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  1. I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We ordered our
    dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I would be soon. So when I
    ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a different size
    in time.

    So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the 12,
    well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my new dress and
    it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and remade into a 10. It'll
    probably cost as much as the damn dress and I am broke right now!!

    My dilemma is this:

    Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart after
    the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I won't be able
    to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I will start to slide. I
    have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to stop now!!

    I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible to have
    the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make it fit me well
    enough.

    Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are coming up
    do not make this an appealing time for me to want to give up. I know I can
    go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just freaking out!!

    One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads with
    chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of fruit - but I am
    scared I'll start craving or lose my discipline...

    Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me nuts!!
    JoAnna
    176/146/120

  2. Would it work to inventively pad out your body enough to fit into the dress.

    Would be cheap.

    Not require remake of dress.

    You are never gonna wear the dress again, right?

    Keeps you going along happily on your weight loss program.
    Your Bride friend would prefer that you look out for yourself and
    your health before "looking beautiful" in the chorus line of bridemaids,
    surely?

    Ask your bride friend for her advice.

    Jim

    Dropped 28 said:

    I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We ordered our
    dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I would be soon. So when I
    ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a different size
    in time.

    So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the 12,
    well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my new dress and
    it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and remade into a 10. It'll
    probably cost as much as the damn dress and I am broke right now!!

    My dilemma is this:

    Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart after
    the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I won't be able
    to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I will start to slide. I
    have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to stop now!!

    I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible to have
    the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make it fit me well
    enough.

    Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are coming up
    do not make this an appealing time for me to want to give up. I know I can
    go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just freaking out!!

    One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads with
    chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of fruit - but I am
    scared I'll start craving or lose my discipline...

    Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me nuts!!
    JoAnna
    176/146/120

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    ................................

    Keepsake gift for young girls.
    Unique and personal one-of-a-kind.
    Builds strong minds 12 ways.
    Guaranteed satisfaction
    - courteous money back
    - keep bonus gifts

    http://www.alicebook.com

  3. "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...
    : I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We ordered our
    : dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I would be soon. So when
    I
    : ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a different
    size
    : in time.
    :
    : So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the 12,
    : well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my new dress
    and
    : it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and remade into a 10.
    It'll
    : probably cost as much as the damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :

    The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor about the
    problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting all worked up for
    nothing. After all, the difference between a 12 and a 10 isn't that big of
    a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be too big
    around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could just baste it on the
    inside to make it tighter.

    Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some professional
    advice. That won't cost anything.

    Pat in TX

  4. "Ignoramus6961" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Can you run some numbers by us?

    What weight do you expect to be at at the wedding date, and what
    weight would make your dress look good?

    i

    Well - the dress is already a full size too large so it's already trouble.
    If I stay exactly as I am and have it altered I won't have to worry about
    the altered dress being too big. Maybe I didn't make that clear.

    If I get the dress altered from a 12 down to a 10 then lose more weight I
    will have problems.

    I don't have a projected weight for 6 weeks from now but I have been losing
    4-8lbs a month.

    I find that pants that fit one week are loose the next! I am not wasting
    away - LOL - but I don't want to put the brakes on either!!

    I figure if I keep losing then put off alterations as long as possible it
    may work out.

  5. "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...
    : I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We ordered
    our
    : dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I would be soon. So
    when
    I
    : ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a different
    size
    : in time.
    :
    : So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the 12,
    : well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my new dress
    and
    : it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and remade into a 10.
    It'll
    : probably cost as much as the damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :

    The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor about the
    problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting all worked up for
    nothing. After all, the difference between a 12 and a 10 isn't that big
    of
    a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be too big
    around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could just baste it on
    the
    inside to make it tighter.

    Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some professional
    advice. That won't cost anything.

    Pat in TX

    I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the dress can
    be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean 12 to 10 - but maybe
    it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how it is now it looks very silly!!

    This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    but it's style 8158 in Apple red.

    it's just too big allover right now.

  6. Just wear a dress that is too big and don't sweat it. Stopping your weight
    loss for a wedding would be completely nuts.

    Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    :: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    :: would be soon. So when I ordered my dress I made sure I could return
    :: it and re-order a different size in time.
    ::
    :: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the
    :: 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my
    :: new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and
    :: remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as the damn dress and
    :: I am broke right now!!
    ::
    :: My dilemma is this:
    ::
    :: Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart
    :: after the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I
    :: won't be able to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I
    :: will start to slide. I have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to
    :: stop now!!
    ::
    :: I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible
    :: to have the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make
    :: it fit me well enough.
    ::
    :: Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are
    :: coming up do not make this an appealing time for me to want to give
    :: up. I know I can go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just
    :: freaking out!!
    ::
    :: One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads
    :: with chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of fruit
    :: - but I am scared I'll start craving or lose my discipline...
    ::
    :: Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me nuts!!
    :: JoAnna
    :: 176/146/120

  7. "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Just wear a dress that is too big and don't sweat it. Stopping your
    weight
    loss for a wedding would be completely nuts.

    You have obviously never been a bride or a bridesmaiid LOL!!! For one thing
    the dress looks ridiculously big right now. The bride & groom are spending
    alot of money on photos and I can't show up in a big baggy tent of a dress!
    I've lost 5 inches in my hips since june!!! and a few inches in the chest,
    belly and waist also! The dress must be altered, I guess you mean if it's a
    little big after that it's ok?

    Quoted message said:


    Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    :: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    :: would be soon. So when I ordered my dress I made sure I could return
    :: it and re-order a different size in time.
    ::
    :: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the
    :: 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my
    :: new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and
    :: remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as the damn dress and
    :: I am broke right now!!
    ::
    :: My dilemma is this:
    ::
    :: Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart
    :: after the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I
    :: won't be able to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I
    :: will start to slide. I have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to
    :: stop now!!
    ::
    :: I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible
    :: to have the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make
    :: it fit me well enough.
    ::
    :: Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are
    :: coming up do not make this an appealing time for me to want to give
    :: up. I know I can go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just
    :: freaking out!!
    ::
    :: One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads
    :: with chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of fruit
    :: - but I am scared I'll start craving or lose my discipline...
    ::
    :: Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me nuts!!
    :: JoAnna
    :: 176/146/120

  8. "jbuch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Would it work to inventively pad out your body enough to fit into the
    dress.

    no - that's retarded

    Quoted message said:

    Would be cheap.

    Not require remake of dress.

    You are never gonna wear the dress again, right?

    I could wear it to a wedding, formal event or on a cruise. It's nice.

    Quoted message said:

    Keeps you going along happily on your weight loss program.
    Your Bride friend would prefer that you look out for yourself and your
    health before "looking beautiful" in the chorus line of bridemaids,
    surely?

    No - brides want the pictures to look nice LOL

    Quoted message said:


    Ask your bride friend for her advice.

    She has enough stress right now!!

    Quoted message said:

    Jim

    Dropped 28 said:

    I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We ordered
    our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I would be soon. So
    when I ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    different size in time.

    So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the 12,
    well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my new dress
    and it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and remade into a 10.
    It'll probably cost as much as the damn dress and I am broke right now!!

    My dilemma is this:

    Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart
    after the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I
    won't be able to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I will
    start to slide. I have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to stop now!!

    I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible to
    have the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make it fit me
    well enough.

    Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are coming
    up do not make this an appealing time for me to want to give up. I know I
    can go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just freaking out!!

    One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads with
    chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of fruit - but I am
    scared I'll start craving or lose my discipline...

    Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me nuts!!
    JoAnna
    176/146/120

    --
    ...............................

    Keepsake gift for young girls.
    Unique and personal one-of-a-kind.
    Builds strong minds 12 ways.
    Guaranteed satisfaction
    - courteous money back
    - keep bonus gifts

    http://www.alicebook.com

  9. "Ignoramus6961" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Dropped 28 said:


    "Ignoramus6961" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Can you run some numbers by us?

    What weight do you expect to be at at the wedding date, and what
    weight would make your dress look good?

    i

    Well - the dress is already a full size too large so it's already
    trouble.
    If I stay exactly as I am and have it altered I won't have to worry about
    the altered dress being too big. Maybe I didn't make that clear.

