Honey, I Shrunk the Wedding Dress!

Last August I went dress shopping with my mum and future mother in law and found THE dress. I didn't order in a smaller size as while I wanted to lose weight, I didn't want to pressure myself and potentially not have any dress at all at the end. Its easy to make a dress smaller, not so much bigger!

My weight loss journey didn't really ignite until halfway through January 2016. I just woke up one day and thought 'better now then never'. I rebooted MFP and I have been tracking ever since.

In early February, my friend convinced me to go to an early morning Yoga session with her at the gym. I have been phobic to group exercise forever, for fear of being the 'unfit' one and being judged. That one class opened my eyes. No one cares what you do, they focus on themselves. You don't need to waste energy thinking about them, use it all on you and the exercise. I signed up for a gym membership that day and I usually go 6 times a week, to 10-11classes depending on the timetable for a mix of Cardio, weights and Pilates.

Now for the comparison pictures!

The picture on the left is November 2015, when my dress first came in. Sorry about the grumpy face, my mum doesn't take great pictures!

The picture on the right is me today. I'm hot, sticky, sweaty (England heatwave!) but ecstatic because I feel fantastic in my dress. It has been taken in four inches at the waist and an inch at the shoulders. And i have visible collarbones! Never happened in my adult life.



I have lost 38.4 pounds to date. My journey isn't complete as I still want to continue with building a stronger, healthier me. But damn, I'm proud of me right now.