My Dress Doesn't Fit!

May have only 3 inches to zip as I was zipping it myself and it was an awkward angle

So your wedding is in January not April Correct? Yes I would stop working out your back immediately . I would never say that to anyone but in the case you have very little time.

Yes it's in January. I'm having my mom come over in a few days to help me, and hopefully maybe she can get it to zip more than I can. But I even tried just closing the pieces of fabric and they didn't meet. Yikes. The woman who took my dress in had it done in 1 week. But i would hate to go back and make her redo it. Plus, now she's taking it out and I'm not sure if that can be done or not.

I say seamstress!! Maybe see if somebody else can get it zipped up since you said you had a hard time yourself and see where the issue is. As far as your weight goes, muscle weighs more than fat. So please understand that it's not fat and it's going to be hard to just lose it too.

No one should try on dresses within the week after Thanksgiving. Give yourself at least another week till you freak out. I'm sure as heck not trying mine on till next week and my wedding's in less than 3 weeks.

As someone who bought a dress too small for the engagement shoot and gave herself a month to "lose a few lbs" to fit into instead of just getting a size up, I think a seamstress is your best bet.

Clean eating and drink a gallon to a gallon 1/2 a day. Also DONT STRESS!

Okay don't even try your dress on right now. We just had a holiday with tons of heavy carbs and starches and sweets to eat.

Light weights, high reps, up your cardio slightly. You will lean out without being too lean. If you think it's your back, which it very well might be, tone down the pole dancing classes, which I'm sure are strengthening your upper back and making you a bit wider.