After I got back from the U.S., I realized that most of my old clothes didn't fit anymore. So I bagged them up and put them in my home office, where they took up a considerable amount of space for the last month. I didn't quite know what to do with them... about seven trash bags worth. Offer them to the weight loss clinic? Not interested. Sell them on EBay? Nobody interested. Throw them away? Wasteful. So tonight Wilbert and I stuffed them all in the car and dropped them off in donation container of a local charity in the parking lot of our supermarket.
To say it felt strange is an understatement. First and foremost, it was about $3000 worth of clothes (conservatively estimated), and it's frustrating not to be able to get any value out of that. Secondly, it was a whole piece of my past I'm leaving behind, and it felt good but weird to do that. It was a clear statement that I'm never planning on going back to that size again.
I have saved my favorite clothes (mostly Ralph Lauren shirts) that are too big in order to have them altered when I really need them. But nevertheless, I said goodbye to an important but unfortunate part of my history today. Still, it was a celebration of everything I've accomplished in the last year... almost like throwing all my excess weight in a dumpster. :-) And it was great to celebrate that together with Wilbert tonight.
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