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I was in the same boat as you where they told me to order the 12 even though I could fit in the sample 10. I ordered the 12 because I was scared when they told me the sample was stretched out, but I wish I would have just ordered the 10! I could have lost a couple pounds if I needed to get it to fit, and I wouldn’t have needed alterations. Wouldn’t you know it, too, I thought it was still a little big on my wedding day and wished she would have made it tighter. I think you are smart to have gone with the 10

I was at a sample sale yesterday and a girl was next to me trying on a dress. The sale had an in-house seamstress hovering about offering her advice to the ladies inquiring about needing possible alterations and what could be doable. The girl’s mom told the seamstress “she plans on losing 10-15 pounds this year”, in other words “the dress WILL fit when she gets married”. I have the same self-enforced goal for myself but it IS hard and 10-15 IS A LOT of weight. I’ve been trying to lose this weight unsuccessfully for the past two years. I’m not overweight, I’m now an 8 but used to be a six- AND I’ve noticed my metabolism has taken a drastic slow down just as I turned 32. I eat extremely well- low fat, low carb, low sodium and run 5 miles, 4x a week. Its just not the same NOW as it was when I was 25. It really is a lot of pressure to put on yourself and for others to put on us, so I hear you sister, loud and clear and can totally relate.

I found a sample that I loved and bought it on the spot. The only problem is that the dress is about 2 or 3 sizes smaller than I am…I have about 5 inches that don’t zip up. I’m not even trying to lose weight to make it fit — I just brought it to a tailor and asked them to add a corset back. Hopefully that will solve the problem!

And I LOVE your dress! The bottom is so pretty — I can just imagine how it will sway and float when you dance!

I bought a sample that almost fit. And by that I mean that it zipped up but it gave me some back fat spillage and I could barely breathe. But DAMN I looked good in it. Although I have almost never been able to succeed at losing weight (except when I was running 50 mi/week training for a half marathon) I listened to the consultant who assured me that everyone drops 5 lbs or so the week of their wedding because they’re so stressed out. And 5 lbs was really all I needed to lose anyways. Surely I could do it if I did an Insanity workout every morning, and was good about eating (and drinking), right? In the end, despite all of that I succeeded in losing exactly 0 lbs. and when we went to have it altered a couple weeks before the wedding the tailor could barely zip it up I was freaked out that it was going to be a huge deal, but do you know what? A dress can be taken out a whole size! I worried for nothing, she added like 1/2″ and it fit AWESOME (actually she added way more than that the first time and then when it was falling off of me asked if I’d been crash dieting, but she ended up just taking it back in except for a tiny bit). So I guess the point of this overly wordy reply is that, although it would be preferable for you to meet your weight loss goals and could be a really good inspiration, if you can fit in the dress now you probably don’t even need a whole size taken out on it and you will be fine weight loss or no.