If you are engaged there is no doubt that you have given serious consideration to your bridal fitness. So, if you are ready to get your body into the best shape of your life for the most important day of your life there are 3 huge mistakes that you need to avoid!
1. Trying To Sprint Down The Aisle
While I applaud your dedication to bridal fitness you need to keep your enthusiasm in check for the first few workouts. I have seen too many brides get way too excited about changing their bodies that they start working out way too hard way too fast.
This is a recipe for disaster because more often than not you will feel way too sore and loose all motivation to stick to your workout program.
Instead of starting off with super high intensity bridal fitness workouts, you need to ease your way into things for the first week. This will ensure that you stick with your workout program right up until your wedding week and achieve the most amazing results possible!
2. Setting An Unreachable Goal
Yes, goal setting is important. In fact, it’s vital! You will never achieve the bridal fitness results that you desire if you don’t set your goals.
But, your goals must be attainable!
If your goal is to “loose a lot of weight” or “get really skinny” you’ll never reach your goal.
Why? Because what is “a lot of weight” or “really skinny”?
You need to have measurable goals that you can track to see how you are progressing.
Instead of “a lot of weight” say “X number of pounds”.
Instead of “really skinny” say “I want to wear a size __.”
These are measurable numbers that will tell you how you are progressing toward your bridal fitness goals.
3. Starving Away The Pounds
Sure, you need to watch what you eat, but too many brides fall into the trap of hardy eating at all in the belief that not eating will lead to weight loss. The problem with this thought process is that it fails every single time.
Your body is a very smart creature. If you stop feeding it you will actually gain weight!
Since your body doesn’t know when it’s next meal will be, it goes into “starvation mode” and slows down your metabolism so that you are not burning as many calories as you should be. This is your bodies natural defense to maintain life.
So, instead of going on a very low calorie diet, you need to reduce your calories as much as possible without entering the starvation mode.
The second problem with a very low calorie diet is that you will end up eating something that you really shouldn’t… just because it’s there.
Have you ever been driving your car when you are extremely low on gas? You end up having to pull into the first available gas station and pay top dollar for a few gallons of gas simply because you are in such desperate need and it’s the only place around.
The same thing happens with your body. When your body is desperate for food if lowers your mental ability to make proper nutrition decisions and you will end up grabbing a handful of cookies or that big piece of chocolate cake… just because they are there!
So there you have it, the 3 Biggest Mistakes In Bridal Fitness along with the solutions to the problems. Now you can set a solid foundation by staring your bridal fitness program properly, setting the right goals, and making sure that your nutrition is on track to get you into the best shape of your life for the most important day of your life!
My fiance & I got engaged, after 6 & half years of being together. We just bought a house September of 2009, but have lived together for 3 years. 3 weeks after we got engaged I found out I’m pregnant. Turns out after lots of pain, horrible doctors, 4 ER trips & 2 nights in the hospital. I had an ectopic pregnancy….My new doctor is worried with my family history & what happened that there maybe damage to my tube, if not now then the scare tissues later. He mentioned me go threw all this at 22 almost 23 vs waiting because it will be alot easier on my body. He has told me to finish healing (I’m bleeding alot its going down now) Get a normal period, then go from there on trying again if we are ready. (we weren’t trying to start with, I forgot my pills needed filled so we said screw it wait till next time but next time didn’t come) But he isn’t promising anything later (I know miracles happen but I’m not banking on that)
We had a wedding planned! I’m not sure what to do. We did figure it out that we don’t want to spend a ton of money on a wedding. We are just going to do a wedding at the beach, with parents, siblings, wedding party, grandparents. (maybe baby) & then have a short honeymoon while we are there since my fiance will not have very much vacation time.
We figured it out if we are lucky enough to get pregnant & everything be ok…before the end of September 2010. We would have about 12-14 weeks after the baby is born. For me to get in shape & for me to find a dress etc. We have paid some already on the wedding so we don’t want to loose that money.
wow I can see people (woman) who are going threw this wedding or not, are a ton nicer then when I posted in the wedding or marriage categories!
I don’t want to say "i do" pregnant. But I don’t want to miss out on having a child either. I don’t want to be that 80 year old woman who’s nephew comes once a year to see her.
i think you should go for it, we have our wedding booked for 2012 but have said we will be trying up until october of next year so that i wont be pregnant on the day but i don’t see anything wrong with anybody trying as long as they are ready and if it will be easier on your body to do it sooner rather than later then go for it, good luck
i want to make my own heart shaped invites but can only find small heart punches. looking for something about 10cm roughly. i will attach a few layers of hearts together with ribbon.can you help? shops or websites, i live in glasgow, scotland
i need to make about 150 invites comprising of 4 sheets each.i have no craft things already and am doing this to save money so cheap as poss plz! and i live in the UK,only UK websites plz
I should think you would be able to buy heart shaped paper, my little girls had that kind of paper before. I’d try a hobbie craft shop(hobby craft), you can buy heart shaped post it notes but their sell cutters good luck finding some.
i have my wedding in may. i lost 60 pounds in three month easting well and doing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution), but i was thinking about joining workout world and then doing my boxing speed bag. should i do all of those or WOW or just at home fitness with ddr and speed bag?
