Buying a smaller dress for motivation

if I was you, i would hold out on buying a dress. the time between now in june is pretty long, and you never know what extenuating circumstances will come up between now and then that could halt or increase your weight loss. what if you are smaller than the dress?? i'd say save yourself the dress and go shopping when you're feeling foxy and can try everything on!!

if you want to get yourself motivation, i'd say buy a pair of jeans/pants--they're a lot kinder to the pocketbook and less threatening than finding a dress to fit a future body type!

Wait until nearer the time. Body shape can change with weight loss and something you choose now might not be the right style/shape for you once you've lost weight.

Yeah that is a really hard call. Everyone stacks their weight in different areas, so it is hard to tell where you are holding it, or losing it. I have a friend that is the same weight as me and is a size 14 and I am no where near that size.

Im 5ft 7 and 194lbs and a 14 uk size would fit me... I'd still wait though because your body proportions can change dramatically in that time and that style may not suit you any more! For example at 145lbs, shift dresses look ridiculous on me because of my waist/shoulder/hip size i look alot larger than i am,, but at 190lbs shift dresses are great because i fill out the middle a bit more so they're actually kinda slimming if that makes sense?

Wait till your slimmer and reward yourself with a shop I have goal jeans which I'm slimming into

Well, if this helps I'm 5'6, and I did not get to a size 14 until I was in the 180s, weight-wise. For me at least, a size 14 took FOREVER, like I was captain Ahab and it was my white whale.

Here's my ideas, fwiw, you should a) buy a kickass dress that fits you now, as a present to yourself for all that you've already accomplished. And then plan on getting it tailored to fit your new smaller self in May! You'll have a dress that fits you even better than it did when you were the orginal size!

My other idea is going on etsy or look around for local designers and get a dress custom to your measurements closer to the time. Either way: perfectly fitting dress for a new you!

I would wait. sizes of different mfgs. vary, nothing seems to be consistent. Wait until you are a little closer.

There's nothing wrong with buying an "inspiration piece" in the next size down if that helps you focus. But I wouldn't do it for something you need to wear by a certain date.

Like others have said, even if its the right size, it might not fit right. I would wait to buy that particular dress.

I just bought a pair of pants that don't fit me in the next size down. I don't typically do this, but they were clearanced and are the same style as other pants I was buying in the size that fits me now, so I think they'll fit right. BUT, I don't have a specific date that they need to fit by. That's the main point that everyone's trying to make.

Wait until the wedding. You might even find a style that suits you better at that weight than where you are right now.

EmmieBaby wrote: »

weight does not equal dress sizes. I have been a double digit size since my teens. when I was at my lowest weight (120lbs) i was a size 10.
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This.

I don't recommend purchasing a dress for a big occasion in the hopes of being down to that size in time. Things can happen, things can go wrong, or you can get to the correct weight and still not have lost the correct inches or lost too many inches. I purchase dresses that I know I will wear one day in a smaller size but not big occasion dresses. Two years ago I bought a gorgeous red dress that was far too small for me. I had nothing to wear it for/to when I bought it and I couldn't fit in it anyways but I knew one day I would want/need it (plus it was on sale, originally $48.00, got for $9.00!). Valentines Day last year, it fit me perfectly.

Wait to purchase the dress until closer to the date!

5'6" here too. When I was 200 pounds, I was a size 14 but I pack a lot of muscle and always track about 20 pounds heavier than most women who are our height.

That said, buying a dress more than one size smaller that far out won't be extra motivation, it'll be extra stress. You'll feel more pressure to get to that weight and every time you put it on and it doesn't fit, you will be discouraged and be MORE likely to just forget it. I speak from experience and I have had several friends who would go through the same things.

When you lose weight, even if you can predict where the weight will come off, you won't know how color and cut will fall on your slimmer figure so far in advance. You might find colors or cuts or fabrics you never touched before look far better than the stuff you gravitated towards at your larger size.

Do the work. Buying the dress is a form of impatience. Don't feed the impatience!

I have got so many UK size 10 & 12 (I think that's US 6 & 8) dresses in my wardrobe that I've bought as incentive to slim into over the past few years. Most have them have not been worn at all or maybe squeezed into just the once!!! The beautiful dress I bought to wear on a girls night out for my 40th birthday still hangs in there never touched for the 2 years since that big celebration. Very depressing!!! I'm determined to get into them this year as I have lots of events coming up (a family wedding, my 10 year wedding anniversary, my husbands 40th b'day) but I don't recommend buying an expensive dress just yet to anyone. It'll make you feel bad to see it hanging there if you can't get into it or it may not fit right once your body changes.

Like everyone has said....you've got a few months....see how it goes and try some dresses on nearer to the time. Start a fund....for every lb you lose put a set amount in a jar (as someone else suggested) depending on your budget. The more weight you lose, the bigger your dress/outfit budget!!!

Good Luck!

I also like the money in the jar idea. You have incentive plus being able to get a gorgeous dress for the wedding.