<p>Brides going to extreme measures to lose weight before the wedding - how nuts!!!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/fashion/weddings/Losing-Weight-in-Time-for-the-Wedding.html?pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/fashion/weddings/Losing-Weight-in-Time-for-the-Wedding.html?pagewanted=all</a></p>
<p>Brings vanity to a whole new dimension. :(</p>
<p>I have to wonder if a bride is willing to go into weight loss for the wedding with so little forethought and preparation (ie waiting until the last minute to lose weight and then doing something drastic to make up for it), how much preparation and forethought did they put into the marriage before they agreed to the wedding? You just can’t take a shortcut for everything you didn’t bother to think about or work toward in advance…</p>
<p>I am at a point in my life now where my relationship is getting serious enough that we are thinking about what sorts of life changes and preparations we need to take care of before we’d consider taking that step… if weight loss is so important I don’t understand how it doesn’t come up in this thought process MONTHS and MONTHS in advance of the wedding, in plenty of time to lose weight the normal way without having to exert THAT much effort. It’s a lot less effort to step on the treadmill than it is live off of 500 calories from a feeding tube for a few weeks. o.O</p>
<p>Last night we were watching one of the bridesmaid shows (Atlanta). One of the bridesmaids was coming in for her fitting - they originally suggested she order a size 10 ( I believe the above article says that bridal wear often runs small so people often have to buy a bigger " number" than they are used to) - but I stead of the 10 , the women CHOSE to order a size 4. Apparently she sucked it in big time and squeezed into the dress but goodness, give yourself room to move and breathe people!</p>
<p>for goodness sakes, cut off the tag if the number bothers you so much.</p>
<p>I remember articles stating that Kate Middleton went on a special diet (with her mother) to lose weight before the royal wedding. Anyone else think she looked too thin on her wedding day? And remember, the camera adds 10 pounds. Her face looks gaunt still.</p>
<p>I think that was the dukan diet, which was mentioned in the article… I’m not sure if the rumors that she was doing that were true or not. I did notice at one point that she was getting awfully thin. :</p>
<p>When I got married many years ago, one of my sisters refused to order the recommended size for her bridesmaid’s dress. She normally wore an eight but her measurements at the fitting put her in a ten. She would have none of it. If I remember correctly, it was a struggle for her getting into the dress the day of the wedding One more thing for me to stress about. Gotta love that.</p>
<p>I always wonder why these grooms don’t reconsider. There are less narcissistic women out there, guys.</p>
<p>I partnered with bridal shops who wanted to be in the tuxedo rental business, supplying them men’s formalwear for over 30 years. There are plenty of bridal shops who purposely sell a larger size dress so they can tack on more in alteration charges and increase their profits.</p>
<p>these women are crazy. the guys should run the other way (of course, likely they are similar, since they are getting married)</p>
<p>My neighbor went on a diet years ago when she was single. I think it was to catch a man because she was very heavy. She looked good and a few years later she was married to a very nice cute guy. A couple years later and she is heavier than before! They are still together, so at least he didn’t marry her for her looks. They are a nice couple, no kids.</p>
<p>I always wondered if he knew she used to be heavy before they met.</p>
<p>Well I didn’t go on a diet to squeeze into a wedding gown.
Cause I was 14 weeks pregnant. But I didn’t have a slinky dress, so you couldn’t tell.
(Not with either D)</p>
<p>The Duchess was alarmingly thin before her wedding. This is from about a month before (and she looked actually anorexic in some pictures the week before). Scroll down to the red dress for how she looked several years ago.</p>
<p>[Royal</a> wedding pressure: Has Kate Middleton stopped eating?](<a href=“http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/?blogentryid=811781&showcomments=true]Royal”>http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/?blogentryid=811781&showcomments=true)</p>
<p>ETA – I just finished reading The Hunger Games so the thread title scared me! :eek:</p>
<p>I wonder if these women will go about their marriages in the same fashion</p>