    If I get the dress altered from a 12 down to a 10 then lose more weight I
    will have problems.

    I don't have a projected weight for 6 weeks from now but I have been
    losing
    4-8lbs a month.

    I find that pants that fit one week are loose the next! I am not wasting
    away - LOL - but I don't want to put the brakes on either!!

    I figure if I keep losing then put off alterations as long as possible it
    may work out.

    If you showing up in a dress too big would not upset the bride too
    much, I would say do not bother altering. Besides the bride, no one is
    likely to give a [censored], and if they do notice, it will be a positive
    thing like "oh, this girl must have lost weight".

    I spent 6 months wearing XL clothes after losing weight, even though I
    was size M. (I was not sure if I was or was not going to regain, so I
    did not want to be like an idiot buying all brand new clothes and then
    regaining).

    I'm sure you looked lovely. At least I am keeping up apperances shopping at
    thrift shops!! I got some Calvins and Gap jeans for 1$ and 6$ and a lot of
    nice shirts and 2 awesome cool jackets at Salvation Army! Not to mention my
    new Frye platform boots that were only $7!!

    Quoted message said:


    Also, small alterations are not incredibly difficult if you have a
    sewing machine or a friend with one. Just a bit of alteration in the
    waist area may be "good enuff". It's not your wedding after all.

    --
    223/172.4/180

    This is NY people - looks count. I must have the dress at least altered from
    a 12 to 10, after that I don't know if there is anything i can do. I am not
    taking an evening gown to my sewing machine - no way jose.

  10. It is a wonderful thing. Is it such a burden to apologize to the other
    wedding guests for losing weight? I say, wear the oversize dress with
    pride. Think of it as showing off.

    "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We ordered our
    dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I would be soon. So when


    I

    Quoted message said:

    ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a different


    size

    Quoted message said:

    in time.

    So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered the 12,
    well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up my new dress


    and

    Quoted message said:

    it's too big. i have to have it totally altered and remade into a 10.


    It'll

    Quoted message said:

    probably cost as much as the damn dress and I am broke right now!!

    My dilemma is this:

    Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart after
    the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I won't be


    able

    Quoted message said:

    to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I will start to slide. I
    have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to stop now!!

    I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible to have
    the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make it fit me well
    enough.

    Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are coming


    up

    Quoted message said:

    do not make this an appealing time for me to want to give up. I know I can
    go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just freaking out!!

    One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads with
    chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of fruit - but I am
    scared I'll start craving or lose my discipline...

    Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me nuts!!
    JoAnna
    176/146/120

  11. "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    :::
    ::: "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ::: news:[email hidden]...
    :::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    :::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    :::: would be soon. So
    ::: when
    ::: I
    :::: ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    :::: different size in time.
    ::::
    :::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    :::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up
    :::: my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally altered
    :::: and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as the damn
    :::: dress and I am broke right now!!
    ::::
    :::
    ::: The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor about
    ::: the problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting all worked
    ::: up for nothing. After all, the difference between a 12 and a 10
    ::: isn't that big of
    ::: a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be too
    ::: big around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could just
    ::: baste it on the
    ::: inside to make it tighter.
    :::
    ::: Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some
    ::: professional advice. That won't cost anything.
    :::
    ::: Pat in TX
    :::
    :::
    ::
    :: I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the
    :: dress can be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean 12
    :: to 10 - but maybe it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how it is
    :: now it looks very silly!!
    ::
    :: This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    ::
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    :: but it's style 8158 in Apple red.
    ::
    :: it's just too big allover right now.

    Is that you in the dress? Oh boy! 🙂

    No - that girl's dress fits :o(

  12. Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    ::: Just wear a dress that is too big and don't sweat it. Stopping your
    ::: weight
    ::: loss for a wedding would be completely nuts.
    ::
    ::
    :: You have obviously never been a bride or a bridesmaiid LOL!!!

    Very true. That is definite not part of the plan for me! 🙂

    For
    :: one thing the dress looks ridiculously big right now. The bride &
    :: groom are spending alot of money on photos and I can't show up in a
    :: big baggy tent of a dress! I've lost 5 inches in my hips since
    :: june!!! and a few inches in the chest, belly and waist also! The
    :: dress must be altered, I guess you mean if it's a little big after
    :: that it's ok?

