Bridal Weight Loss Tips | Guest Blogger, Sonya Roosendaal Personal Trainer | The Healthy Bride

Monday, February 21st, 2011

This is the article you’ve all been waiting for!  If you recently got engaged over the holiday season or Valentines Day, (or even if you’ve been engaged for awhile), you don’t want to miss these bridal weight loss tips.  I have asked a long-time friend, Sonya Roosendaal, a personal trainer based out of West LA, to give us a few quick tips on how to look stunning and be healthy on your wedding day.  Start now, and create your plan on how to have a killer body in time for your summertime wedding.

Sonya has been featured in such magazines as ‘Self’ and ‘Get Active’ magazines, and has been featured on Lifetime TV about her 5 favorite fitness tools.

This girl knows what she’s talking about!  So take her free advice, and sculpt your way to a healthier bridal bod!

The Healthy Bride

You’ve found the love of your life, he popped the question and now it’s time to plan a wedding! Let the details and preparation begin, including a healthy approach to looking and feeling your best on your wedding day. The key is to start early so that you can lose weight (or just firm up) gradually. Most brides are short on time and long on to-do lists which cause many to try unhealthy fitness programs or starvation diets. Don’t be tempted by diets that promise quick, drastic results with little effort from you.  It’s important to make a plan, take one day at a time and be realistic by setting attainable goals. Make sure you don’t miss the joy and excitement of the engagement and wedding planning because you are worried about your figure. You have found a man who loves you for who you are! Of course being healthy is always a good thing and every bride should feel their absolute best, but just remember that you will be a glowing, stunning, beautiful bride no matter what!

Bridal Nutrition Tips:

-Make sure to eat breakfast. This will help improve your metabolism, stabilize blood sugar and avoid over-indulging later.

-Eat at regular intervals, watch your portion sizes and make healthy choices. If you are on the go, plan ahead by bringing snacks and meals with you.

-Drink water. Water lowers body fat, flushes cellulite, improves digestion, gets rid of dark circles under the eyes, and makes you feel full. These are just a few of the benefits of drinking the required 8 cups of water per day.

Bridal Exercise Tips: Both cardiovascular and strength work is important

-Make sure cardio (walking, jogging, running, hiking, elliptical, swimming, etc) is part of your weekly routine, even if it is just 10-20 minutes a day. You need to start somewhere in order to burn those extra calories!

-My top upper body toners: push-ups, bow-tie band exercises, triceps dips and using light weights with more reps.

-My top lower body toners: Valslide reverse lunges, exercises using the mini-band (great for trimming out the booty and hips), step up drills and dead lifts.

-My top core drills: “Painful push-aways” and plank drills

The Plan:

-Do 20-40 minutes of cardio, 4-6 days per week

-Do a strength workout 3-4 days per week

* Create 2 strength circuits which include 4-5 exercises each. Perform each exercise 12-15 reps and go thru both circuits 2-3 times.

-Cardio and strength workouts can be done consecutively on the same day

-Don’t forget to stretch!

General Bridal Tips:

-Include your fiancé in your nutrition and exercise plan! The engagement can be a busy season so working out together is a great way to spend time and reach goals as a team.

-Make a plan and get into a routine that you will be able to continue with beyond your wedding day. Create a healthy lifestyle that you can maintain!

-Make sure to get good quality sleep, they don’t call it “beauty sleep” for nothing

-Work hard, stay disciplined and do your best!

Cheers to all of the brides-to-be! I hope that you feel the most healthy and beautiful you have ever felt on wedding day. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at sonya@skrfitness.com, check out my website www.skrfitness.com and/or give “Sonya Roosendaal-Personal Training” a “Like” on Facebook!

Purchasing workout tools/equipment:

Go to www.spriproducts.com to purchase the bow-tie band

Go to www.valslide.com to purchase the Valslides

Go to www.performbetter.com to purchase the mini-band