Lost Weight? - Buy clothes on the cheap!!

[Bluenosesol]

Hi Folks,

weighed myself this week and have broken the 50 pound loss barrier, so have moved from a tight 42 inch waist to a 34!.
Just wanted to share my experiences of how I have bought a new wardrobre for about £130!.

I bought 2 smart jackets from TK Max - both were £30 one reduced from £99 the other was a Ben Sherman reduced from £199 (If you believe the labels!)
The jeans from ASDA for £3 a pair are half decent.
Belts, ties (I am looking for work so need one or two) and smart shirts from Primark £3 and £5
Trousers from Matalans at £7 per pair
Tons of t shirts, polo shirt and fleeces from Sports Direct £2-4 shirts and £5 fleeces.
Shoes were £15 from BHS.
Most were usually from the sale racks
Everything I bought was decent quality and label free (apart from the odd small slazenger/umbro/adidas logo).

Some may turn their noses up at where I shop, but after being called a f** t*** for 20 odd years, people are now saying I look the dog's b******* :lol: 8) so you can buy on the cheap and look the biz!!

Even if you have the dough to splash the cash, (I dont!!), then it makes sense to go easy as you dont know if you are going to either relapse or lose even more weight.

Personally I gave away my previous wardrobe (including my beloved Hugo Boss Copy Crombie and suit) cos I am determined there aint no going back!!.


All the best - Steve

 

[valattrevear]

What's great Steve is that obviously the new you makes you feel like the mutt's nuts as well as looking it. :lol: :lol: What a great success story. I am clinging to my bell tents in case I relapse :wink:
Val

 

[dragongirl]

That's brilliant on all counts. It doesn't matter where you buy your clothes so long as you like what you buy. And here's me having made 3 extra holes in my belts cos I can hardly keep my trousers up. I think I may go copy you and start afresh!
DG

 

[Spiral]

I also have a large amount of clothes that are simply falling off me. I have had to buy new bras as my body shape has changed. I hate shopping.

I managed to get quite a few things for less than £24 :shock: 8) from the X-Catalogue shop in Durham when I went to see my mum over the bank holiday weekend 8) They were having a bit of a sale over and above their usual value for money prices - trousers for 99p :shock: :lol: as well as a sweater, tops and shirt for less than a fiver :mrgreen:

We also hit the outlet shopping village at Gretna when we went to visit our relatives in Penrith and I managed to get some new undies from M&S for about half the price of my local M&S, as well as a new fleece and a couple of tops and things. I also got a couple of things at ASDA. Altogether I have spent less than £60 and I'm very happy with what I have bought.

People get hung up on labels. I don't have lots of spare cash and I'm hoping to be in need of a whole new wardrobe again in a few months time, so long as it is smart and you like it, who cares where it comes from or how much you spend.

I quite like second hand shops too, although I found as I got bigger my choice decreased - I can go back to the charity shops now :mrgreen: I sometimes dye things to refresh the colour or things that I have bought cheaply and not liked the colour

I have also rediscovered things I have not managed to get in to for years at the back of the wardrobe :mrgreen:

 

[Vikingepigen]

Oh to have any money to spend on clothes .....! Sadly not - lucky I just had a birthday and I got a few bits and pieces, but I desperately need a couple of suits - I am job hunting too! :lol: But the worst is the underwear - boy it is uncomfortable to wear ill-fitting bras about 3 sizes too big! It will resolve itself, I am sure - one way or another!

That aside .......... I am enjoying my new measurements - 39 - 33 - 38 (and yes, they are inches, not meters!! :lol: ) The "old" measurement I know, was my bust which used to be 50 - 44 - 44 and a size 22!! Blimey....... Not going back to those either - I like myself in my new pale lilac shift dress from the Debenhams sale (£8!! :shock in a size 14 - thank you very much!!


Alice

 

[Bluenosesol]

Gosh ladies,
I have a wife and 2 daughters and women always amaze me with their "nose for a bargain".
Men tend to grab and get out, whilst women tend to take a more patient attitude as they appear to enjoy the shopping experience whilst men start climbing the walls after 20 minutes.. :lol:

I am not usually a shopper, but to reverse our diabetes we are told that we need a life changing approach and as much as I love to observe my plumetting BG, I am also enjoying the effects of the plumetting waistline!.

During my daughters studies, she looked at the sociological aspects of the clothing industry and how named brands made an absolute fortune by "psyching" the population into believeing that certain branded products provided the wearer with a degree of respect and credibility even though they were produced in the same sweatshops in the Asian sub-continent as much cheaper products. My son bought a "Bench" T Shirt for £25 and it lasted less than a month. I have bought T shirts of vastly higher quality for £2 from Sports Direct (Admittedly during sales).
My daughter is a 21 year oldstudent nurse and she loves to go to Primark with £20 and then comes home and has us all in stitches (no pun intended) as she does a little fashion show to reveal what she has actually got for her money. Her thinking is that every £20 she spends in Primark or Matalans deprives the branded names of about £100!.

