Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Wedding: bridal diet and fitness plan
Wedding: bridal diet and fitness plan
by Siobhan Pestano
Look and feel great on your wedding day with handbag's six-month plan
Six months to go
If you're planning to lose weight, you need to set realistic goals. Extreme regimes will simply deplete your body of vital vitamins during a period when you will be most in need of them. The simple fact is that consuming less calories than you expend in energy will result in weight loss, so give some thought to the sort of foods you plan to eat over the next six months, and how to fit exercise into your life regularly – at least 40 minutes, three times a week. Start with things that are easy to include, like walking, and schedule varied activies that you enjoy, like swimming or dancing, into your diary. Treat them like you'd treat any other appointment – honour them! This is your special time!
Lots of thought is given to bridal hairstyles and make-up, but this is only 'top dressing', and you'll want your hair and skin to shine through being in optimum condition from the inside out. Consider taking a combined daily supplement for hair, skin and nails. Kelp tablets are also excellent for strong, glossy hair, or you can use sheets of delicious toasted seaweed to make food wraps. Try to get into the habit of daily body brushing – this will not only make your skin incredibly silky, but stimulates circulation at the beginning and end of each day, encouraging toxins to leave the body.
Five months to go
If your mind is starting to feel frazzled by endless planning and juggling, ginkgo biloba keeps your thinking sharp by maintaining the blood flow to the brain. If you're just feeling generally fatigued, try Ginseng, or Co-enzyme Q10 - a powerful antioxidant which improves your body's energy production and helps speed up metabolism. An excellent way to energise your body through food is juicing – in seconds you can create delicious energy drinks that will be quickly absorbed into your body. Nothing you can buy off the shelf will be anywhere near as effect as fresh, home-made juices – but it's worth the minimal effort, your energy levels will rocket every time. And don't forget the best energiser and beautifier of them all – water!
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