I've lost quite a bit of weight over the past year (deliberately). One of the disadvantages - OK, probably the only disadvantage - is that some of the clothes you love no longer fit. But it can be quite simple to adjust them. Take trousers; if they have a centre-back seam you can just rework that.
Put your trousers on and pinch in the excess fabric at the centre-back waistband. Pin if you can ( or get someone to help), or just note the difference with your fingers.
Take trousers off and turn inside out. Fold trousers so that centre-back seam is lying flat. Put a pin in to mark the amount the waistband needs to be reduced by, then pin towards the crotch in a line that gradually blends with the original centre-back seam - see left.
Try your trousers on - carefully! those pins are sharp. If all is well, the waistband will now be a good snug fit and the backside of the trousers will sit smoothly with no obviously excess fabric. If all is not well, remove trousers and adjust line of pins. Try trousers on again. Repeat as necessary.
Tack your pinning line if you want, then machine-sew. I leapt straight to this step without tacking because it's the second time I've done this and I was feeling quite confident.
Cut off excess fabric beyond new seam line. Zigzag-stitch along the cut edge to prevent material fraying. Probably you should zigzag along the edges before sewing the new seam, but this way round worked fine for me.
Put 'new' trousers back on. Enjoy a smug little smile...
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