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Tip to drop a dress size
CobraJxM
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I'm back on MFP after gaining 1.5 stone and 2 dress sizes. I have a friends wedding next month and I found a beautiful dress but it's a size smaller than I currently am. It isn't available in a bigger size so of course i bought it.
So, I need to fit into this dress in a months time but still be sensible with my food and not restrict an unhealth amount.
I have a gym membership so any food or exercise advise would be great!
So, I need to fit into this dress in a months time but still be sensible with my food and not restrict an unhealth amount.
I have a gym membership so any food or exercise advise would be great!
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By my calculations, you're trying to lose ~10 lbs in a month (or just under a stone) to fit into this dress?
It's doable if you're able to consistently eat 7000 calories less per week than you are now AND that this approach does not have you eating less than 1200 calories per day.
I'm not a fan of fast weight loss though so if I were you, I'd take a longer term approach to my health by aiming for a slower and more sustainable rate of weight loss...and then invest in shapewear for this one event.8 -
Honestly, return the dress and buy another one in a bigger size.
There's no guarantee that if you do lose weight it'll fit right anyway or look as beautiful on you as it did on the hanger (many a dressingroom sadness for me on that one). Then you'll have even less time to find a dress that fits.
I have never found that deadlines have been very good for a weight loss process17 -
There are a zillion dresses out there. Seriously. Don't put yourself through this. All those clothes we've bought in the past to "fit into someday" are what keep Goodwill running, lol.19
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How much too small is this dress? There's a world of difference between
a) can get into it and it looks OK/maybe a bit tight and feels a bit uncomfortable
b) can get into it but it's obviously too small and the thought of wearing it to eat a wedding meal is a bit daunting
c) can't even do it up
Unless you are in the a) category I would return the dress and get something else.14 -
My honest advice is to return the dress (if possible) and find another dress that is your size. I don't know how realistic losing roughly 1.5-2 inches is (which is the typical difference in sizes of dresses).
You could take it to a tailor and see if there is a way to have it let out...sometimes there is enough fabric or the tailor can add some to help.
I've made this mistake when being a bridesmaid once...was 'in-between' sizes so ordered the smaller one thinking I'd lose weight. I didn't and getting it tailored was expensive and very stressful and the experience was overall a bad one. I wish I would have gotten the dress bigger and had it fit me properly, would have looked nicer.9 -
You can't choose where you lose inches from. This would be a gamble under any circumstances but a wedding is pretty high-stakes - I'll second the advice to just get a different dress.9
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I third, fourth, or is it fifth the getting a dress that fits advice.
Dress for who you are now and not for who you hope you'll be in a month when a a big, important, already stressful event that you want to look fantastic for is staring you in the face. Even if it's not your stressful event.
(Totally paraphrased and probably more pessimistic than needed but you know what I mean.) 11 -
Tip to drop a dress size: Stick with a sensible weight loss program.
Tip to drop a dress size in a month: Don’t. Whatever you try is unlikely to be healthy or sustainable.6 -
I'm not a fan of fast weight loss though so if I were you, I'd take a longer term approach to my health by aiming for a slower and more sustainable rate of weight loss...and then invest in shapewear for this one event.
Seconding the recommendation for shapewear. Some of that stuff has some serious compression power. But it's definitely not comfy to wear so you may be miserable in your beautiful dress.
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I'm back on MFP after gaining 1.5 stone and 2 dress sizes. I have a friends wedding next month and I found a beautiful dress but it's a size smaller than I currently am. It isn't available in a bigger size so of course i bought it.
So, I need to fit into this dress in a months time but still be sensible with my food and not restrict an unhealth amount.
I have a gym membership so any food or exercise advise would be great!
If you insist on keeping the dress despite all the advice to the contrary, you could likely drop a stone in a month by doing keto and selecting two pound a week as your weight loss goal.
HOWEVER, a lot of the loss will be water weight rather than fat, which might not help you fit into the dress.
If you were at goal before gaining the 1.5 stone, there is no SENSIBLE way to drop a size's worth of fat in a month.3 -
Depending on dress and your shape you can actually visually appear smaller and probably fit in the dress if you wear two layers of shape wear (the full thing) over each other and don't plan on sitting, eating, or breathing comfortably.4
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Agree with all the above advice. If the dress is to die for, you could keep it as a long term NSV incentive on your fitness path. If this is doable with $$$. Short term for the wedding- keep working your plan to look and feel your best. Even a few pounds dropped will make you feel better in another dress that fits. Wishing the best outcome for you1
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What kind of shape wear are we taking here? I’m unfamiliar and am interested to know more.0
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So... How do you go to the toilet in that?
You don't? Remove your dress? Or is there a secret release somewhere?2 -
You're asking all the right questions. They are also among the reasons I don't mess with shapewear 😂
But if it's for one event, where you don't drink or sit or twist from the waist if someone behind you calls your name...
Then all should be fine 🤷🏿♀️
ETA: Lest I come off hypocritical, there is space in the market for shapewear. So even though I don't wear them, I think the OP's time crunch situation is one of the main ways these types of undergarments can come in handy.
Also, @ythannah, jumpsuits (but only ones with full sleeves) are the only reason I will sacrifice for fashion. Public washrooms be damned 🤣2 -
bernadettenz wrote: »
So... How do you go to the toilet in that?
