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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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