Get moving for More Energy and Less Stress

Of course, you want to look great on your wedding day. If you’re like most brides, you probably think you should lose some weight. If your dress is strapless, backless, or form fitting, you may be feeling even more pressure to look like a runway model. But let’s face it; most brides are not six feet tall and a size four. And you don’t have to be to look terrific on the big day.

Once you start eating right, you’ll have much more energy. Of course, you’ll need it to do all you have to do now; but it will also be a welcome addition to your workouts. Workouts? We’re kidding, right? When would you squeeze working out into your already overcrowded schedule? Consider these incentives for finding the time:

1. Exercise is the best stress buster you’ll ever find.
2. Exercise raises your metabolism, which burns up all those extra calories.
3. Exercise, combined with your new, healthy food choices, helps you lose weight.
4. Exercise gives you even more energy to get through the wedding preparations.
5. Exercise, with a friend or your groom, can be fun. Really!

A few words of caution: steer clear of drastic diets and extreme exercise. Quick weight loss may get you into your dress, but at a high cost. The look you’re going for isn't gaunt; it’s fit and fabulous. Here are some tried and true ways experts recommend to achieve it (You don’t have to do all of them!):

• Start early (at least three months before the wedding), and take it slow (lose only one to two pounds a week).
• Hire a personal trainer.
• Join the Y, a gym or a health club (Search Yahoo! Local online for one near you.
• Buy a good pair of shoes, and walk or run.
• Dust off your bicycle, and hit the bike trail (Find one near you through the National Park Service).
• Take a hike (try Trails.com for researching hiking trails).
• Do a cardio workout 30 to 60 minutes, four to six times a week -- running, walking, biking, swimming, aerobic classes, jump rope, elliptical machine, treadmill, or stair master.
• Count your steps with a pedometer. Aim for 10,000 a day.
• Walk your dog at least twice a day. Don’t have one? Visit the Humane Society or your local Petsmart Charities Adoption.
• Do strength training (free weights, resistance machines, weights in water, push ups, crunches, leg raises), usually 12 to 15 repetitions each, three times a week.
• Try belly dancing for a workout that combines exotic movement with a great aerobic exercise. Learn online or buy a belly dancing video.
• Take dancing lessons, or go club dancing. Try hop-hop, salsa, reggae, or swing. If you’d rather do it in your living room, buy a DVD.
• Kick up your heels with cardio kickboxing.
• Join an online club.
• Sign up for brides' boot camp or other fitness camp.

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