Hey Ladies, its a bit long sorry!
I am starting Operation Wedding Body today. Its daunting as over the last 2 years I have put on 4 STONE!!! I am gutted, I got comfortable and lazy and made excuses. But I am on the right track now. I have just come back from a week holiday in turkey (where I felt like a great big fat turkey!) we went to check out the hotel we have chosen to get married at in 2016 (Paloma Pasha Resort Izmir Turkey - I highly recommend this hotel its fab!). Its definitely given me the boost I needed to stop making all the excuses, also my fiancé has ramped up his gym and diet regime so we are doing it together.
I am going to the gym 4-5 times per week with friends and fiancé (on different days!) and swimming with my sister one day a week. I am a busy mum of 2 but I am roping my children in to this as well! We enjoyed our (all inclusive aahhhh!) holiday but I have told them that now its healthy eating and no more rubbish! This understandably didn't go down too well with them, so I have let them off on their birthdays and they are happy with that deal! I am booking my first wedding dress appointment soon for around next march and I want to have lost 3 stone by then. I just have to remember that I've done it before so I can do it again...although the older I get the harder it is haha...but that's just another excuse.
Ive tried the faddy diets and weight loss groups and I don't get on with them long term - Dukan, Juice, WW etc and really the best way to keep it going is eat healthily, exercise - find something you really enjoy so it doesn't feel like a chore! - reduce meal sizes - this has been a big problem for me, my fiancé does most of the cooking and he serves us up the same size meal and pig that I am I was scoffing the lot! Also treat yourself once in a while then you wont lose heart. I used to have one treat day a week when I was slim but now I am going to treat my self to one treat on one day every 2 weeks. I don't really drink so that helps with keeping weight off, but I might treat myself to a glass of bubbly once a fortnight instead of a bar of chocolate or packet of crisps!
Good Luck to all you ladies who want to look amazing on their wedding day and are working hard to achieve their goals! I will blog my Operation Wedding Body keep me posted on yours!!
