Tips for dressing while losing weight

Sometimes it’s hard trying to wrest a decent outfit out of a wardrobe designed for a figure 2 sizes bigger than what you are now. But you don’t want to go buy a heap of new stuff because you’ve still got more weight to lose. Here’s a few tips.

• Safety pins are good, but nappy pins are better. They have those safety catches so they don’t stick into your bum and they are stronger. Use them to create little pleats in the sides of your pants and skirts.
• A-line skirts are your friend, girls! Pencil skirts begin to look baggy very quickly, but tucking the side of an a-line with a nappy pin doesn’t affect the look at all.
• Tops that tie at the back will still look OK when they’re a bit too big for you.
•  Buy stretchy whenever you can. Knits can be bought a little (only a very little) tight and will still look OK a bit baggy.
• Know when to give in gracefully. If you’re pinning more than an an inch in at the side of your work pants, it’s time to buy new ones, before one of your colleagues politely points out that you look like a clown.
• A good pair of jeans that fit well can rescue a whole heap of your oversized tops that would look ridiculous with a bigger pair of pants. Don’t wear jeans that are too baggy, you’ll look silly. Where possible, try to wear things that are well fitted on your bottom half.
• Organise a swap party with some friends if you can. Take along all that stuff that’s too big now.
• When in doubt, just wear it anyway and brazen it out! say stuff like - “I’m finding it really difficult to find clothes in my wardrobe that fit these days!” people will congratulate you on your weightloss and forget about your clothes. Note that this will not work forever, eventually you will haveto buy clothes that fit.

Enjoy the feeling of big clothes that usedto be too tight - remember, hundreds of people would kill to have this problem!