You don't? Remove your dress? Or is there a secret release somewhere?
I have NO idea! I'd imagine you'd have to strip right down. I don't even like jumpsuits for that reason, I don't want to get half nekkid just to pee.
I don't wear that extent of "shapewear" either (just half slip type smoothing things) but I have friends who swear by it. I've never thought to ask them about bathroom trips. And I think the degree of compression needed to shrink a full size would call for something heavy duty.1 -
Most shapewear that's one piece like that has no crotch.
But they also make separates (so like briefs and a cami) so there's no issue.
I like some lighter stuff mostly because it makes me aware of my posture and smooths out my clothes over skin (keeps it from clinging and bunching), but I have absolutely done the heavy duty stuff. Not for me because not comfortable, but I HAVE DONE IT.1 -
wunderkindking wrote: »I like some lighter stuff mostly because it makes me aware of my posture and smooths out my clothes over skin (keeps it from clinging and bunching), but I have absolutely done the heavy duty stuff. Not for me because not comfortable, but I HAVE DONE IT.
Inquiring minds want to know: Would it squish you down a size?0 -
wunderkindking wrote: »I like some lighter stuff mostly because it makes me aware of my posture and smooths out my clothes over skin (keeps it from clinging and bunching), but I have absolutely done the heavy duty stuff. Not for me because not comfortable, but I HAVE DONE IT.
Inquiring minds want to know: Would it squish you down a size?
Depends some on the dress's cut and where you carry weight, but yeah it can make a pretty big difference.2 -
I wore shapewear for my wedding, though honestly it probably wasn't necessary because I had a pretty structured dress anyway, so the smoothing etc didn't make a difference, and it fit well.
But the combination of voluminous skirts plus shapewear meant I needed help getting in and out of everything to use the bathroom, which was pretty humbling.
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wunderkindking wrote: »I like some lighter stuff mostly because it makes me aware of my posture and smooths out my clothes over skin (keeps it from clinging and bunching), but I have absolutely done the heavy duty stuff. Not for me because not comfortable, but I HAVE DONE IT.
Inquiring minds want to know: Would it squish you down a size?
It might do, but the fat has to go somewhere. Some of it might just be squished into the belly cavity but in my experience, hello back fat, and hello thighs that suddenly resemble sausage links. OK if the dress is not body con but if it is....
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Headline on a British tabloid in my apple news feed yesterday:
“Body Con Coming Back”.
Author has clearly never done suburban yoga.
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SnifterPug wrote: »wunderkindking wrote: »I like some lighter stuff mostly because it makes me aware of my posture and smooths out my clothes over skin (keeps it from clinging and bunching), but I have absolutely done the heavy duty stuff. Not for me because not comfortable, but I HAVE DONE IT.
Inquiring minds want to know: Would it squish you down a size?
It might do, but the fat has to go somewhere. Some of it might just be squished into the belly cavity but in my experience, hello back fat, and hello thighs that suddenly resemble sausage links. OK if the dress is not body con but if it is....
Well I did wonder where the extra flesh got squeezed to.
That's why I would go for the really high style and squish it all the way up to my bustline.
Seriously, when I was looking for an image to post in here as an example, I saw more variations of shapewear than I ever knew existed. Although I guess I've seen strange looking garments on hangers that have given me some "huh?" moments.2 -
SnifterPug wrote: »wunderkindking wrote: »I like some lighter stuff mostly because it makes me aware of my posture and smooths out my clothes over skin (keeps it from clinging and bunching), but I have absolutely done the heavy duty stuff. Not for me because not comfortable, but I HAVE DONE IT.
Inquiring minds want to know: Would it squish you down a size?
It might do, but the fat has to go somewhere. Some of it might just be squished into the belly cavity but in my experience, hello back fat, and hello thighs that suddenly resemble sausage links. OK if the dress is not body con but if it is....
Well I did wonder where the extra flesh got squeezed to.
That's why I would go for the really high style and squish it all the way up to my bustline.
Seriously, when I was looking for an image to post in here as an example, I saw more variations of shapewear than I ever knew existed. Although I guess I've seen strange looking garments on hangers that have given me some "huh?" moments.
As a 34A, myself, I hear what you're saying, but I'm here to speak from experience about that "hello back fat" from above. It doesn't all just squish up in the front, like you'd hope...5 -
🤦🏻♀️ Now look what y’all did. You infiltrated my feed. Now Amazon is suggesting shapewear to me.
For a mere $5.99 this seller sends you a pack of beads and “sexy white elastic” that does magical things:
Waist beads for women weight loss: The waist beads shape your body and keep the waist small. It is used as a measurement tool. When the waist beads start to feel a little tight, it's a sign that there was some weight gain, and vice versa.
And naturally, there’s a dozen other sellers selling magical weight loss beads, too.6 -
springlering62 wrote: »🤦🏻♀️ Now look what y’all did. You infiltrated my feed. Now Amazon is suggesting shapewear to me.
For a mere $5.99 this seller sends you a pack of beads and “sexy white elastic” that does magical things:
Waist beads for women weight loss: The waist beads shape your body and keep the waist small. It is used as a measurement tool. When the waist beads start to feel a little tight, it's a sign that there was some weight gain, and vice versa.
And naturally, there’s a dozen other sellers selling magical weight loss beads, too.
Put that in the back room next to the apple cider vinegar and the magnetic socks. 😂
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