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Sweetgirlinsd · 01-27-2006, 01:01 PM

So my best friend is getting married in june and im the maid of honor.. if i have the surgery in the end of march or beginning of april.. how much weight would be expected to lose. im 5'10, 305 right now, size 26 pants. I know its hard to determine, we had to order the dress early because it wont come in till the end of april, i told her 21/22. i know i may have to have alterations but wow its so hard knowing what size! what do u suggest??

sUzYzPLaCe · 01-27-2006, 01:19 PM

flip a coin?

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Originally Posted by Sweetgirlinsd

So my best friend is getting married in june and im the maid of honor.. if i have the surgery in the end of march or beginning of april.. how much weight would be expected to lose. im 5'10, 305 right now, size 26 pants. I know its hard to determine, we had to order the dress early because it wont come in till the end of april, i told her 21/22. i know i may have to have alterations but wow its so hard knowing what size! what do u suggest??

JenniferD · 01-27-2006, 01:20 PM

I know what you are going through. I had my surgery at the end of September. My brother is getting married in June in Cancun. We have been dress shopping and it is hard!! I have had to tell people about the surgery. I tell them that I am going to be losing weight and they give me the "oh" so you are going to diet between now and then look. So I have to tell them...No I am really going to be losing weight and I don't have any idea what size I will be. I tried on a 22 dress the other day and it is too big. How many sizes to go down??? I am thinking of ordering an 18 and they said they can take it down up to 3 more sizes. I can also trade the dress 8 weeks before the wedding if that is not going to be enough but that would be pushing it!! It is very stressful but it is also fun to know that I will for the FIRST TIME EVER--be able to fit into a bridesmaid dress and not look like a tent maker made the dress.

The picked a sleeveless dress and I am kind of worried about the upper arm area so I have been targeting this area at the gym. Anyone have any good arm excercises that I could do to target the upper arm area???

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SURGERY AND WITH THE DRESS!

Sweetgirlinsd · 01-27-2006, 01:25 PM

Thanks Jennifer.. good luck too! That arm thing.. i know how that is! lol
Yeah the ladies at the dress shop said 3 sizes can be taken in but another dress lady said anything is possible if there is some jewel or bead work they can take it in any size.. eh i dont know what they mean. but good luck!

Mavisavis · 01-27-2006, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetgirlinsd

So my best friend is getting married in june and im the maid of honor.. if i have the surgery in the end of march or beginning of april.. how much weight would be expected to lose. im 5'10, 305 right now, size 26 pants. I know its hard to determine, we had to order the dress early because it wont come in till the end of april, i told her 21/22. i know i may have to have alterations but wow its so hard knowing what size! what do u suggest??

Off the cuff I say 75 lbs........I'm basing that on general stats and your current weight. I don't know what size that would leave you, but I'd order a little big.........you can always take it in, but you can't make it bigger. Have a good seamstress at hand. You're gonna look fabulous though!

Mavisavis · 01-27-2006, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JenniferD

I tell them that I am going to be losing weight and they give me the "oh" so you are going to diet between now and then look. So I have to tell them...No I am really going to be losing weight and I don't have any idea what size I will be.

LOL......my friend who had surgery a week before me, and I always shop together. We're always chattering about what size we'll be and what season we should be able to wear it, etc. I'm sure the people we don't explain it to are rolling their eyes and clucking their tongues about how silly we are.

amazonbeauty · 01-27-2006, 01:49 PM

I am too in this predictament. I actually am the one getting married, April 29th, and I haven't even looked at dresses. I'm not wearing white and want something "hawaiian" so I'll be a little luckier (or at least I think so). If I were doing the big white dress with all that entails, it'd be harder.

I'm thinking I'm just having something made, so I'll wait until closer to the the date, maybe a month & 1/2 out; something like that.

I've made both bridesmaid dresses and wedding dresses in the past, depending on the style, you can take them in quite a bit (sometimes more than that 3 sizes thing)! So, most importantly, buy it "big" vs. too close to call! Good luck and keep us posted on your pre-op progress.

Mavisavis · 01-27-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by amazonbeauty

I am too in this predictament. I actually am the one getting married, April 29th, and I haven't even looked at dresses. I'm not wearing white and want something "hawaiian" so I'll be a little luckier (or at least I think so). If I were doing the big white dress with all that entails, it'd be harder.

I'm thinking I'm just having something made, so I'll wait until closer to the the date, maybe a month & 1/2 out; something like that.

I've made both bridesmaid dresses and wedding dresses in the past, depending on the style, you can take them in quite a bit (sometimes more than that 3 sizes thing)! So, most importantly, buy it "big" vs. too close to call! Good luck and keep us posted on your pre-op progress.

Congrats on your upcoming wedding! I know you are gonna look and feel totally fabulous!

LizardQueen · 01-27-2006, 05:04 PM

I'd say go bigger rather than smaller. You can only let out so much, but taking in you can do so much more. I think 22 is a reasonable expectation.

Sweetgirlinsd · 01-27-2006, 09:05 PM

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I'd say go bigger rather than smaller. You can only let out so much, but taking in you can do so much more. I think 22 is a reasonable expectation.

ok good. i plan on losing some weight before my surgery date but not sure how much weight. so yeah i hope 22 is good. its just crazy when u tell the bridal shop u WILL be losing weight.. they do roll their eyes at u and u know what they are thinking "she wont lose weight". but people understand u WILL lose weight with this.