Do you have 'goal' clothes around?

At the risk of sounding like a chick.. .. do any of you have that outfit hangin around you want to fit back into? Something that represents 'what you were, or what you're going to be?' For me, it's the suit jacket I wore in my senior pics in high school, and a jogging suit from the 80's.. (the 80's polyester, windbreaker type of matching suit... picture Wiseguys  ) It would take over 300 pounds off to fit them... not that I would wear the old track suit in public, would just like to wear something I wore in high school! Even thought about buying some of them cheap 'retro t-shirts' from Walmart, just for the visual inspiration...  Side note.. any of you ever turn into clothes *****s from this? (can I use that word here? LOL).. I mean, after wearing the 'uniform' for years.. (jeans, black t-shirt or flannel shirt, boots,).. I think it'd be nice to expand the ol wardrobe a bit. Just thinkin... Dale

I have several sizes of shirts and pants that I kept and have been going through on my way down.  I just ordered a new belt that I expect to be able to wear soon.  I do have a suit hanging in my closet that would be pretty neat to fit into again.

My bowling team got shirts at the beginning of the season. I had them order me a 3X (was wearing 5-6X in August prior to surgery), because that was the biggest they had, and they ran small. We are going to a National tournament in March, and my goal is to fit in it by then. I think I'm going to start taking my picture in that shirt every month until then. That should be a fun adventure. Eric

My problem was I gave all my clothes to a buddy who had the surgery about 3 years ago, now I by one pair of jeans and one pair of dockers at a time and always the tightest fit possible. I currently still wear some 44/42 even though the last pair I bought were 40. Polo shirts xxl are to large xl ok, recently bought large a little tight. Good luck

I had goal clothes, well, specifically a goal pair of jeans.  Size 40, very expensive, purchased at my brief trip to 230 a few years ago, probably wore them twice.  When I got down to a 40 waist, they still didn't fit right because they are narrow cut and my calves are still huge (all of my family genetically has muscular legs, plus I've been working out to maintain muscle, and being active at 375+ builds some big calves). Now I'm down to 38 pants and a normal "Large" shirt (and even a couple of generously cut "Mediums" in the rotation).  So even though I saved clothes for ten years ranging from 60 to 40 and 4XL to XL, nearly every item that was in my closet six months ago is now gone (either because it's way too big, or ugly). As for being a clothes horse (a nicer term for the gents, IMO), yes I am.  I've taken to glancing at the fashion blogs and merchant websites to pick up on the current trends of plain front pants, non-button down collars, etc., and I'm even sticking to seasonal colors and styles  (at 375+, I couldn't afford to be so picky if it fit).  But I've discovered thrift shop shopping and I may never go back.  I travel on business and use my GPS to find random small-town Goodwills, Salvation Armys, etc., along the way.  Every time I find at least a few items that are fashionable (either because they are rather new or, in some cases, very old) and average $3-5 an item.  A couple months ago, I didn't even bother worrying too much about size.  If the pants were 36-44, I liked them, and they fit over my calves, I bought them (and I've had my favorites taken in by my mom to keep up with my waist size, thanks Mom).  Same with suits and sport coats 42-48 that fit my shoulders and sleeve length.  Now that I am at a 16/16.5 dress shirt and holding pretty steady, my options are nearly limitless there.  As I've gotten smaller I have to be pickier, sticking to items that fit or almost fit.  But for a couple hundred dollars, I have a big wardrobe that has me covered for the foreseeable future.

My first goal is to fit into my old leather jacket. To do that I need to drop 30 more lbs. Thats a modest goal for me at  a current weight of 380. Next goal would be to fit into a Big Dog dress type shirt which never fit me even at 350. I figure 330 would be a good fit for both of us. I have a garage full of clothes on my way down that should fit once again. Since my predominant wardrobe is black tees and jeans, well.......im certainly no slave to fashion.....LOL

It's nice to see I'm not the only one that has these ideas.. LOL..  I guess the clothes HORSE is a better way to put it.. LOL.. or pea**** pimp.. good one! I'll probably always like my jeans and tee-shirts.. (what's that old song.. "Back side of 40, and still wearin jeans".... buty it will be nice when I can walk into walmart, or one of those thrift stores and buy something.. and cut up my Kingsize Catalog credit card. LOL.  I think it would be cool to wear the same size, or smaller.. than my teenage son.  And to have my wife wear my dress shirt (Ok guys.. you know that's sexy..) and not have it look like it's a bathrobe.. LOL... Hm.. some of that Old Navy stuff in that commercial does look pretty cool.. ok.. maybe not.. but.. then again...  Just thinkin, Dale

Ditto on the leather jacket, I am wearing my leather jacket I bought back in 1979, every time I ride my motorcycle and it is cool enough. I have a high tech  Joe Rocket jacket, which is warmer and water proof, but it's not the same. I bought this jacket the summer after I bought my pan head.

I was the same about t-shirts, was all I ever wore, except for polo work shirts the company I work for provided. I have discovered something called a clearance rack. I thought they only had them for women but now I hit them every time I go into a store. I now have a hole bunch of what I use to call dress shirts that I wear every day. I bought most of them for 3 to 5 bucks. Buying them that cheap I really don't have to worry to much about ruinning them at work. Thrift stores and great also. This spring my wife and I were on vacation around Tampa and we went thrift store shopping and I picked up 2 new pair of Levi's for 5 bucks ea. When I was 375 I was lucky to have one dress shirt and dress pants. I had maybe a couple of jeans that fit and would wear them to death. I have bought several pair of Levi's frome ebay. I don't know if I am a clothes horse yet, I am on my way.  pan head