Pre wedding diet!

I'm on a pre-wedding diet now with 9 months to go, I can go down 2 dress sizes and my dress can still be altered (I'm a small 14 now). I've found it's all about diet, not exercise! I had a baby 15 months ago and struggled to lose a few pound, then I purchased a cross trainer and it's worked wonders. I've also cut out sugar and all the bad foods and I've noticed a huge difference and I don't go to the gym at all! I'm most concerned about my flabby bingo wings, which don't seem to be shifting!! Hayley x

If you feel as though you want to diet, for you, then you can start whenever you want!! I have started my diet and I am getting married in just over 18 months, i have 2 stone to lose. I know I can do it in that time slowly and healthily with no crash dieting closer to the wedding.

I think you need to maintain your weight once you have had your final dress fitting but I don't think that's until a couple of weeks before the wedding in most cases.

Slimming world is brilliant. I lost 3 stone. I have put on about 6lbs since I got there but know sticking to the plans will mean it drops off again. I have 7 weeks until my wedding and cannot wait to get back to work Monday (back into a routine) so I can eat well again. I want to get about 11lbs off in 7 weeks and following slimming world means it shouldnt be a problem.

Good luck x

I think this is quite a personal thing really. I lost some weight about a year before the wedding to try on dresses. Then I put all that weight back on again. And then about 12 weeks befire the wedding I decided to diet hoping to lose 2lb a week (24 lb) before the wedding. I have 5 weeks to the wedding and I am on track to reach my target. But then I always work like this- to very strict deadlines and doing things in short periods of time.

Good luck x

I seem to have developed bingo wings, but maintained the same dress size. I'm swimming again now so hopefully that will help. I cant do tricep dips or press ups as I have carpel tunnel syndrome in my left wrist.

I am so sick of my flabby arms! I asked over on weight forum and someone suggested yoga for toning up, so I am going to give that a go, as well as weight watchers, and regular gym visits, plus aqua aerobics - something's gotta shift the bingo wings eventually!

My upper arms (along with my post 2 c-sections tummy) are my main problem areas too, hate them ☹️