you can get rid of the clothes, but still have something to commemorate the good times.

Of course, you don't need to get rid of the clothes if you don't want to! I suspect most of us weren't very fond of our clothes anyway. As I got bigger, I had to settle for buying clothes that fit, rather than clothes I loved. I had no great desire to keep them. Since you were making your clothes, you probably have nice things that you really liked.

I kept the outfits I wore to both my WLS and it's revision. Having a reminder of where you've been is a good thing, having an excuse to go back there isn't IMO.

Keep something that is meaningful to you and then let the rest go so it can help someone else. This can be a fun part of the process!