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Oct 06, 2005 13:09

we bought my wedding dress sometime in the summer ( Read more... )

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druiaen October 6 2005, 18:24:49 UTC
I did the same thing. Ordered my dress in January, got it in April. Didn't try it on until... oh... May? For my June wedding. And it baaaarely fit. I probably had enough time to bust my fat ass and lose a couple of pounds before the wedding, but I said screw it and had it taken out a little.

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supercarrot October 6 2005, 21:20:21 UTC
but you look terrific now!

was it just a bunch of exercize? i forget. any specific diet?

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druiaen October 6 2005, 21:26:26 UTC
Lol, yeah, I kind of did it backwards, huh. Most women tend to lose weight *before* they get married. :-)

It was plenty of exercise and Weight Watchers online that worked for me.

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supercarrot October 6 2005, 21:40:44 UTC
eek! i don't have 70 bucks to spend right now!
wow! that's expensive!

did you do the points thing or the core ingredients plan?
i'd think for vegetarians it would be easier to do with points, since the core ingredients plan is probably chock full of stuff we can't eat.

man! everything's expensive these days.
what happened to a loaf of bread for a nickel!?! :-)

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diffusedglow October 6 2005, 20:07:35 UTC
I had the same problem, my dress almost didn't fit, which was really depressing not only because it was my WEDDING DAY but also because it was loose when I bought it. :( You could always just wear a longline bra, that always helps. :)

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supercarrot October 6 2005, 21:21:32 UTC
:-(

i'll have to look for one of those.
do you have a specific brand to reccommend?

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diffusedglow October 7 2005, 03:10:04 UTC
nope, I don't even remember what brand mine was. It was just what they had at the wedding boutique. Sadly, I didn't wear mine as it was also too tight and I could barely breathe in it. :(

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gieves October 6 2005, 20:28:06 UTC
I had much the same problem! I had the seams let out on the bodice (what a beast - it had built-in boning and my saintly seamstress had to completely dismantle and reassemble it to get it to fit) and the button on the skirt moved a little...
...and I went on the pre-wedding panic diet of having no appetite for a couple of weeks because I was so stressed out. (No virtue here! I just freaked out.)

But I still ended up with some challenging zipping action and big bruises on my hips from the bodice of the dress. *sigh* I think it's a common thing; fortunately, you have three+ weeks, a seamstress at work, and as diffusedglow says, sometimes undergarments can work wonders.

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supercarrot October 6 2005, 21:23:51 UTC
eek!

your seamstress did a fantastic job! i would have never known.

i'd like to try to keep the dress' bodice as it is, so it's myself who will change. :-)

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gieves October 7 2005, 14:20:51 UTC
Yeah, she really did. One of those people who sews because she loves it, and she likes a challenge...

(I'll admit that my biggest problem is being short in the torso, so the need to alter was partly so that the bustline of the dress wasn't floating up around my shoulders... but the size issue also played a role.)

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sam16 October 6 2005, 20:51:31 UTC
We can both start an exercise routine if you want - a little bike ride each night (or each morning)?

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supercarrot October 6 2005, 20:53:24 UTC
i would like that very much.
would you mind getting to work "early" this month?

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reasie October 6 2005, 21:06:51 UTC
I like how positive your attitude is. :) You know what you need to do and you aren't panicking over it. Go you!

Me, I avoided this problem by having my wedding dress made the day before the wedding! /cheeky - it was in Vietnam, after all.

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supercarrot October 6 2005, 21:19:13 UTC
heh.

well, after 3 weeks of a self imposed chocolate consumption limit, the cake is going to taste phenomenal!

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gieves October 7 2005, 14:18:37 UTC
Oh, the horror!! No chocolate?! You are sacrificing... ;-)

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supercarrot October 7 2005, 14:49:51 UTC
i never said no chocolate. just a limit. ;-)

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