I know what you are all talking about.
I had just bought two pair of size 44 jeans, black and regular blue; plus two new XXL shirts and then started Atkins.
I bought the clothes after Thanksgiving, and started Atkins on January 2.
Needless to say that the two new pair of jeans are on consignment, along with two pair of carpenter shorts, and two pair of dockers dressy shorts.
The funny part is that I thought I could fit into my size 42 dress pants and I'd be ok for a while, but I passed that size rather quickly. Now, I have really old size 38 jeans that I wear, and no dress pants to speak of.
I did get new shorts though, out of necessity. One pair of 40, and one pair of *yeah!* 38.

Incidentally, I have lost 32.5 pounds since January 2, with a couple of stalls, but my inches keep decreasing.

John