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Getting married 2017! Best weight loss tips?

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  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    dolliesdaughter wrote: »
    ki4eld wrote: »
    Speaking as a former wedding planner: Don't buy a dress too small and think you're going to fit into it. That almost never happens.

    Congrats!
    I do not understand why people do this. Purchase a dress at your current size and have it tailored down. Why is that so difficult? The only people who know the size are you and the place where you purchased. Everyone knows wedding gowns fit small anyway. A good friend of mine has been a size 6 her whole adult life and with vanity sizing she was a "4". Why was couldn't she get a size 4 wedding gown past her thighs, size 6 wouldn't zip, size 8 she couldn't breathe, she had to purchase a 10?????? She had to have the size 10 waist nipped in, but that was it.

    Keep in mind, though, that taking in a dress more than about 2 sizes can start to pose real problems for your seamstress as well, depending on the dress. Better to wait as long as possible and alter it less, as some gowns can't be altered beyond a certain point without total reconstruction (which is either very expensive or just not possible, depending.)

    Not trying to put anyone off weight loss, just suggesting you try your best to buy something that fits and will fit (and also mentioning that it's still usually a lot easier to take in a dress/make it smaller than to take it out/make it larger.) Corset backs are also the most forgiving option if your size is still changing.
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