Lose weight before your wedding
Hysterical one month before your wedding day because you can’t fit into the dress? Or you
saw it in the magazine but when you tried it on you look like the pumpkin and not
Cinderella? Don’t fret, you’re not alone, some of us have been there and we know exactly
how you feel. Take a deep breath and read on, we have the perfect 4 week plan to get that
wedding day bod you’ve always been dreaming of! No we won’t starve you, we have advice
from weight loss pros that if you stick to guarantee you significant weight loss in time for
your special day. We have a couple of different diets that you can choose from;
Bare in mind, the diet that will suit you best will also depend on the amount of weight you
have to lose and which food plan suits your general habits most.
Intermittent Fasting
Also known as alternate day fasting, this diet requires you to avoid both solid and liquid
foods that contain any calories every other day. It allows you to eat whatever you want on
the other days. This way of eating (or not eating) is supposed to give you a weight loss
ranging between just over a half to one and a half stone in 4 weeks, depending on your
metabolism and exercise regime.
The Paleo Diet
Recommended foods:
Fresh meats (preferably grass-produced or free-ranging beef, pork, lamb, poultry
and game meat)
Fish and seafood
Fresh fruits (preferably locally sourced)
Fresh vegetables (preferably locally sourced) • Healthful oils (olive, coconut,
avocado, macadamia, walnut and flaxseed)
Foods that are not allowed:
Dairy products
Cereal grains • Legumes (beans, peas, soybeans, lentils and peanuts, to name a few)
Refined sugars
Processed foods
Potatoes
Salt
Refined oils (soy, cottonseed, corn, sunflower, safflower and sesame)
With this diet you can expect to lose between a stone, a stone and a half though some
people are known to lose more and some a little less in the first month, this depends on the
metabolism.
Similarly, but with a bit of greater range…
The Atkins Diet
Recommended foods:
Fresh meats (beef, pork, lamb, poultry and game meat)
Fish and seafood
Fresh vegetables
Healthy fats (butter, canola oil, coconut oil, flaxseed oil, grape seed oil, mayonnaise,
olive oil, high-oleic safflower oil, sesame oil)
Most cheeses
Nuts and seeds
Whole milk, cheese, Greek yogurt, ricotta or cottage cheese
Approved Atkins low-carb bars, shakes and frozen meals
Berries in early Phases and other types of fresh fruits (in later Phases)
Starchy vegetables (in later Phases)
Whole grains (in later Phases)
Foods that are not allowed:
Sugars
Processed foods with refined sugar and/or partially hydrogenated oils (cookies,
crackers, chips, etc.)
Breaded fried foods
Juicing
Juicing requires you to not take in any solid food for 4 weeks. This is the most challenging of
all, but one can expect the greatest amount of weight loss, with statistics showing people to
lose as much as two and a half stone. Professionals advise to try to keep the juices as green
as possible, as too much fruit isn’t recommended due to the amount of sugar they contain.
Great vegetables to choose are celery, beetroot, spinach, cucumber… Of the fruits, apples
and citric fruits such as grapefruit and oranges are the best. If it becomes too much to bare,
spirulina or a smoothie can be thrown in, but really try to stick to the regime to see the
optimum results.
Whichever plan you choose to follow, we advise you to up your exercise. If you are juicing,
then you should opt for lighter types of exercise, such as fast walking or swimming. With the
other three diets you can go harder on your gym regime and feel and see the full benefits.
Good luck ladies, we hope your wedding dress body will make sure you’re the belle of your
ball.
