Comments on: Is Buying A Wedding Dress Smaller Than What I Wear A Mistake?

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:21:28 +0000

ABSOLUTELY…..It is certainly easier to take up then let out.

By: & ;

& ; — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:25:14 +0000

Yes. I suggest you find another dress or find this particular style somewhere else.
Congratulations

By: dreaming

dreaming — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:33:10 +0000

Oh my goodness, get the size you are now. If you lose the weight get it taken in.

By: shihtzul

shihtzul — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:20:41 +0000

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!

By: Andilion

Andilion — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:21:30 +0000

Yes most definitely. Get the dress isze you need now , it is easier to take up than to ever let out enough!

By: Veni

Veni — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:04:52 +0000

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.

By: Montague

Montague — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:21:09 +0000

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.

By: :Sheila:

:Sheila: — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:36:26 +0000

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!

By: truefirs

truefirs — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:12:13 +0000

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!

By: Some Girl Here

Some Girl Here — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:22:06 +0000

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.