201 days to go! Everything is finalized even down to the band! Needless to say, I am stressed out, tired, and now have reached what all my friends who have been brides have said would happen…loss of appetite. This is I am not happy with. I need to work out to keep stress at bay but without eating that doesn’t bode well. So what am I doing to combat stress? Yoga, boxing (yes still boxing gotta get those arms and back in dress shape) and running/spinning oh and how could I forget lifting.
Lifting – I hear many women (including those in my boot camp) say I am going to stick with the 3lb weights as I don’t want to bulk up or I don’t want to lift weights because I don’t want to bulk up. NOT THE CASE ladies. Weight lifting increases your metabolism which leads to loss of inches and body fat and in our words…fit back into those skinny jeans. So don’t shy away from picking up a weight a few pounds heavier you will not bulk we don’t have the muscles that bulk. And if you are runner or cycler you can stay injury free by lifting weights especially hamstrings and quads (wouldn’t that be nice?). And for those of you who just do Yoga or Pilates… you need to introduce weights for metabolic reasons.
Back to finding a way to stay stress free…good news is my pants are feeling loser today and I have lost 2lbs (to me this is nothing) but body fat is down 10% than it was and inches wise…I have fit into pants from 3 years ago!
Getting wedding dress ready,
Stephanie
Catch up on Stephanie’s previous wedding dress preparation blog posts.
Stephanie Iannazzone teaches Yoga Pilates in the Orange County area. Get in touch with this NEXT Ambassador at stillmindbody@gmail.com to find out her teaching schedule or to ask any health questions you may have.
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