I have been wearing elastic waist basketball shorts ever since my surgery, and since I live in a hot climate and no longer work it hasn't been a problem. I have one pair of khakis that I wear to church, but my wife is getting tired of my "upper class homeless guy" look. I was fine with it, but a couple of weeks ago I had to go out of town to a funeral and realized that I had nothing to wear. SInce we had no shopping time until I had to go, I dug way in the back of my closet and found a sport coat that I had not been able to wear in 15 years and my trusty khakis. I guess I looked semi-presentable. But it did make me think that I need pants since it is now 40 degrees. My wife took matters into her own hands and went shopping. Not wanting to spend a lot, she went to K-Mart. Well she found the sleeved mans Godsend. Dockers style pants with an adjustable waist. They aren't the funky looking elastic waist things either. The look like a nice pair of slacks with this nifty little adjustable thing inside. You may be acquainted with them from tux pants or from little kids jeans. I found that I can make them go down almost 2 inches! The really cool thing is that they cost less than $20! These should work for around 20 pounds of weight loss.

I love those type of pants for my son, but I had no idea they were available for adults too. They are perfect for my very skinny son who is quite tall. If not for those bands, he would either have pants that fall down or were several inches short.

I buy 3 pair of pants and a couple of shirts every two months or so to get things that fit. In September Men's Wearhouse had a 2 for 1 special. One suit got altered the other still has tags and will get altered in about another 10 pounds. Preplan your purchases.

Save money - go to thrift store - salvation army pick up some cheap stuff until your weight becomes stable or if you are not embarrased - out of the closet (gay thrift store) - reason I say this is my gay clients dress really well and they donate their clothing 2 to 3 times a year so it tends to be high quality low wear and tear clothes.