    If the dress must be altered, then it will be. Waiting as long as you can
    and living with a slightly too big dress won't be the end of your or their
    world - even if it were a baggy tent dress! 🙂

    Protect your weight loss and any cost. Everyone knows how hard it can be
    for lots of poeple to even get weight loss started.

    ::
    :::
    ::: Dropped 28 wrote:
    ::::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    ::::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    ::::: would be soon. So when I ordered my dress I made sure I could
    ::::: return it and re-order a different size in time.
    :::::
    ::::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    ::::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked
    ::::: up my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally
    ::::: altered and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as the
    ::::: damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :::::
    ::::: My dilemma is this:
    :::::
    ::::: Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then
    ::::: restart after the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I
    ::::: am scared I won't be able to get back on track or that If I
    ::::: loosen up a bit I will start to slide. I have 26lbs left to go
    ::::: and I don't want to stop now!!
    :::::
    ::::: I am thinking that I will keep losing and wait as long as possible
    ::::: to have the dress altered, I am worried they won't be able to make
    ::::: it fit me well enough.
    :::::
    ::::: Really - Halloween, Thanksgiving and the family birthdays that are
    ::::: coming up do not make this an appealing time for me to want to
    ::::: give up. I know I can go to a maintenance plan - I dunno I'm just
    ::::: freaking out!!
    :::::
    ::::: One thought was to maybe add Oatmeal at breakfast, have my salads
    ::::: with chicken for lunch, dinner as usual, maybe add a piece of
    ::::: fruit - but I am scared I'll start craving or lose my
    ::::: discipline...
    :::::
    ::::: Wahhhhhhhh. i know I am ranting - sorry. it's just making me
    ::::: nuts!! JoAnna
    ::::: 176/146/120

  13. Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    :::
    ::: "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ::: news:[email hidden]...
    :::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    :::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    :::: would be soon. So
    ::: when
    ::: I
    :::: ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    :::: different size in time.
    ::::
    :::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    :::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked up
    :::: my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally altered
    :::: and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as the damn
    :::: dress and I am broke right now!!
    ::::
    :::
    ::: The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor about
    ::: the problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting all worked
    ::: up for nothing. After all, the difference between a 12 and a 10
    ::: isn't that big of
    ::: a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be too
    ::: big around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could just
    ::: baste it on the
    ::: inside to make it tighter.
    :::
    ::: Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some
    ::: professional advice. That won't cost anything.
    :::
    ::: Pat in TX
    :::
    :::
    ::
    :: I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the
    :: dress can be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean 12
    :: to 10 - but maybe it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how it is
    :: now it looks very silly!!
    ::
    :: This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    ::
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    :: but it's style 8158 in Apple red.
    ::
    :: it's just too big allover right now.

    Is that you in the dress? Oh boy! 🙂

  14. Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    ::: Dropped 28 wrote:
    ::::: "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::
    :::::: "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    ::::::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    ::::::: would be soon. So
    :::::: when
    :::::: I
    ::::::: ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    ::::::: different size in time.
    :::::::
    ::::::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    ::::::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked
    ::::::: up my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally
    ::::::: altered and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as
    ::::::: the damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :::::::
    ::::::
    :::::: The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor
    :::::: about the problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting
    :::::: all worked up for nothing. After all, the difference between a
    :::::: 12 and a 10 isn't that big of
    :::::: a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be
    :::::: too big around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could
    :::::: just baste it on the
    :::::: inside to make it tighter.
    ::::::
    :::::: Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some
    :::::: professional advice. That won't cost anything.
    ::::::
    :::::: Pat in TX
    ::::::
    ::::::
    :::::
    ::::: I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the
    ::::: dress can be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean
    ::::: 12 to 10 - but maybe it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how
    ::::: it is now it looks very silly!!
    :::::
    ::::: This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    :::::
    :::
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    ::::: but it's style 8158 in Apple red.
    :::::
    ::::: it's just too big allover right now.
    :::
    ::: Is that you in the dress? Oh boy! 🙂
    :::
    :::
    ::
    :: No - that girl's dress fits :o(

