Showing posts with label Wedding Personal Trainer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding Personal Trainer. Show all posts

Tuesday 2 May 2017

Your Rainbow Wedding Diet

{Posting by Alice Cowen of Fitness DNA, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} If you're finding it hard to focus on your wedding diet, here's a fun, simple and easy way to eat more healthily. I call it The Rainbow Diet. Not only is it super-slimming to eat more vegetables and fruit, but if you eat a multi-coloured diet, you'll be getting a mixture of antioxidants, which are the clever substances believed to lower the risk of cancer, heart disease, and memory loss. Different colours contain different kinds of antioxidants, hence a rainbow diet gives you the best all round nutritious diet. Each day try and eat something from each of the colours of the rainbow!


{Photo Credit} David Malan

Red such as tomatoes, red grapes, red onions, beetroot, peppers, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, radish, watermelon.

Orange such as squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, oranges, tangerines.

Yellow such as yellow squash, turmeric, mustard, yellow pepper, banana, sweetcorn.

Green such as spinach, asparagus, avocado, artichoke, broccoli, peas, beans, apples, grapes, kale, sprouts.

Blue such as blueberries

Purple
such as grapes, aubergine, purple carrots, plums.

Try it and see how you feel after a couple of weeks.

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Saturday 15 February 2014

Introducing Get Your Bride Body for Your Wedding Look

Nearly every bride I know has wanted to tone up in time for her wedding day, and I was no different. Thanks to a few changes to my diet, and a couple of exercise classes a week, I dropped a dress size, and toned up my arms, bottom and thighs. When it came to my wedding day, I was so glad I made the effort. I felt fabulous in my wedding dress, and super-confident as I walked up the aisle. I can imagine there's nothing worse than standing at the altar, and having the 'does my bum look big in this' thought pass through your mind. That's why I'm thrilled to introduce Get Your Bride Body. This fantastic programme invites to you take a 100 Day Challenge to get you looking your best for your wedding, by guiding you through a comprehensive weight loss and fitness programme.


With weekly meal plans {including shopping lists}, an exercise programme tailored to your fitness level, motivational videos and exercise demonstration videos, Get Your Bride Body have taken care of everything. And should your willpower start to slip, you can rely on Bride Body's team of Experts, and their Little Black Book of Weight Loss Secrets, to get you back on track. Just take a look at their real life success stories for inspiration, and read the Get Your Bride Body blog for extra tips. Now all you need is new kit! P.S. Your future husband will love it too!



{Photo Credit} Trembley Photography, more from this wedding on Rustic Wedding Chic

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Wednesday 18 December 2013

Before the Big Day's Christmas Personal Training Gift List

{Posting by Alice Cowen, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} Happy Christmas from your Before the Big Day P.T! Here's my favourite health and fitness Christmas gift ideas for an exercise fan, or someone who needs a little bit of encouragement for 2014 to get into shape ready for their wedding! Remember you have to feel great in your training gear to get the most out of your workout, so start the New Year in style, and get some of these great garments and accessories under your Christmas tree.



{I want these!} Clockwise from Top Left

1. Addidas Women's Essentials Studded Tank, £40 - Designed by Stella McCartney, this top, with its bright, playful studs and a cutout design has a timeless casual style.

2. Bamboo Butterfly Cardigan, £67.50 - This great jacket keeps your warm, while allowing your body to breathe. Pretty, but packed full of useful details, like a mini iPod holder, it's a fantastic all-rounder.

3. Nike Air Max 1 SP 'Liquid Gold', £129 - how cool are these trainers! Go for gold!!!

4. Davina Aerobic Exercise Hula Hoop with HSB® Heartrate Watch & Gym/Shoe Bag, £33.50 - great for home training if you haven't got much space!

5. Speed-Tight Luxstream Run Tights, £88 - Cozy run tights with deep pockets and a wide waistband to prevent muffin top.

6. Nike Fuel Band, £129 - the smart, simple and fun way to get more active - this band tracks the intensity of your workouts and enables sleep tracking with Nike+ Sessions.

7. Sweaty-Betty Skipping Rope, £10 - Skipping is great for on-the-spot cardio.

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Tuesday 19 June 2012

How To Get Fit For Your Wedding Day

{Posting by Alice Cowen, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} If you're getting married this summer, never fear, it's not too late to tone up for your big day. Here are 10 Wedding Fitness Tips from our fabulous Wedding Blog Personal Trainer, Alice Cowen, on how to look good on your wedding day. Even without a wedding day on the way, I'm going to follow these to get bikini ready for the summer!


