Tying up your health before Tying the Knot

If you are already engaged, and the wedding date is near, then you have a lot of preparations to do. Planning for a seamless place for the wedding, ensuring you have the best chefs to make a perfect meal for your guests, and many other things concerning the wedding are challenging. Topping all this with a weight loss challenge will be more stressful than it may look, but with some tactics and determination, you can shape your dream body for your wedding. To shed the extra weight, there are a few things you need to do and also avoid.

Things To Do

Set genuine goals that are attainable before the wedding day. Expecting to change your body within a few days should not even be in your mind because it takes a lot of time and energy to notice some changes. It is recommended by weight loss trainers and professionals that one sets an attainable weight loss challenge of maybe losing 1 or 2 pounds a week. It may seem like you are losing just a little, but it is quite a lot; most people can attain this as it is genuine with no pressure. You will even be motivated to continue doing it when you notice you are losing some pounds. If you start eating healthy and exercising regularly, you are bound to lose more than 2 pounds at the start. 

Drinking a lot of water helps you shed more pounds and aids your metabolism. Note that it is very usual for the weight loss process to slow down, but if you find yourself stuck in a particular place where you can reduce your weight past that point, then find some help from the fitness trainer or a nutritionist. It has been said that one should not compare oneself with the other; we are all different.

Your body is exceptional. Everybody has his own pace of losing weight. Some have a quick metabolism, while others have a slower metabolism. How we lose weight hinges on numerous aspects beyond our reach, such as age, heredity, and sex. Equivalating ourselves with others like the online influencers who have great bodies because maybe they have been genetically blessed with such bodies or working out with determination for a long time should not be the case.

Things to avoid

Do not fixate on the scale. Weighing your weight is a great and efficient way to know how much you want to lose. Our weight can vary by approximately 5 pounds per day. Many aspects cause the variation, such as the time of the day, the food and drinks you have taken, and your hormones. You can gain weight through weightlifting as you can build your lean muscles by doing such exercises, but it requires determination and endurance to gain much weight. Muscles increase our metabolism, hence aiding in burning fats and making our bodies look healthier and have a good physique. It would help if you focused on your weight and considered your upper arms, waist, thighs, calves, and waist measurements. 

Do not starve yourself or eat too little calories. Trying to lose weight quickly is not advisable as it will do more harm to your body. Eating fewer calories will cause your body to weaken, and you will feel tired more frequently. Moreover, it will be difficult for you to work in such conditions, so weak and thus you may injure yourself. Eating less will make your body retain more fats to be used for sustainability. It would help to concentrate on eating healthier food rich in proteins, vitamins, healthy fats, and more instead of denying yourself food or eating less than enough. Eating well-balanced, healthy meals is more essential than working out. 

Do not stress or eat. Planning a wedding comes with a lot of pressure. Much stuff needs to be done, which is time-consuming and affects us emotionally. In such situations, we should avoid the little things that stress us. We should try to live normally and not turn to fast food and junk foods for coziness. These nourishments contain a lot of sugar and carbohydrates, and researchers have found that they bring inclination and remuneration to our brains, thus triggering the production of dopamine, which is why our bodies desire them when stressed out. Eating such junk and fast foods and messing up with the hard work we have been putting in to get that perfect body may make us feel guilty later on, hence stressing more. Find other ways to deal with stress, like eating healthy snacks such as dark chocolate and some berries with Greek yogurt. 

Tactics to aid help you for your wedding

Coming up with a weight loss goal can be very difficult and stressful initially, but following some easy steps and eating a healthier diet can achieve your perfect dream wedding body.

1. Creating your pre-wedding weight loss goal 

It is exciting to know that you can shed some pounds before your wedding by setting an achievable target and planning how to do it efficiently. Focus on losing weight little by little each week, and you will realize at the end of the month that you have shed a lot and done a great job. Do not try to shed more weight at once and for a short time, as you will have done yourself more harm. 

Prep tip: Check with your tailor or designer your final dress and suit when it is almost your wedding, and after that, aim to maintain your weight there so that the clothes will fit flawlessly. 

2. How many calories do you need to burn

You need to eat less calories and burn more. Eat a diet with low calories and exercise more. This is good to use the low calorie method. Taking 10 X (goal weight) = amount of calories to eat per day – for example if you want to be 130 pound your formula would be 10 X 130 lbs = 1300 calories. That would be the amount of calories to consume in one day. 

3. Intermittent fasting

It involves changing the time of eating and fasting, for example, the 16/8 method whereby you eat only within 8 hours of the day and fast for 16 hours. It is an effective way to lose weight.

4. Planning your meal

Planning your meal is a good way to portion your food so you do not eat more than enough. Cooking at home is a great way to avoid eating fast foods and high-calorie junk food. 

5. Make exercise your routine

While exercising, you should prioritize eating healthy because exercising while eating junk will ruin your hard work. 

6. Healthily manage your wedding stress

Stressing contributes to the production of cortisol hormone, which may lead to gaining weight, bloating, and some desires. There are healthy ways to manage your stress, such as meditation, working out, and visiting places full of nature. Doing yoga is a great way to build strength, increase body flexibility, and relax your mind. 

7. Dodging alcoholic drinks

Weddings are times of partying, but avoid consuming alcoholic drinks, keeping in mind that you want to lose weight.

Stressing out because you want to lose weight before your wedding should not be an option; instead, devise a workout plan and eat healthy, and you will achieve your perfect body for your wedding. To shed more pounds, it is helpful to drink lots of water because it helps in the metabolism process. It is normal for weight loss to slow down, but when you find yourself stuck somewhere like that, you can drop your weight below and outside of this point; you might need help from a personal trainer or a nutrition expert.