    I knew that! Don't worry, you'll look fine if you can wait a big. Just
    don't have it made to fit too tightly....then you'll put a jinx on yourself!
    🙂

  15. "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    ::: Dropped 28 wrote:
    ::::: "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::
    :::::: "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    ::::::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    ::::::: would be soon. So
    :::::: when
    :::::: I
    ::::::: ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    ::::::: different size in time.
    :::::::
    ::::::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    ::::::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked
    ::::::: up my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally
    ::::::: altered and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as
    ::::::: the damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :::::::
    ::::::
    :::::: The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor
    :::::: about the problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting
    :::::: all worked up for nothing. After all, the difference between a
    :::::: 12 and a 10 isn't that big of
    :::::: a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be
    :::::: too big around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could
    :::::: just baste it on the
    :::::: inside to make it tighter.
    ::::::
    :::::: Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some
    :::::: professional advice. That won't cost anything.
    ::::::
    :::::: Pat in TX
    ::::::
    ::::::
    :::::
    ::::: I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the
    ::::: dress can be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean
    ::::: 12 to 10 - but maybe it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how
    ::::: it is now it looks very silly!!
    :::::
    ::::: This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    :::::
    :::
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    ::::: but it's style 8158 in Apple red.
    :::::
    ::::: it's just too big allover right now.
    :::
    ::: Is that you in the dress? Oh boy! 🙂
    :::
    :::
    ::
    :: No - that girl's dress fits :o(

    I knew that! Don't worry, you'll look fine if you can wait a big. Just
    don't have it made to fit too tightly....then you'll put a jinx on
    yourself!
    🙂

    yeah - I feel a bit calmer and I emailed the Bride. She's so mellow and
    funny! Congratulating me on the success and saying to do what I want!
    Anyway - I will call the seamstress now and see what she says.

    Maybe We can have the alterations done 1-2 weeks beofre the wedding and
    it'll be ok.

    someone actually suggested I pad my body to make the dress fit!! ack!

  16. How long does a dress take to get to you once it's ordered?

    Wait until the last possible minute and order the size you are then.
    If it's a little big, who cares? It's the brides day.

    Jennifer

    Dropped 28 said:

    "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    ::: Dropped 28 wrote:
    ::::: "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::
    :::::: "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    ::::::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    ::::::: would be soon. So
    :::::: when
    :::::: I
    ::::::: ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    ::::::: different size in time.
    :::::::
    ::::::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    ::::::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked
    ::::::: up my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally
    ::::::: altered and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as
    ::::::: the damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :::::::
    ::::::
    :::::: The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor
    :::::: about the problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting
    :::::: all worked up for nothing. After all, the difference between a
    :::::: 12 and a 10 isn't that big of
    :::::: a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be
    :::::: too big around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could
    :::::: just baste it on the
    :::::: inside to make it tighter.
    ::::::
    :::::: Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some
    :::::: professional advice. That won't cost anything.
    ::::::
    :::::: Pat in TX
    ::::::
    ::::::
    :::::
    ::::: I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the
    ::::: dress can be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean
    ::::: 12 to 10 - but maybe it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how
    ::::: it is now it looks very silly!!
    :::::
    ::::: This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    :::::
    :::
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    ::::: but it's style 8158 in Apple red.
    :::::
    ::::: it's just too big allover right now.
    :::
    ::: Is that you in the dress? Oh boy! 🙂
    :::
    :::
    ::
    :: No - that girl's dress fits :o(

    I knew that! Don't worry, you'll look fine if you can wait a big. Just
    don't have it made to fit too tightly....then you'll put a jinx on
    yourself!
    🙂

    yeah - I feel a bit calmer and I emailed the Bride. She's so mellow and
    funny! Congratulating me on the success and saying to do what I want!
    Anyway - I will call the seamstress now and see what she says.

    Maybe We can have the alterations done 1-2 weeks beofre the wedding and
    it'll be ok.

    someone actually suggested I pad my body to make the dress fit!! ack!

  17. What I would do is find out exactly how much they can take the dress in & how
    much it is going to cost.

    If it is really as expensive as you think it will be to alter it enough, order
    it in a size 6 or and 8 and sell the bigger one.