{Photo Credit} Charlotte Broster via Ruffled

Top 10 Wedding Fitness Tips

1. Don't start training too early, you might lose momentum, 10 to 12 weeks should do it. So if you haven't started your wedding fitness plan yet - it's never to late.

2. Find 2-3 different types of exercise you ENJOY otherwise boredom sets in.

3. Train 4-5 times per week for 45 minutes to an hour to really blitz your bride-to-be body. But don't train everyday, because rest days are just as important for your muscles to recover.

4. Never let yourself become hungry, healthy snacks are the way forward.

5. Stop drinking alcohol, or if you must, drink only one night per week.

6. No Chocolate, crisps, fizzy drinks at ALL

7. No second helpings

8. ALWAYS eat breakfast to kick your metabolism off for the day

9. Drink at least 2 litres of water per day

10. Weigh yourself regually so you don't lie to yourself. This way you'll get to see results, which will help you stay in the zone.

xaLx

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Tuesday 15 May 2012

Walking Your Way to Your Wedding Weight

{Posting by Alice Cowen, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} Are you wondering how you're going to drop a few pounds before your wedding day? Did you know that walking at a moderate pace for 30-60 minutes burns stored fat, and builds muscle, which in turn speeds up your metabolism? You can burn up to 500 calories an hour depending on your weight, and the speed you walk. What do you reckon, could you make time to fit walking into your life? How about walking to work? Or start walking with your future husband or bridesmaids at weekends. Here in Majorca at Bootique I do a 45 minute walk nearly every Sunday. I find it very relaxing, and end up daydreaming my way there and back, while listening to my iPod. Often I completely forget I'm exercising at all - now that's got to be the best solution for a future bride who hates working-out! xaLx


{Photo Credit} Danielle Aquiline via Elizabeth Anne Designs

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Saturday 21 April 2012

Your Wedding Day Diet - Virtually Fat-Free Raspberry Muffins

{Posting by Alice Cowen, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} As you plan for your wedding, you may well be dieting, but everyone needs a treat every now and then, and this recipe for fat-free muffins is AMAZING! Great as a snack or for breakfast, you can eat one without feeling guilty, and they really are super-easy to bake. If you don't like raspberries, you can use chopped apple instead. Just take a look at the instructions and the ingredients below, and get baking!


   Put flour, sugar, oats, baking powder,                                               Grate the carrots
   baking soda and nutmeg into a large mixing bowl


   Mash the banana                                                         Add the egg to the dry ingredients....


  Then the raspberries, banana, carrot and                       Gently mix all the ingredients together adding
  olive oil as needed                                                       the milk


   Add the mixture to muffin cups....                                  And bake in the oven for 20-25mins at 200º C


Ingredients

3 medium sized carrots
1 banana
3/4 of a cup of plain flour
1/2 cup brown flour
1 cup of oats
1 cup of frozen raspberries
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
approx 1/2 cup of skimmed milk
3 tablespoons of olive oil

xaLx
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Thursday 12 April 2012

Wedding Personal Training - Top Wedding Mini-Workouts

{Posting by Alice Cowen, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} In the run up to the summer wedding season, I'm always hearing excuses from brides-to-be that they have no time to exercise. With favours and flowers to organise, and table plans to design, I'm not surprised you're feeling busy, but there's always time for those all-important mini wedding workouts. All you need to do is work out how to squeeze them into your daily routine, and you'll love how they help you drop those extra pounds. Below the pic are my Lucky 13 Top Wedding Mini-Workouts.


{Photo Credit} Ben Field Photography via Heart Love Weddings

1. Use the stairs instead of the escalators or lifts
2. Walk or cycle to work {get off the tube one stop earlier}
3. Ditch your cleaner and get scrubbing your house
4. In front of the TV in the evenings, do 20 press ups, and 40 crunches every evening
5. Go out for your lunch break for a half hour walk
6. Use your weekends well - go to the gym, or take up a sport with your husband-to-be
7. When you go out to a club, don't sit and drink, get up and get down on the dance floor
8. Get gardening, grow your own fresh veg
9. Don't fight for a parking spot as close to your destination as possible, park a little further away and WALK
10. When going on a date with your fiance or with girlfriends, don't book a lunch or coffee, instead suggest doing something active {yoga, swim, bike ride, horse ride}
11. Need the toilet and you work in a big building? Choose one on a different floor and walk up the stairs.
12. While dinner is cooking, pick up your dumbbells and do 10 minutes of strength training
13. Go to bed earlier, get up earlier and go for a 15 minute jog

P.S. If you really want to drop the pounds, and you've only got a few months to go, try a long weekend at my amazing Bootique personal training house in Majorca. Stay in 5 star luxury whilst enjoying a tailor made fitness and wellbeing regime. Come for a week, and you could loos 8lbs!

