Wedding dress doesn't fit :(

chinny88
chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
edited November 30 in Health and Weight Loss
So I'm a size 16 currently and my size 14 wedding dress doesn't fit and I'm freaking out. I have 6 months to go :'(
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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    You're logging food, so that's a good start. You have only logged for a week straight, so it's too early to give you much advice other than you might need to cut back on the fast food (only due to you having a deadline and a small calorie goal).

    You might want to consider an alternate dress just in case. You will most likely be busy with wedding stuff and your diet may suffer. Having a dress that does fit currently is going to take a lot of pressure off of you.
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    I was logging constantly and had a slip lol, that's how iv lost a stone so far x
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    Weigh in is on Mondays so will see if anymore tomorrow :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Well 6 months is a decent amount of time. But sometimes the difference between a side 14 and 16 is a decent amount of weight. Is there are room for the dress to be let out, just in case? You can see where you are in about 4 months and still have time to have it altered if you don't think you'll make it.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Are you a 16 in "regular" clothes or 16 for the dress itself? You've gotten some good advice so far, and I agree that you should consider a backup dress just in case this one can't work in the end.

    ~Lyssa
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    No pretty sure no room in the dress looked at it very closely :D
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    I work at KFC NIGHTMARE
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    chinny88 wrote: »
    I work at KFC NIGHTMARE

    I worked at a burrito place in college. I was a little blimp lol

  • I_am_there
    I_am_there Posts: 8 Member
    You should know that wedding dresses tend to be smaller than the street clothes in that size. My size 5/7 daughter couldn't fit into a size 10 wedding dress. I had to go up 2 dress sizes for mine. Hopefully yours is more realistic than the ones I found! Maybe do your measurements and the dress measurements to see how many inches need to go?
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    That's a very good idea hun thankyou :)
  • I_am_there
    I_am_there Posts: 8 Member
    Btw, sometimes you can change the back from a zipper to a corset-lace style to give more room too if this is The Dress for you! :)
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    I'm UK so things seem to be a little different but yes I get you and you make a valid point
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    I_am_there wrote: »
    Btw, sometimes you can change the back from a zipper to a corset-lace style to give more room too if this is The Dress for you! :)

    Unfortunately it's already a corset, no doubt about it I need to get motivated :D
  • thunder1982
    thunder1982 Posts: 280 Member
    When I bought my wedding dress the zip wouldnt do up. Rather than worry about trying to fit into it the seamtress put in a lace up back insert. It looked great and took any pressure off losing or gaining weight. It also made what was a kinda plain dress look better.

    6 months is plenty of time to lose enough weight to go down a size though. Not sure where you are from but I was creeping into a AUS18 and now a AUS14, it took 3 months of very committed eating and exercise. I did a Michelle Bridges food & exercise program (Australian version of Jillian Michaels) which helped enormously. I lost about 11kg or 24pds over that time. The 12 week program was a great kickstart and since I forked out $200 to do it I was determined to make the most of it. (It came with recipes, shopping lists and exercise videos for all sorts of levels, locations etc)
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    thunder1982 wrote: »
    When I bought my wedding dress the zip wouldnt do up. Rather than worry about trying to fit into it the seamtress put in a lace up back insert. It looked great and took any pressure off losing or gaining weight. It also made what was a kinda plain dress look better.

    6 months is plenty of time to lose enough weight to go down a size though. Not sure where you are from but I was creeping into a AUS18 and now a AUS14, it took 3 months of very committed eating and exercise. I did a Michelle Bridges food & exercise program (Australian version of Jillian Michaels) which helped enormously. I lost about 11kg or 24pds over that time. The 12 week program was a great kickstart and since I forked out $200 to do it I was determined to make the most of it. (It came with recipes, shopping lists and exercise videos for all sorts of levels, locations etc)

    I'm UK. My dress is already lace up x
  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
    Wedding dresses run small. That 14 is probably closer to a street size 10/12.

    Personally I would forget about focusing on weight and just go for inches. Put the dress on, find out how far off you are and hit the gym.
  • rmnc0427
    rmnc0427 Posts: 7 Member
    Hi chinny88! I have 3 months till my wedding day! I'm going tomorrow to try on dresses and I am freaking out! I'm dreading the comments from my family mainly! Just been trying to avoid this but since my sister booked the appointment I gotta do it now...
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    kuranda10 wrote: »
    Wedding dresses run small. That 14 is probably closer to a street size 10/12.

    Personally I would forget about focusing on weight and just go for inches. Put the dress on, find out how far off you are and hit the gym.

