Juice fasting before the wedding

I've thought about doing a cleanse sometime within the couple weeks before the wedding. But I will have plan it around Christmas and my bachelorette party.

I want to fit into my dress that I've paid big bucks to have altered. I lost a slew of weight before my sister's wedding. I ended up needed emergency alterations the day before the wedding to get the dress close to fitting me. The bridesmaid dress ended up costing me almost $700 in alterations and ultimately more than my sister's wedding gown. Just a thought. 3-4 lbs would be nice so my dress isn't snug.

Be careful. When Im hungry, I get mean. There will be lots of stress leading up to the wedding so just be mindful of how it is impacting other parts of your life. Being thinner is great, but not at the expense of your relationships.

But maybe it wont impact you the same way

I accidentally went on a carrot diet. long story short, I have a eating disorder, had some family tragedies so I threw myself into sewing and wedding planning. stress eating carrots while sewing, not realizeing that it's all I was eating.

when you have such condition, you can do things like loose weight and not see it, go a few days only eating things like carrots and not realize.

so in short, I accidentally did a crash diet. my skin got pukey looking, my eyes looked like something out of the walking dead, and my dress didn't fit to the point I just made a whole new one.

and I started getting sick.

I realized what was going on in time, got back to eating better and got my color and energy back for the wedding.

in short, don't do this to yourself, it's silly and not worth it. personally I suggest taking some bike rides or things like that. things for heath, and you could loose weight in the process. even if you don't, who doesn't need more energy and better health when they are a bride healthy looking is always more attractive in my book!

Stitching Bride,

I'm sorry to hear you had a hard time with that. Juice feasting isn't really a crash diet, though. It's providing the same calories as an average day, just in a highly nutrient delivery. I'm sure I'll lose a few pounds simply by not eating treats all throughout the day, but the juice feasting is more for overall wellness.

Megzie, I get mean when I'm hungry, toO! I don't think I could ever do a diet that required hunger all the time.

Karen, I did think about that. My dress fit me great, but I think if I lost about 3 pounds it would still fit great. *fingers crossed*

@Sierra--I realized when I wrote that earlier today I was hungry! LOL!

I started doing 'MyFitnessPal' this week and have actually lost a pound already I think it was mainly because I had to hold myself accountable for the junk snacks in between meals...

Good luck! Im curious about it, so let me know if you dont get the Hangrys

I wouldn't do a juice fast because like Megzie I get really mean when I get hungry. However as of today I am starting a low cal diet and bumping up my excercise routine. My wedding is in 28 days and my dress has already been altered so I don't want to lose more then 10 lbs otherwise I don't think my dress will fit. It is a corset back so I have a little extra wiggle room as opposed to if my dress had a zipper or buttons. If you can sustain yourself for that long on a mainly liquid diet go for it.