xaLax

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Friday 30 March 2012

Your Wedding Diet - Detox with Herbal Teas

{Posting by Alice Cowen, Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer & Nutritionist} Last month I gave up caffeine. I'd realised I was drinking about two cups of coffee, five cups of tea and twp diet cokes every day, which is a crazy amount! I suffer from migraines, and had hideous caffeine withdrawal headaches for a week after giving up - I just hadn't realised how dependent I'd become on my daily hit. Giving up has made a huge difference. I have more energy, I sleep better and by replacing builders tea with herbal teas, I'm more hydrated than I used to be. I'm always nagging my clients to drink more water, and now I've discovered the secret to getting them to drink more! The great thing is that herbal teas aren't just the perfect way to hydrate - they have other benefits too....


Here are my top 10 herbal teas...
♥ Peppermint - 'stomach healer,' good for digestion and to decrease heartburn.
♥ Ginger - eases nausea and stomach cramps.
♥ Fennel - detoxifier, antioxidant, anti inflammatory.
♥ Chamomile - great sleep aid, soothes stomach aches.
♥ Nettle - anti inflammatory, cleanses the blood, helps with liver and kidney functions.
♥ Dandelion - aids digestion, relieves digestive disorders e.g constipation.
♥ St Johns wort - eases anxiety, irritability, and helps to uplift your mood.
♥ Licorice - relieves sore throats, coughs, menstrual cramps, and can increase libido!
♥ Lemon Balm - calming, soothing effects.
♥ Elderflower - detoxifier, relieves cold symptoms including catarrh.

Why not give it a go for a month and see what benefits you get? Let me know if it makes a difference. xaLx

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Tuesday 20 March 2012

Before the Big Day Personal Trainer - Healthy Eating Tip

{Advice from Alice} A power smoothie is a great way to start the day. This particular drink is quick to make and full of goodness, with protein from the yoghurt, two of your five a day in the raspberries and a banana, and oats to keep you full all morning. It's low fat and super good for you - a great way to start your wedding diet! Don't miss Alice's other wedding personal training blog posts for Before the Big Day.



For one Power Smoothie, all you need is:
1 small bowl of fresh or frozen raspberries
1 glass of skimmed milk
1 0% bio fat free yoghurt
1 tbls runny honey
1 banana
1 cup of oats
apple juice for consistency

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Monday 5 March 2012

Before the Big Day Personal Trainer - Choosing Your Trainers

Alice: This is the second of my personal training blog postings for Before the Big Day. I'm here to help you get fit and toned for your wedding day. Read about me here, and check out my blog postings here. If you're new to training, or you're looking for a bit of a treat to motivate you, one of the first things you're going to need is a good pair of trainers. Did you know that if you exercise regularly you should be changing your trainers at least every six months? As soon as I meet a new client {even the famous ones}, I send them to a sports fitness specialist, because good trainers are essential to prevent injury. If you have bad knees, or aches and pains, re-consider the state of your trainers, as you don't want to be hobbling down the church aisle!




{Photo Credit} Monkey Puzzle Pictures

My favourite trainer specialist is Profeet in London, who specialise in custom-fitting shoes. You book an appointment, and they use cutting-edge technology like video gait analysis and pressure-plate foot scanning, to make sure you get the perfect fitting trainers. They might not be as glamorous as the Louboutins you've got your eye on for your wedding day, but they'll help get you looking fit and toned for your wedding day. Who knows, you might even slip them on under your wedding dress for comfort!


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Friday 24 February 2012

Welcome Before the Big Day's Wedding Personal Trainer

Exciting news! Now that Before the Big Day is over 5 years old {my baby, so big!}, it's time for this boutique wedding blog to get growing! I'm all about roping in as much wedding expertise as possible, because I want you to be able to plan an exquisite wedding, with tonnes of beautiful details to make it stand out from the crowd. But I also want you to feel your very best! So.....{drum roll}....I'd like to welcome Alice Cowen of Fitness DNA to my wedding blog team. Alice is a personal trainer to the stars {actual proper famous people you see in Hello!}, and she's also a nutrition expert. She specialises in weight loss, body sculpting and toning, and she's agreed to be Before the Big Day's Personal Trainer - woohoo! I reckon nearly every bride and groom wants to drop a few pounds before their big day, and Alice is going to help us on our way to body-beautiful. She'll be posting diet tips, fat-free recipes, fabulous toning exercises, and inspirational features that will make getting wedding-fit easier.

{Photo Credit} Butler-Madden Weddings

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