    Great plan I'm gonna do exactly that tomorrow:)
    Tho I won't be hitting the gym because I have no money, wedding has made me poor :D walking and fitness dvds it is ')
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    rmnc0427 wrote: »
    Hi chinny88! I have 3 months till my wedding day! I'm going tomorrow to try on dresses and I am freaking out! I'm dreading the comments from my family mainly! Just been trying to avoid this but since my sister booked the appointment I gotta do it now...

    Good luck it's so much fun x
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Did you purposely buy a gown a few sizes too small?

    Alterations for wedding gowns need to start about 6-8 weeks before you need it -- so you really only have 4 months.

    I think you need to find a dress that fits you right now and have it altered around 8 weeks out from your wedding.
  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
    edited March 2016
    also, if push comes to absolute shove, they can extend the sides of the filler panel in your corset back with fabric taken from your hemming (dresses are also made waaay too long) and add longer ribbons

    Does the hip portion of the skirt fit?
  • kuranda10
    kuranda10 Posts: 593 Member
    rmnc0427 wrote: »
    Hi chinny88! I have 3 months till my wedding day! I'm going tomorrow to try on dresses and I am freaking out! I'm dreading the comments from my family mainly! Just been trying to avoid this but since my sister booked the appointment I gotta do it now...

    How is this working? My dress took 7 months from order to come in.
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    kuranda10 wrote: »
    rmnc0427 wrote: »
    Hi chinny88! I have 3 months till my wedding day! I'm going tomorrow to try on dresses and I am freaking out! I'm dreading the comments from my family mainly! Just been trying to avoid this but since my sister booked the appointment I gotta do it now...

    How is this working? My dress took 7 months from order to come in.

    Mine too
  • chinny88
    chinny88 Posts: 93 Member
    itsfuntobenormal wrote: »
    Did you purposely buy a gown a few sizes too small?

    Alterations for wedding gowns need to start about 6-8 weeks before you need it -- so you really only have 4 months.

    I think you need to find a dress that fits you right now and have it altered around 8 weeks out from your wedding.
    I'm gonna see what scales say tomorrow if iv lost I'm gonna leave it and hope and pray if iv put on I'm gonna cry and found a new
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    You can do it! You might add weight training to your weight loss program and see if you can get a little bit of recomp going, too- sometimes a little shift in shape is all it takes to get that gown to fit.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »
    You can do it! You might add weight training to your weight loss program and see if you can get a little bit of recomp going, too- sometimes a little shift in shape is all it takes to get that gown to fit.

    I second the suggestion for weight training or, if you don't have the resources for it, bodyweight training. Strong Curves has a 12 week bodyweight training program and Breton Contreras, the author, has put a pdf online that you can get for free (Google "strong curves pdf".) Incorporating resistance training is going to help shape your body, which will help, along with your weight loss, you get into the dress.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I was pregnant when I got married so I was getting bigger. I got a dress as close to the wedding as I could.
    I would aim for a reasonable goal of not more than 1-2 lbs a week but realize as you lose weight you may not lose inches where you need to to make that particular dress fit and look good. It took 20 lbs before I needed one size smaller top, my hips are about the same, my waist is still in a bigger size than my hips even though I've lost 5" there so I couldn't have said I would be down 2 sizes in 6 months for something important and hard to change last minute.
    There are a lot of great dresses in all sizes. Find an acceptable dress alternative closer to the size you are now that you could get altered closer to the wedding or choose a more forgiving style.
  • B00kw0rm09
    B00kw0rm09 Posts: 24 Member
    I'm in a slightly similar boat. My wedding is 4 months away. My dress doesn't zip up like the last inch (last I checked, which was August). I've lost 5 pounds since then, and would like to lose more. But in the event that doesn't happen (but I'm very motivated lol) the seamstress assured me it could be let out. Maybe with a combo of diet and alterations magic, you'll be okay.
  • vegangela_
    vegangela_ Posts: 154 Member
    You can do it! I had 4 months to drop a dress size to fit into my wedding dress and I did it so you can do it in 6 months! Drink lots of water, exercise regularly and weigh your food.
    Good luck!
  • tingutz
    tingutz Posts: 8 Member
    You can do it! Going through the same thing myself. I bought my dress a size smaller and freaked out when I realized the wedding was around the corner. I just had my fitting, and while it was still snug, it was a big PHEW moment when it zipped up. I was able to lose 7 lbs in 2 and a half months. Just be really disciplined with going to the gym and logging in. When I can't go to the gym I made sure I ate decent. Lately I find that just doing good with my diet has been enough to keep me from gaining weight. I had sugar- sweet tooth issues. Good luck!

    This is the quote that helped keep me going: "Don't give up what you want most for what you want now"
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