My clothes are too big!

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That's a rough doctor. If you struggled with obesity before the med, why would it be different now? Your body's gonna fight hard to get that weight back. You're in a vulnerable spot. Should at least be on a maintenance dose for a few years.
 
Haha I'm right there with you on the wardrobe thing. Jeans that were impossible last year now feel like sweatpants. New bras were worth it but everything else? Meh. Once you hit goal maybe splurge on some proper summer stuff.
 
Just started HGH at two IU, sleep quality jumped immediately, dosing at five-thirty am. Fifteen pounds from goal, scale moving slow but clothes are looser which is encouraging. Like how things are going so far.
 
That's the fun part - wardrobe shopping as you shrink. Either tailors get rich or you end up refreshing your whole closet. Either way, it's a good problem to have.
 
The loosening skin during active loss is expected - the composition shift is happening faster than the skin can adapt. Adding resistance work now shapes the underlying structure that determines what the fit looks like once the loss stabilizes.
 
Buy now - waiting until the end means months in clothes that don't fit, and the dose plateau can take longer than expected.
 
Buy a few basics now and don't wait for perfect dose - the size you wear in the middle of the loss is part of the journey, not a waste. The appetite suppression on a compounded product can continue shifting your size for another 6-12 months and wardrobe decisions made at each stage don't have to be permanent investments. A handful of well-fitting basics right now beats wearing oversized clothes for another 6 months because you're waiting for the final number.
 
The 'wait until goal to actually restock' strategy is the right one - going through three sizes of work pants is painful enough without buying a full wardrobe at each stop. Even getting to within 10 lbs of goal and then refreshing makes more sense than restocking mid-journey.
 
Scaling from 42s to 38s to a stack of 36s that are almost ready is such a concrete measurement system. The elastic-before-all-of-that detail adds context on how long the journey has been. Welcome to the clothes-that-don't-fit problem - it's a great one to have.
 
The elastic belt interim solution is practical - buying clothes at every intermediate size is expensive and they're immediately obsolete. Goal-weight shopping is the right target; the belt gets you there without the wardrobe cost.
 
Secondhand stores were honestly a lifesaver during those in-between months, grabbed some solid jeans for next to nothing that did the job just fine.
 
A big retail warehouse chain carries surprisingly good affordable clothing! Their shorts and polos are excellent quality. Started out needing double extra large, now down to a genuinely small size, super fitted too!
 
What about building a small thrifted wardrobe sized for right now, then just repeating that as needed going forward? Could donate back whatever stops fitting eventually, keeps the whole cycle going.
 
Worth considering whether your clothes were snug before and now just fit comfortably.

Also possible they're getting genuinely oversized but still feel okay simply because nothing's falling off you outright. Trying on a smaller size might actually surprise you with a better fit than what you've currently got on. Definitely been there myself. I actually do this on purpose now since I've dropped several sizes and don't want to overhaul my whole closet every single time I size down. Right now, for instance, I've got jeans on that technically 'fit,' US size 14, but they're genuinely too big. I've got another pair two sizes smaller that actually fit way better. I like keeping a handful of pieces that fit properly, alongside a few that run slightly big but are still wearable.
 
I was a size 22 when I started, and new clothes began after roughly 20 pounds down? As the loss continued, I hunted eBay and Poshmark for pieces I knew suited my shape, like my favorite jeans and cargo pants from one brand. Nothing came in 22, so my first pair was an 18. Those worked for a while until I shrank out of them, and I repurchased in 16. Then the 16 got too big, and Ive just bought identical jeans plus cargo pants in size 14. American Eagle is easy to find everywhere, so I plan to keep buying the next size down.
 
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