Losing weight/drop a dress size?

It's not about pounds. It's about losing inches. I lost a lot of weight by drastically cutting down On sweets and sodas. I also only usually eat once in the middle of the day. Only occasionally after 6pm. You should try not to eat after 6pm. It worked great for me. I went from a 12 to an 8 in less than a year and now I'm in a 6. 30 lbs lighter. I also kickbox on a regular basis but I start that after losing 20 lbs

How tall are you ? I’m 6 feet so if I drop 5-10lbs it won’t even look like anything, but my friend who is 5 foot 5 looses 5 lbs and she drops a jean size

This depends on so many things. I once dropped two sizes without losing any weight, because I started doing more weight training or using body weight during workouts instead of just cardio. If you care about size, pounds are not the right way to measure it.

Start working out 4-5 times a week, 30+ minutes each time. Cut out sweets and other sugary stuff. Eat fruits and vegetables. Don't eat very much of whatever you do eat, just enough to fill you up. And stay off the scale, it won't help you.

You can do it by pounds or by inches.
I suggest water to drink only
planks, side planks, super mans, push-ups and burpees.
Many women keep same weight but lose a size.
Some even gain pounds but lose inches.
i lost a size by doing just what I mentioned above.

Why do you specifically need to loose a whole dress size? Your wedding isn't until next year and over a year away. Has your dress come in? Buying a pre-owned dress? Most dresses can be altered up or down 2 sizes and you're definitely too early for alterations.

View Quoted Comment I’m aware that my wedding is over a year away. I’m already 125 pounds, and I figured I have to (and will) lose around 10-12 more pounds to be my ideal weight aka size US 6 in my wedding dress, according to other posts I’ve read. The dress that I want is carried in a 6.

View Quoted Comment Thank you!!!!

There are too many factors really for any definitive answer. It all depends on your body. Personally, I dropped 20 pounds in about 3 months. However, I lost it from all over so I only dropped about half a size. I count calories, eat a balanced diet, and try to not snack between meals.

View Quoted Comment Sounds good! Yeah I usually go to the gym 2x a week, looks like I have to bump it up to maybe 4x a week

View Quoted Comment Lol I’m 5’5 as well!

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The dress you want is only carried in a 6?

You're putting a lot of pressure on yourself. I've seen so many posts here about people wanting to lose weight but wedding planning is stressful and stress plays a large role in weight loss.

It's best to shop for a dress in the size you are now.

There’s definitely no formula for this as everyone’s body is different.

View Quoted Comment I’m not sure how tall you are BUT
im 5 ft 3 in
and I weigh 152 lbs and a size 8.
ive also been 135 lbs and a size 4.
I was actually 20lbs heavier than I was at 17 yrs old and a smaller size than I was at 17yrs old.
I was by no means AT ALL a body builder or super toned.

Just sn FYI
even though right now I’m mostly an 8 I can fit some 6 jeans, like Levi’s.
But I just went dress shopping for first time this weekend and I fit a size 12, it was only a tad too big.
one dress was 12” too long, boob area too big but rib cage and butt too small.... it wouldn’t zip or button closed up the back.

If you want to be a US wedding dress size 6. I suggest you be a US pant size 2.

View Quoted Comment This is important. The dresses I was trying on were all two sizes bigger than my street size. I’m a 4/6 normally and ordered a 10.

Fitness and health is complicated. I would love to lose 15 pounds. I lost 30 to 40 pounds but then I started stressing and gain most of it back. Proper diet and work out. In gonna start it back up just to make sure I fit my dress.

I mean this all depends on so many factors. I’m 5’5” and I weight 135 pounds...I’m consistently a US size 4 (sometimes a 2 but never a 6). My wedding dress was a size 4 too. But I have a lot of muscle.

So this all depends on your weight distribution, metabolism, and body build. If I were you, I would • drink 8-10 glasses of water per day • cut out junk food, soda, starchy food • eat lots of green veggies, lean protein, and fruits • cook nutritious who meals at home instead of going out to eat • try to cut out heavy intake of alcohol • exercise at least every other day for a minimum of 30-60 minutes per day • do a balance of cardio and weight training. Weight training is great because will help you burn fat at a higher rate, or at least that’s how it works for me. If you need healthy cooking recipes, try out Pinterest. They have soooo many easy, healthy recipes. Invest in a spiralizer! It’s such a fun way to increase your veggie intake. Take care of yourself and try not to stress because that can reverse the effects of weight loss.

Also, I think you mentioned you would look at increasing the number of days you work out. If you do that, try not to focus on the numbers on the scale. See how the fit of your clothes feel. As you work out more, you will probably begin to gain more muscle. Muscle weighs more than fact so it is possible you can drop to your desired dress size without losing that many pounds.

View Quoted Comment I agree with all of this! I'm 5'3 and 145 lbs but I wear a size 2. Sometimes a 0 depending on my butt. But I'm muscular so I'm very dense and weigh a lot more than people my size. I drink a lot of water and I lift weights 3 times a week and do yoga/run twice a week. I don't have a sweet tooth so soda and desserts have never been a part of my diet. FH has stomach issues so we stick to whole foods so for dinner we usually have a meat option and two veggie options. We hardly ever eat rice, bread, and pasta. My biggest thing is cutting out alcohol. I love a glass of champagne (or 4) especially after a long day. FH and I decided to cut out alcohol unless it's the weekend but even then we don't have it in the house. It has helped tremendously with keeping the pounds off! But keep in mind that wedding dresses have very different sizing than normal clothes. Normal clothes I'm a 0-2. My wedding dress is a size 8.

This is still a little confusing to me. Do you already own your dress in a size 6? Or, have you tried it on in a size 6? Are you limited to the availability in only a size 6, so now you "have to fit" into it? If so, can it be altered? (Most size sixes should be easily altered to fit a size 8.)

But, it also sounds like perhaps you don't have your dress yet, and are considering a somewhat random goal. Honestly, a "clothing size" is completely arbitrary. (Unless you are planning on wearing the size tag on the outside, no one will ever know the size of your dress....) As pps have described, depending on the manufacturer, your same sized body might be a different (arbitrary) size in every dress you try on. (And, samples are notorious for being very stretched out, so a size 6 sample you try on might actually be closer to a size 8 or 10's measurements [especially in the waist].) If I followed the thread, I think you've reported that you are 5'5" and weight 125; that's a very healthy weight with a BMI of less than 21. Good luck, but based on your thread, I'd just encourage you to think about your reasons for wanting to be smaller, and the pros and cons of your plan.

You truly can’t go by pounds when it comes to dropping “sizes”. You can lose inches and not have much weight come off depending on what type of eating and weight training/exercise your doing. Focus on eating clean and getting exercise daily. Water intake is very important, you are supposed to drink half of your weight daily in ounces.

Why not order the dress in your current size? The added pressure to drop the weight is no fun!