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Posted 11/19/2013 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
on my list of things "to do" right now is to clear out some serious space in my closet & donate clothing to charity. i've been through one major flare where i lost so much weight that i actually had to buy some new, smaller clothes that would fit me. i'm now back to my normal weight & have been completely off prednisone & doing well for the last 3 months (thanks to psyllium husk powder). my question is - do i keep these clothes "just in case" i get sick again in the future? (my thinking is that then i won't have to shell out the money for new clothes again.) or do i try to be optimistic that i will be well for a long time coming & just ditch them to make the space?

maybe this is a decision i have to make for myself, but i'm curious how other women like myself have dealt with this issue.
Posted 11/19/2013 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Now you ask, casually and without thinking on time in the subject last weekend out of my closet some clothes that had not returned to dress and it is because now I get big. I left some basic items that could be used in combination and still stand the test of fashion. There are others that do not look good when they are large. However, if you're in your normal weight and keep you there you tried to keep some ... well also depends on the pocket. (Laughs) So good brand?
Posted 11/19/2013 5:53 PM (GMT 0)
I lost 30lbs last year with this UC. Most of it was muscle mass so at my age I am not lifting weights to get it back. I went from a size 12 down to a. 4!!'. So I kept sizes 4 &6 gave the rest to our local woman's shelter. it was fun buying new stuff!!' turn
Posted 11/19/2013 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
By the way, as the peel helps pysillium? who diagnosed you?
Thanks
Posted 11/19/2013 5:55 PM (GMT 0)
I have gone through enough size fluctuations (and having to rebuy different sizes after donating large or small clothes) that now I pack away anything that no longer fits "just in case", unless it is something I don't really like anyway. So I guess it's just the clothes I like that no longer fit that I have put into bins and store under the bed or wherever there is unused space. In my closet are the clothes that currently fit.
Posted 11/19/2013 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
When I first got sick I was a size 8 and then went down to size 6 - that was two years ago and I maintained at a 6 so I did get rid of all of my size 8 clothing. I am now a size 4 because of a recent flare but am also unsure about buying more clothes. I dont want to waste the money if I gain it all back once I feel better. I've been looking for good deals to pick up 1 or 2 pairs of jeans....a pair of work pants, etc. and then will just hang onto them. It's annoying but also kinda fun :)
Posted 11/19/2013 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
keep the clothes!!!!!

i ended up donating a lot of my skinny flare clothes after i gained the weight back and then i lost a ton of weight again during my second flare. i had to buy a bunch of new clothes again. i totally regret giving away a lot of cute stuff i got.

now i have a wide array of sizes in my closet to fit all of my weights. some of the stuff i had to get in the kids section though when i was 84 lbs- most of my underwear are children's! they don't make a lot of adult clothes for people so small so i have a lot of disney clothes pahaha
Posted 11/19/2013 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
omg banana! you got down to 84lbs.....I'm sorry to hear that :(

actually....i have worn "big kid" pull-ups before. that was a funny moment..
Posted 11/19/2013 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
I have my bloated and fat pants and my "normal" pants. Tops I don't usually have to worry about too much.
Posted 11/19/2013 9:58 PM (GMT 0)
Keep it all... I'm a pack rat and saved a lot of tiny clothes from high school against the protests of my family, well the joke was on them when I lost 40 lb due to last year's flare :( I'm closer to my normal adult weight now but I expect to hold onto all this stuff for quite a while.
Posted 11/20/2013 12:07 AM (GMT 0)
Keep those you like in all range of sizes! I learned the hard way when I got rid of all my "bigger" clothes. I had to shell out money on a new "bigger" wardrobe, again, when I gained the weight back :)
Posted 11/20/2013 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Keep the clothes!
I had to use a lot of my skinny clothes this summer again, mainly from gap kids with the adjustable waist bands. Don't know what I would have done without them. I tiny to begin with and lost a ton of weight breast feeding (86 pounds) and I went back down that low this summer during my first flare. Thankfully I am now back to "normal" at 90-91 pounds. I still wear the gap kids clothes, only now the waist bands aren't cinched all the way in and they aren't so saggy as well as wearing the grown up clothes.
Posted 11/20/2013 5:11 AM (GMT 0)
Another vote here for keeping the clothes! At the very least, hold on to enough pieces to have some options if you ever get that small again. During my mega flare I got down around 95 pounds...which is pretty darn thin when you are over 5'9". My mom and I picked up some smaller stuff for me at Goodwill. I never found anything that fit quite right, but did manage to get some stuff that at was at least a little better. Even though I no longer have my colon....UC taught me that ANYthing can happen. So yes, I plan to hold onto those super skinny clothes, just in case. And, since I've not quite gained back all my weight, I can still wear the shirts that we got back then. Keep the clothes and just hope you don't ever need them because of a flare again :)
Posted 11/23/2013 4:21 AM (GMT 0)
Keep them!! I admire your optimism, but you never know. I was lucky enough to have someone give me a bunch of clothes while I was at an all time low of 97lbs (I'm 5'4" btw) so I didn't have to buy any. I'm back up to 110 now and shooting for 115. I won't be giving them away though, just in case. I'd hate to be not so lucky if I drop weight again and have to spend a bunch of money on clothes that could've been spent elsewhere. Well, good luck!!
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