    At least that's what i would do🙂Robyn

  18. Dropped 28 said:

    Should I just try to stop losing for the next month and then restart after
    the wedding? Inside I am screaming NOOOOOOOO and I am scared I won't be able
    to get back on track or that If I loosen up a bit I will start to slide. I
    have 26lbs left to go and I don't want to stop now!!

    I wouldn't stop. If I hadn't fallen off the wagon a year ago, I'd be at
    goal right now. It seems harder to re-start than it is to start and keep
    going. Been there, done that, the t-shirt is too tight.

    Carol
    --
    "I'm a loner ... a rebel!"

    *Paul Reubens* in the 1985 movie, _Pee Wee's Big Adventure_

  19. Quoted message said:

    She said the dress can
    be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean 12 to 10 - but


    maybe

    Quoted message said:

    it can go down to 8.

    That is exactly what she meant. The difference in size is really quite
    small.

    Peace,
    Pen

  20. "Jennifer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    How long does a dress take to get to you once it's ordered?

    Wait until the last possible minute and order the size you are then. If
    it's a little big, who cares? It's the brides day.

    Jennifer

    it takes 2 months - or "duh" of course I would just get another dress. i
    thought I said there isn't time for that...thanks anyway.

    Quoted message said:
    Dropped 28 said:

    "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Dropped 28 wrote:
    :: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :: news:[email hidden]...
    ::: Dropped 28 wrote:
    ::::: "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::
    :::::: "Dropped 28" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    :::::: news:[email hidden]...
    ::::::: I am going to be a bridesmaid at the beginning of december. We
    ::::::: ordered our dresses in June, before I went LC but when I knew I
    ::::::: would be soon. So
    :::::: when
    :::::: I
    ::::::: ordered my dress I made sure I could return it and re-order a
    ::::::: different size in time.
    :::::::
    ::::::: So the dress was in in august and the 14 was huge so we ordered
    ::::::: the 12, well - I should've ordered the 10 because I just picked
    ::::::: up my new dress and it's too big. i have to have it totally
    ::::::: altered and remade into a 10. It'll probably cost as much as
    ::::::: the damn dress and I am broke right now!!
    :::::::
    ::::::
    :::::: The way I read this, you haven't actually talked to a tailor
    :::::: about the problem. You are speculating. Maybe you are getting
    :::::: all worked up for nothing. After all, the difference between a
    :::::: 12 and a 10 isn't that big of
    :::::: a deal. It's not going to fall off of your shoulders---just be
    :::::: too big around. It is possible that the tailor (or you) could
    :::::: just baste it on the
    :::::: inside to make it tighter.
    ::::::
    :::::: Don't go off the diet. Stop worrying and just go get some
    :::::: professional advice. That won't cost anything.
    ::::::
    :::::: Pat in TX
    ::::::
    ::::::
    :::::
    ::::: I spoke to the alterations person at the bridal shop. She said the
    ::::: dress can be taken in 2 sizes, maybe I misunderstood that to mean
    ::::: 12 to 10 - but maybe it can go down to 8. If I wore the dress how
    ::::: it is now it looks very silly!!
    :::::
    ::::: This is the dress, I dunno if the link will work
    :::::
    :::
    http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridesmaids_dresses_bycolor_detail.jsp?stid=891&pid2=3171&cfid=1
    ::::: but it's style 8158 in Apple red.
    :::::
    ::::: it's just too big allover right now.
    :::
    ::: Is that you in the dress? Oh boy! 🙂
    :::
    :::
    ::
    :: No - that girl's dress fits :o(

    I knew that! Don't worry, you'll look fine if you can wait a big. Just
    don't have it made to fit too tightly....then you'll put a jinx on
    yourself!
    🙂

    yeah - I feel a bit calmer and I emailed the Bride. She's so mellow and
    funny! Congratulating me on the success and saying to do what I want!
    Anyway - I will call the seamstress now and see what she says.

    Maybe We can have the alterations done 1-2 weeks beofre the wedding and
    it'll be ok.

    someone actually suggested I pad my body to make the dress fit!! ack!


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