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leslieherrel

Hi All! I wanted to introduce myself on here! I'm newly engaged (!!!) and we just booked our church and an absolutely beautiful venue.  I'm SO excited to start planning...but kind of dreading the dress shopping.

I've got about 60 lbs to lose before I would feel more comfortable, even though FI says I'm beautiful, all that nice stuff.  STILL.

I started weight watchers (monthly pass) on Thursday and it's going well so far...but I'm nervous for my first weigh in! I'd love to have a little community on here to exhcange tips, or just chit chat since we're all going through the same thing. 

One random question...In some of the checklists I'm reading it says I should be looking at dresses already...but I'd really like to lose about 25lbs before I even look at dresses.  Is tha possible? Or should I just look now?

Thanks! Look forward to getting to know y'all!

jennalynne2

Welcome and congrats on your engagement! The girls on this board are uber helpful with advice and keeping you motivated.

As for your dress, it depends when your wedding is and where you're planning on getting your dress from. Some dresses take longer than others to come in, so you definitely want to look into that or else you may be stuck paying a rush fee. But if you have the time, I'd hold off on buying a dress right now. And I'd also caution you to not buy a dress a size or 2 too small. It seems like great motivation in theory, but can be disastrous if it doesn't work out. Besides, it's way easier to take a dress in a size or 2 than it is to let it out. Good luck!

Sarah0335

I am in a similar situation.  I do not want to go dress shopping till I am close to my goal weight.  I plan on buying a dress about 8 months out.  this way I have about 6 months for the dress to come in and another 1-2 months for all the alterations. 

I have already started look to get idea, but I am not going to buy till I am much closer to my goal.