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Its amazing how I’m finding new ways to notice how the Jump Start Diet is changing my life.
My aunt and cousins are in town this weekend, so of course you can imagine what the first question they asked
was: “Can we see your ring! AHHH!”
Which then spurred on more wedding talk. So to pass the afternoon, we decided to go to the mall to just get an idea for bridesmaid dresses for my cousin, Maggie. You know, just for fun. The wedding is a year away, so of course we weren’t looking at anything seriously.
But then this BEAUTIFUL wedding dress caught my family’s eyes. It was a couple sizes too small so I didn’t want to try it on. I mean, wedding dress shopping is something I dread. It’s a lot of white, a lot of fabric, and whole lot of “What if I don’t look pretty enough?”
I helped my older cousin find her wedding dress, and she tried on over 25 dresses. It can be so exhausting.
So I was a bit eh about the idea. I ended up trying on a different dress that made me look like a cupcake and knew my “This might be an awful situation” hunch was true.
“It’s okay, guys,” I said. “My mom and I are going dress shopping in December. I’ll just look at them then with her. And I’ll be skinnier too.”
But then a dress shop attendant/consultant person decided to help me out. Asked me basically what I liked and said she had just the thing.
I didn’t really want to try on any more dresses, but I’m so glad I did. It really gave me the confidence boost I needed.
She put me in a partial mermaid (a style I would have NEVER tried because my childbearing hips are pretty epic). But as she laced me up and topped me off with my favorite style veil (the mantilla), I just stared in the mirror.
“OMG. My waist is so skinny.”
So while I knew I wasn’t going to buy a dress there (I mean, come on. A girl needs her momma for that experience), it was so nice to know that as I was now, I could look BEAUTIFUL in a wedding dress and be happy with myself.
After all, who knows how much I’ll lose in a year after this experience? This is just the beginning of my new life toward being a healthier me. I’m just happy to know I’ll be a beautiful bride no matter what size I am.
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