Week Four: Drop a wedding dress size in a month!
Nearly there I can feel the excitement building as the pounds are dropping off and that wedding dress fitting is looming – one more week to go on the Wedding Journal diet and you should have dropped one wedding dress size or more.
MEET OUR WEDDING DIET AND FITNESS EXPERTS
 Suzanne Chalkley
Suzanne is a nutritional consultant for Health International NI and is a leading figure in the field of diet, health and nutrition.
Tel: 0845 8630487 (NI), 1890 740777 (ROI). www.healthinternationalni.com
 Lynne Hanna
Clarins General manager (NI) Lynne Hanna has always been passionate about fitness and sport. Starting off as swimmer, she then progressed to long distance and ultra-running (150 miles). She has also been a champion body builder and in 1999/2000 represented NI in the UK body building finals (in the Miss Figure Category where femininity is key).
Tel: 07764161718 for fitness training with Noel Hanna. www.7summits2sealevel.com
The final seven days...
Day 22
Breakfast
- Cheese (50g) and selection cold cooked meats, 5 cherry tomatoes
Lunch
- Open prawn and salad wholegrain sandwich
- 1 peach
Snack
Dinner
- 2 egg omelette, with tomato, mushroom, onion and diced cooked ham
- served with a slice of wheaten bread
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 10
Day 23
Breakfast
- 2 Poached eggs with smoked salmon
Lunch
- 1 bowl of vegetable broth
- 1 slice of wheaten
Snack
Dinner
- Beef Stroganoff*
- Served with 1 tablespoon of basmati rice and 4 asparagus spears
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 10
Day 24
Breakfast
- 1 bowl porridge
- 1 slice of melon of kiwi fruit
Lunch
- Egg and ham salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, spring onion, walnuts, coleslaw)
- 1 apple
Snack
- 25g mixed nuts
- 15g red grapes
Dinner
- 2 Lamb chops with a small serving of mint sauce, 1 roasted sweet potato, Brussels sprouts, mange tout and par boiled carrots
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 13
Day 25
Breakfast
- 1 boiled egg,
- Slice of wholemeal toast
- Half a grapefruit
Lunch
- Chicken vegetable broth
- 1 plum
Snack
Dinner
- 1 chicken breast rolled in bacon, savoy cabbage, 1 sliced boiled carrot 1 small potato boiled with skin on.
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 11
Day 26
Breakfast
- Fresh fruit salad served with 1 tablespoon of Greek Style yoghurt
- 1 slice of wholegrain toast with peanut butter
Lunch
- Wholegrain bread spread with avocado and served with cold chicken slices
- 25g of mixed nuts
Snack
- Oatcake with Philadelphia cream cheese
Dinner
- Kofta meat balls in a fresh tomato and basil sauce*, served with steamed green vegetables and sautéed leeks.
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 11
Day 27
Breakfast
- 2 poached eggs, 2 slices of lean bacon (grilled), mushrooms and grilled half tomato
Lunch
- Chicken and vegetable soup*
Snack
Dinner
- Haddock / salmon or tuna steak served with 1 small baked potato with 1 teaspoon butter and a selection of steamed vegetables from your list.
- Sugar free jelly (raspberry / lime/ strawberry flavour)
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 11
Day 28
Breakfast
- 1 boiled egg with 1 slice of wholegrain bread
- Half grapefruit
Lunch
- Prawn salad with 1 slice of wheaten bread / ryevita with cream cheese
Snack
- 1 peach / nectarine or plum
- 1 oatcake with cream cheese
Dinner
- Roast duck or chicken served with cauliflower cheese, savoy cabbage, served with crispy bacon pieces and freshly ground black pepper.
- Fruit salad
Approx total teaspoons sugar – 12
Beautiful 'bums'
The last thing you want to be asking on your wedding day is: 'Does my bum look big in this?' It definitely won't if you follow these four easy exercises. If you have any knee problems, consult your GP beforehand.
Lunges
Good for: glutes, hamstrings, and quads.
Stand straight, with feet together. Lunge forward with one leg and then bend the other leg. Your front knee should make a 90-degree angle over your foot. You'll feel a stretch in the hip flexor in the front of your back leg. Return to the starting position. Do three sets of 10 repetitions on each side.
Squats
Good for glutes, hamstrings, and inner thighs.
Hold a broom, mop handle, or other stick vertically straight out in front of you. Point your toes outward in a 'plie' position and squat down until your thighs are parallel to the ground. Try to keep your back straight (the stick will help with this). Then squeeze your buttocks as you come up. Do three sets of 25 reps.
Wall sits
Good for quads and hamstrings.
With your back against a wall, squat down till your thighs are parallel to the ground. Hold for 30 seconds then return to starting position. To increase the difficulty, work your way up to two-minute holds or do the exercise holding a container of laundry detergent in each hand. Do three sets of 10 reps.
Calf raises
Good for calves.
Place the ball of your foot on a stair step or a block of wood. Cross the other foot behind it. Drop your heel down as far as it will go; then push up to stand on the tips of your toes. Do three sets of 25 reps on each side.
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Beauty 
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