I've not generally been inclined to get rid of those things in the past. Of course, getting rid of anything is hard for me. About 8 years ago, I did finally get rid of the small clothes I had hung onto for years, always telling myself I would get back into them someday. Back then I often thought I would lose weight but most of my diet efforts were short term, knocking off maybe 15 pounds if I was lucky. Then, 8 years ago I decided I wasn't going to stress about it anymore, that I wasn't THAT fat and I was generally healthy so what was I dieting for? I had no interest in "attracting" someone and got around OK, with no obvious weight related health issues. So, I gave up dieting and the smaller clothes.

Then, almost 2 years ago, about 6 months after a diagnosis of Paroxysmal AFib, I had an episode and before even getting out of bed, started reading about contributing factors for AFib, wondering if weight played into it. Indeed, it was listed as a possible factor so I got out of bed, resolved to take of the excess weight. That resolve has stuck, although the loss hasn't been rapid, it has been fairly steady when I was in loss mode, until the last couple months while trying to lose the last few pounds I intend to.

I hope my resolve does not waiver in the future. It is definitely my intention to continue, much the same as I do now, weighing regularly, eating cautiously and doing intermittent diets whenever a couple pounds creeps back on. My reminder, if I don't stay resolute will be that I have NOTHING to wear because I don't have any larger clothes to get out. When I find myself having to go buy some larger ones, it will (hopefully) be that slap, the kick in the pants, that says NO! You WILL NOT put all that weight back on!