The other thing I love to see these days is the way the media are lending credibility to low cost alternatives by plugging the cheaper clothing stores. It always makes me laugh when they show you Cheryl Coles latest out fit which cost £3000 and they then explain how you can get a similar look by shopping for the various items for £50!.

Good luck to you in your endeavours to shed the weight and aquire your new wardrobes.

Steve

 

[Sid Bonkers]

It seems there has never been such a good time to loose weight with high street shops cutting prices to the bone to get our £'s and compete with each other. We have a large new Tesco's near us which sells cloths at ridiculous prices and the quality is really quite good, they are currently offering two mens suits, in black and grey for £25.00 each. I have been tempted to buy a couple even though I rarely if ever wear a suit nowadays LOL



I recently gave all the clothing I had that no longer fitted me to a local charity shop

 

[hanadr]

Steve
I ALWAYS shop the way you describe, but I have some favourite sources. I LOVE my local charity shop. I give them the stuff I can't use any more and benefit from some of my neighbours' extravagance. I've picked up so much there that's brand new, with the labels still on and paid peanuts. I include a wool cardigan, by BASLER, a premium brand, which I got for £2.50. Original price about £85 a pair of trousers sold by Gray and Osborne for £120, for which I paid £3.49
I use eBay and Cotton Traders too
Spiral
Bras are more of a problem I've gone from a 40G to a 36 HH, which is harder to find and more expensive. Luckily an eBay trader has come up trumps for that. Swimsuits are a nightmare. I really have to hunt for them. sadly, they only last about 3 months. Tankinis are ideal, when I can find tops. Bottoms are no problem. I have even bought tops in one shop and bottoms in another. Then again there's "Bravissimo"
Hana

 

[Vikingepigen]

Hana,

Have you tried;

Simply Yours
Simply Be
Shapely Figures

All 3 online shops with great selection in bigger cups. I have in the past purchased on GREAT stuff from them and will go back when I have been remeasured.


Alice

 

[Spiral]

I'm a traditional soul for my underwear and I get measured at either M&S or John Lewis for my bras. I'd never buy a bra without having tried it on. I'm and M&S girl for knickers tho :roll:

I also like American sports bras and I'm hoping to get some of them soon, via a friend - the tank top/crop top ones are great

There is a lot of the "Simply" range at the X-Catalogue shop, I have been very happy with it, especially when it has cost me 99p :wink:

I don't follow fashion. I hate shopping for clothes. I used to make a lot of my own clothes, but then children happened and I have not made anything to wear for a few years, just curtains and stuff and the odd dressing up thing for my son. I have just been given a rather nice new sewing machine and I think I feel some creativity coming on, with all the fabric I have continued to buy, even when not making it up in to clothes :roll:

 

[hanadr]

Alice,
I've tried those. They are all part of the same chain and stock the same goods. I like the Fantasie and Elomi bras. Fantasie is fairly easy to find, but Elomi less so.
Figleaves are good, but a bit pricey!
Hana

 

[neljeffz]

I'm a traditional soul for my underwear and I get measured at either M&S or John Lewis for my bras. I'd never buy a bra without having tried it on. I'm and M&S girl for knickers tho :roll:

I also like American sports bras and I'm hoping to get some of them soon, via a friend - the tank top/crop top ones are great

There is a lot of the "Simply" range at the X-Catalogue shop, I have been very happy with it, especially when it has cost me 99p :wink:

I don't follow fashion. I hate shopping for clothes. I used to make a lot of my own clothes, but then children happened and I have not made anything to wear for a few years, just curtains and stuff and the odd dressing up thing for my son. I have just been given a rather nice new sewing machine and I think I feel some creativity coming on, with all the fabric I have continued to buy, even when not making it up in to clothes :roll:

fabric starts to lose weight at 350 °C (Fig. 1). DTG curve shows that there is a peak at 410 °C which means the rate of weight lost

 

[phoenix]

Figleaves are good, but a bit pricey!
Hana

How many do you want? I'll send some but you'll have to hurry, we had a frost last night and they are already beginning to die off. :lol:

 

[Spiral]

I'm a traditional soul for my underwear and I get measured at either M&S or John Lewis for my bras. I'd never buy a bra without having tried it on. I'm and M&S girl for knickers tho :roll:

I also like American sports bras and I'm hoping to get some of them soon, via a friend - the tank top/crop top ones are great

There is a lot of the "Simply" range at the X-Catalogue shop, I have been very happy with it, especially when it has cost me 99p :wink:

I don't follow fashion. I hate shopping for clothes. I used to make a lot of my own clothes, but then children happened and I have not made anything to wear for a few years, just curtains and stuff and the odd dressing up thing for my son. I have just been given a rather nice new sewing machine and I think I feel some creativity coming on, with all the fabric I have continued to buy, even when not making it up in to clothes :roll:

fabric starts to lose weight at 350 °C (Fig. 1). DTG curve shows that there is a peak at 410 °C which means the rate of weight lost

:?:

I'd say weight loss at 350°C was a tad irrelevant. You'd be on fire :roll:

Welcome to the forum neljeffz, we talk about diabetes here. Your first post is a little puzzling.