Abdominoplasty.
I got a membership at the gym and started going this week. I went on monday, worked out for an hour-lifting weights in my upper arm area. The next day my body was throbbing with aches in my arm and this continued on tues, wed, and thurs. I went back to the gym today and worked out for about an hour.
I want to work out for an hour 5x a week to build muscles, abs, 6-pk, not to mention gain weight.
I have a high metabolism.
How long should it take to get in shape. I’m 25years old, 6ft, 150lbs and this was my 1st time working out since Aug 08.
Perhaps six months, but a lot depends on what that shape is
I have a wedding to go to next month and would love to lose belly fat asap. What are your thoughts on the performance of these shoes?
SKetchers shape ups are actually pretty good! Try jogging and working out! Shoes don’t really matter all that much! Just start training, eating healthy, and forget about the gear!
I’m from South Jersey and I wanted to get fit for my wedding. I wanted to take pole dance lessons instead of going to the gym in new jersey.
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I’ve been dress-shopping for 6 months now (engaged last December) and I finally found my perfect casual, elegant dress online, on Nordstrom’s site (there are no Nordstrom’s in Canada). With shipping, it would be less than $200. I am getting in shape before the wedding and the dress can be altered/taken in if need be. The company does accept returns/refunds if I hate it, but all the reviews have been really positive.
It’s so early, though! The wedding’s not until August 2011. Should I take a chance and order it, or do you think that’s a bit ridiculous? My tastes are so particular that I was thinking I’d have to have one specially made, and I was thrilled to stumble across this one.
Thanks girls, I think I’m going to hold off. If I really want it in like a year, it’ll still be there, so…no rush. Plus there is at least one thing I’d want to change about it, and I still have a long time to find one that’s perfect.
I wouldn’t, you could gain or loose weight due to stress of planning the wedding. then again you can always get it fitted which is going to cost you. you might even find another better, then it will be to late because you got one already.
I had a baby in January and my body is still not in the best of shape. I also quit smoking, drinking, and taking my prescribed medication when I got pregnant so I gained alot of extra weight..which is sad that I ended up looking like this but Im very happy for my very healthy little boy. Any ways…I am getting married in August and I do exercise, eat healthy and all that jazz. I am slowly losing weight but I know I will still feel uncomfortable in my own skin by the time the wedding rolls around. My fiance is amazing and loves me no matter what…I just want to look great. We dont have very many good bridal shops around here so I dont get very much help on what would be flattering to my body. I was also needing to find a good..no GREAT form of shapewear. Can anyone suggest anything?
Shop HSN.com and QVC.com for shapewear because if it doesn’t work, you can send it back
within 30 days. Leave it on for however long you will be wearing it on your wedding day to be sure it really works for you. Dress shape: empire waist with a soft a-line skirt.
My sister-in-law is getting married on August 10th and has just started to plan her wedding, and has asked for my help. She wants to do a medieval themed wedding with castles and dragons. So far the only ideas are to do a castle shaped wedding cake and pewter dragons for table centerpieces. She wants light purple, green, and white for her colors. And she loves lilacs but they aren’t in season in August. The reception will be indoors in a church’s multi-purpose room. The only thing provided are tables and chairs. I would appreciate any and all ideas!
I agree MCMANRULES2007, but how could I tell my sister-in-law that? I’m just here to help her have what she wants.
She’s decided not to do any kind of wedding party, since she doesn’t have the money and doesn’t feel right asking everyone to get matching clothes. So the costume idea is out too I guess. I’m looking for ideas for decorating, flowers, favors, and stuff like that.
Use tall wrought iron candle holders around the room
Rent the standing medival soilders in costume and have them standing at attention holding swords next to the main doors.
get styrafoam blocks and spray paint them to look like old stone. Sorround the DJ booth (if you are having one) and other tables like cake table and buffet tables so it looks like they are made of stone walls.
Have a dragon ice scuplture
Have a sweetheart table with name plates on the charis reading Prince Charming and Fair Princess
Tables should be long banquet style tables with goblets for drinking wine
Food should be large turkey legs like at the medival dinner parties
Use costumes for the waitstaff so you are being served by wenches and blacksmiths etc…