Making Room in Your Closet for a Smaller You

One of the best feelings when you’re losing weight is when you pull on a pair of jeans that used to be tight and they fall right off your hips.

Maybe you try to wear them with a belt. But when they get so big that even a belt won’t work, it’s time to donate them to your favorite charity.

I know, I know.

You’re thinking: “But what if I gain my weight back and need this pair of pants?

Let’s consider this.

If you’ve reached your goal weight and the pants are one size bigger than what you’re wearing, I’d keep them in the closet.

I think gaining two pounds over the holidays or during a vacation trip is a pretty common occurrence. These are pounds that you can quickly shed when you get home if you resume working out and eating healthy meals.

I’m referring to the pants that you wore 20 pounds ago.

Yes, that pair.

I think it’s important to make a commitment to your health by deciding you no longer wear that size and have no intention on wearing it again.

“But I paid a lot of money for those pants,” you reason.

Ask yourself this: Isn’t losing weight more valuable?

Aren’t you more valuable? How much is your health worth?

When you fill up that donation bag with old, baggy clothes, think of it as taking one more step on your weight loss journey. You’re accepting a new body image of yourself.

I believe that once you do that, the odds are in your favor that the weight will stay off.

For good.

Alice Warchol is a freelance health writer and fitness instructor.

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