I will be sleeved on Feb 4th. (that feels so good to write, lol) I was wondering...

My son is going to be married on June 2nd. I am 100 lbs. overweight.

I know know one can tell me how much I will lose but I really wanted to pick out a dress way before hand. I wonder will I lose like 20 or 30 ish lbs, a size or two maybe?

I dread looking for a dress for the way I look right now but do not want to wait till the last minute. In all honesty, I know the dresses I would wear now are a much different style than even they were 50lbs ago. I got the moo moo dress going on now. lol

What to do....

Hey there! I highly discourage buying anything like lovely fitted dresses or anything overly costly during your weight loss phase. IMO, wait until the time is much closer, weeks maybe. Either that or expect to spend some money on alterations. It is far too complicated to know how many inches you will lose in even one months time.

Congrats to your dear son!!

Yecats,

I would wait. I have deliberately avoided buying clothes right now. I am only 3 weeks out, but my clothes are already baggy on me. It is not only pounds you will lose, but inches too. Especially the top. I think there was a similar posting earlier but from a future bride. You will be surprised how much you lose even doing the pre-op prep. I had noticed during the pre-op phase that my bra straps were coming lose. I have had to re-adjust everything. Good luck.

definitely wait! You could lose a lot more than you thought you might!

I would DEFINITELY wait. From the date of my surgery to 4 months out, I went down from a size 24 pants to a size 16 . . . you just don't know where you will be by that point. It's no fun to spend money on alterations!!

I agree I'm 4 weeks out and down over 20 pounds.. You need to wait to get a dress or maybe pick one out you like and make sure it can be altered.. On that thought though you may find a totally different kind of dress to show off your new body in.. So just wait until you have to shop :smile1:

I agree. There should be no hurry. You will find the most beautiful dress when the time comes. With weight loss and inches, you have no idea in what to look for. Trust us, when the time comes to buy the dress, it will be the most beautiful dress for you and it will fit wonderfully. Wait to buy the dress.

Thanks everyone! It's funny , you plan to have surgery then when you get a date you start looking at everything in a different perspective. Now a whole bunch of new issues..lol.... all good though.

Don't do it! I completely missed a dress size. For a hot minute I was an 18, next thing I know I am in a 14. Less than a month later, I am in a 12. It goes by quick!