Hi everyone!

I'm about a week and a half post op and have lost about 36 pounds since pre surgery. I had an ankle injury that has had me off work for 8 weeks. I was at my highest weight when I left.

Fast forward to today, I start work next Tuesday and I'm finally putting on my work clothes and I look like I'm swimming in most shirts. Do you continue to wear baggy or look for fitted clothes right away? I'm struggling with what to do! I feel like I'm wearing a parachute in some shirts!

What did you do when this happened? Did you go fitted or kept wearing baggy clothes for awhile?

I wore my clothes until they were literally falling off of me and then when I finally bought new ones, I bought clothes I had to SQUEEZE into so they would last me a long time before I had to buy more. I've never been overly concerned with my appearance at work, though, so I didn't really care what others though of my super huge or super tight clothes. If you are more self-conscious about that sort of thing, try hitting up Goodwill or Salvation Army for some cheap, used clothes. You'll be dropping off a lot of old clothes at those places soon anyway!

I am in the same predicament. I had no choice but to donate almost all of my clothes because they looked ridiculous on my smaller frame. So I bought a few staple items for work: 2 pants, 4 shirts, couple of button up sweaters, some tanks to alternate. I purchased these items during after Xmas sales so I didn't spend a lot of money. I'm trying not to but anything else till spring.

Check out the thrift stores...I didn't have much luck there...but I did get some jeans and shirts on clearance at wal mart. Heck I still do. Now that I can wear clothes that aren't plus size...I rack up on clearance!!! Don't buy but a few things at a time...you will not be in them long. I had one pair of jeans and one pair of dress pants and a few blouses....Best to all of you!!

Discount stores like ross dress for less became my friend. I found that dresses are much more forgiving than slacks. I think it looks okay to have a loose dress but floppy sacky looking pants is not a good look. I found many acceptable dresses in the $12-15 range so I was able to keep 3-4 decent looking outfits throughout my journey.

Now that my weight is stable, i wear fitted but not tight clothing. Unless my weight bounces, and then it is snug... and reminds me I must quickly eliminate those pesky extra pounds.

I bought the cheapest possible clothes I could find and I have been donating them on the way down. If you're losing slowly it may not be as much of an issue. But I'm not spending $50-60 on jeans that will fall off me in a month or two.

I honestly didn't start buying fitted until I'd approached closer to my goal weight. The body adjusts so much after the weight loss that it's hard to tell exactly how things will fit even a month after you've bought it. I also felt like if I bought something fitted and something stuck out, popped out, or fell out...I'd feel a bit defeated despite all the great success. That's just my personality though.

However...just after surgery I *did* buy a few "dream shirts and pants" that were (what I considered) waaaay small and it'd be heaven if I fit into them. I'm wearing them today!

Best of luck on your journey!

Edited January 16, 201511 yr by AlwaysVegas

I've been wearing as many dresses and skirts as possible because they look so much better than my huge pants. The crotch in most of my pants comes a good way down my thigh, and they are still pulled up to my waist. They are just looking really sloppy.

Isn't it a nicer problem to have than too tight clothes??

Leggings are miraculous and will fit at all kinds of weights! You can wear them under dresses and skirts, etc.

resale/comsignment shops or gw! I go thru a size a month. I had to start picking up things here an there after a wk also. I hit clearance racks also. you will feel better by going an picking up a few pants an shirts. I got rid of a ton of clothes. I am now digging out boxes I have had for 4 yrs or so an going thru an see now what I can wear especially with it being soo cold out! CONGRATS!!!!

Honestly I found that I felt better if I always had at least one outfit that fit well. I shopped goodwill (amazing steals on high end stuff) ross TJ Maxx etc. I didn't need a lot, but something that fit.

I had a lot of weight to lose, and I had clothes in many sizes. So at first, for probably the first 60-70 pounds, I had things I could wear. As all of it got to be too big, I watched for sales and bought super inexpensive but high quality items. I was lucky and needed things as they had big winter sales. Seriously, like $10 for shirts and pants. I found that I could find lots of things in the "normal" people sized in XL like that. So I bought things a little snug, and wore them until they were a little big. I don't look good in dresses so that was not an option for me. I always made sure I had enough outfits for a 5 day work week, and one decent pair of jeans, and a couple tops. I honestly didn't spend much even though I shopped perpetually. I never had much in the closet, but I did have enough to get by on and feel good wearing.

I am a big fan of leggings and dresses. I am in a 14 now and still wear my 18/20 dresses belted. Get a jacket and/ or cardigan to throw over them to dress them up and to stay warm if you are somewhere cold like Ohio is!

Thank you everyone! What great ideas!! I am definitely going to try to find some cheap steals and leggings/dresses! I definitely have those!!

I was having a little freak out moment earlier trying to figure out how to dress for the office again! This helps!!

Congrats and Thanks everyone!!

When I started losing weight I realized I was wearing some shirts that were way too tight before. They fit like they should fit for a while and are now too big.....but....I still wear them.

I wear jeans that fit well but I continue to wear baggy shirts for now because I don't want to shop for anything right now that isn't completely necessary and the shirts aren't totally hanging on me. I am also wearing some of the big long sleeve t-shirts as jammie tops.....have lots of jammies now!

I wear what makes me feel emotionally comfortable..... what makes me feel like I look female. Before, if it was clothes and covered everything, then I wore it and tried not to think about what I looked like. I just needed to be presentable and get on with my day. Now if I don't feel good in it then I wont wear it.

I wear fitted for two reasons.. First is every inch of me feels soft so the fitted makes me more comfortable even makes my aches and pains go away..

Other is I have a hard time seeing any changes in my body even after 150 pounds gone, so fitted helps my mind wrap around this new me..

I always wear tight tank tops under everything got them at the dollar store.. I do all my shopping this last year at local goodwill and have been able to switch out my clothing often I do not buy a lot at a time..

I haven't gotten the courage yet for leggings I want to, but not sure... I am a size 30/32 4x to a size 12/14 med.

I am 5 days post op and start a new job in two weeks. PLEASE tell me tne swelling goes down and i will at least fit into my pre surg clotnes. I have followed dket exact,ly and am afraid to weigh myself as i still feel so bloated and swollen. When does this go away? HELP