Is Buying A Wedding Dress Smaller Than What I Wear A Mistake?
I found a wedding dress that I absolutely love. However it is a size 10 and I currently am a size16. My wedding is over 18 months away, and I do want to loose the weight; but is 3-4 dress sizes too much?
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Yes, that’s a huge mistake. You should wait until your wedding is a bit closer before buying a dress (nine or so months before the wedding is a good time).
I had a friend who bought her dress a few sizes smaller than what she actually was because she figured she’d lose the weight. Long story short, she didn’t lose the weight and had to have the back changed from a zipper to a lace-up back. That alteration cost her quite a bit of money.
Well, considering wedding dress sizes fit on average at least 2-4 sizes smaller then you’d normally wear, you actually bought a 6-8 size.
So I don’t know how much weight you have to lose or the resources (time, money etc) to help you do it over the next year…. also motivation is a big factor- WILL you actually do it?
Its more like 4-5 sizes you will need to drop….. you can do it if your 110% focused on your goal…… otherwise hope you have money for a new dress
You have to be realistic and fit the body you have right now.
The LAST thing you want is to commit yourself to fitting into something unrealistic, and then having to stress yourself over every bite of food you eat between now and then. What if you fall slightly short, and end up stuffed into a dress that makes you look like a sausage? You don’t want to feel uncomfortable on your wedding day, hon. You want to relax and have a good time, and not hafta fidget with a tight dress.
Best of luck and congrats !!
Yes it is a mistake. I agree, get the size you are now, you can always get it taken in. Speaking for personal experience – wanting to the lose the weight before your wedding (which can be SUPER stressful) is relatively hard to do. Save yourself the additional stress and just get the size you are now…
Congratulations!
No offense but you better start looking for another dress. First of all it’s not just 4 sizes too small, it’s probably like 6-8 sizes too small. Wedding dress sizes are weird. Many girls who normally wear a size 6 dress end up in a size 10 wedding dress. Find a dress in your size now and they can easily take it in. They can’t let it out. I thought I was going to lose weight too, but I ended up gaining. Luckily I bought my dress in the right size and it still fit me.
Even though your not buying it from a dress shop, maybe see if you could get it in the size you currently are. And remember that most wedding dresses run smaller than your normal size; i.e. I’m normally a size 16-18 and my dress was a size 22. Also there are plenty of dresses out there and you may still find one in the right size that you will love just as much.
A size 10 formal dress, like a wedding gown, is more like size 6 or 8 in normal, every day clothes.
So yes, that would be a huge mistake. Buy a dress that fits the size you are now and have it altered to accommodate for changes in weight a few months before the ceremony.
Don’t buy it now. Focus on losing the weight and if say 6 months away from the wedding, you are smaller THEN get a dramatically smaller size. NOT yet! Don’t put that pressure on yourself. Waiting and seeing will still have some pressure but won’t leave you feeling hopeless if you don’t reach your goal.
Ps. here’s what I wrote to someone to help them lose weight before the wedding (works in general too)
The biggest and best piece of advice I can offer you: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. And forgive yourself when you digress from your ‘rules’, if you end up having any.
2. Don’t have strict rules! If you are craving something, first, think: am I hungry or thirsty? If so, eat or drink something healthy. If you are still craving it, then eat a small amount. i.e. One to two small cookies. And/or stop when you are SATISFIED, not full! Full is bad. Think of full as an overload. Satisfied is just enough. And when you get hungry again, eat again! ASAP. Eat smaller meals more frequently. Your body will adjust.
It is so psychological. I am 5′2 and lost 20 lbs by believing that I wasn’t going to die if I ate less. I just believed for some reason that I needed the fat to stay or else my body would die. In truth, as long as we keep nourishing ourselves, our body doesn’t need or want that extra fat.
3. Try to stay away from whipped cream, but again, do it if you are really craving it and can’t get it off your mind. Diets are not about saying NO they’re about saying YES. Or at least about saying yes more than no.
4. REDUCE YOUR PORTIONS!! So important. When you are full, STOP! Your body will get used to the new portion size over time. Your eyes also need to get used to the new portion size. Leave food if you are full.
See food as something to give you energy and nourishment only. Not as something to make you feel better. Taking a walk, talking to a friend, relaxing can make you feel better. Food will have very little impact and as you may know can make you feel worse.
Try to picture the food as it enters your stomach. Lettuce looks much better than a chocolate bar doesn’t it?
Don’t shy away from carbs, but definitely try to avoid WHITE carbs and choose multigrain/whole wheat. It will make you full and keep your nourished.
If you were thin when you were younger, try to think that you are supposed to look that way. Or picture you but thinner and think that that is how you are meant to look.
I am definitely in the camp of freedom to eat what you want when you want (but choosing healthier foods a lot more often). If you are looking for a ‘food schedule’ I am not a believer in that sort of thing. I believe we should restrict ourselves as little as possible.
Those are some pieces of how I reached my goal. Good luck to you and feel free to message me if you have q’s!
Yes, because Wedding dresses run small. I am normally a size 8 and my wedding dress was a size 14. Once they altered it it worked perfectly, and the wedding shop worker said all dresses run really small, so you have to buy bigger sizes.
GOOD LUCK!
Don’t do it. It will be a big mistake. Especially since even if you don’t loose that weight you can’t stuff yourself into a dress that small.
One thing to consider: Wedding dress sizes are not generally comparable to regular clothing sizes. Many women who are 6’s in street clothes are 10’s in wedding dresses.
Yes most definitely. Get the dress isze you need now , it is easier to take up than to ever let out enough!
Totally bad idea! Not to say you won’t or can’t but you will feel like crap if you are unable to loose the weight you want and are unable to fit the dress!
Oh my goodness, get the size you are now. If you lose the weight get it taken in.
Yes. I suggest you find another dress or find this particular style somewhere else.
Congratulations
ABSOLUTELY…..It is certainly easier to take up then let out.