Going to try on a dress on Saturday!!

[Samantha Red]

I am so excited!

Although I haven''t been posting I have been watching the weight loss thread with interest. I am so with everyone who struggles with weight issues. At the end of January I weighed 189 pounds and as of last Friday I was 154. I told myself I wouldn''t try dresses on until meeting my target of 133, which I figure will be mid/late August if I continue as I have been doing.

However I did not reckon with Miss Bee and the mention of the Benjamin Roberts 930/Anjolique dress. I have become obsessed with it and found a stockist about 20 mins from where I live. I have been trying desperately to resist but called them yesterday and they have two sizes in stock, UK sizes 12 and 16, in Ivory and Champagne. I made an appointment to go and see them on Saturday at 1pm. I was driven on by the fact that I willl need cheering up on Saturday as my OH is flying to Japan today and won''t be back until next Tuesday; leaving me alone and sad at the weekend.

I am now scared that 1. It will jinx my weightloss to go against my pact with myself and 2. If the dress looks hideous on me I will be even more down and depressed. That will teach me won''t it.

Finally good luck to all those trying to lose weight. It is the hardest thing but feels so good when it happens

 

[Maisie]

Samantha you have lost a lot of weight! Well done!!! You will look fabulous in the dress, I promise you! Don''t worry that you will look awful, you won''t!! Go and enjoy the fun!

Just bear in mind that you might not like the dress when you try it, not because it won''t look nice - but just because you don''t like the style as much as you thought you might.

Let us know how you get on!!

 

[Samantha Red]

Thanks Maisie, that is so kind of you to say. I think I am building up to it looking awful so anything remotely good will be a bonus. I am also going on my own so no-one has to see if it looks dreadful. I figure if I look huge in it, it will be an extra incentive to keep on going with the weight loss and give me an idea how far away I am too

 

[Lorelei]

Samantha, you have done INCREDIBLY well, and lost lots of weight, PLEASE accept my heart congratulations on doing such a great job!!!!!

As Maisie says, if you don''t like the dress, it is probably a matter of style that you don''t like, not that you don''t look good!!!