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Top tips for a healthy lifestyle

This is such an exciting time for you! But instead of using the time leading up to your big day focusing on a ‘magic’ dress size, this is the time to start your healthy lifestyle. You should avoid the temptation to go on a crash diet closer to the big day, as all this will do is leave you stressed, tired and cause a lack of motivation further down the line. The best thing to do is start making healthy choices in your everyday life.

Results with Lucy, share there top tips to keeping motivated and sticking to a healthy lifestyle:

DONT QUIT

How to get a great night's sleep before your wedding

Your wedding is one of the most important days in your life. All sorts of things will be keeping you awake at night and may stop you from having a great night's sleep in the run up to the big event. Will I remember my first dance? Is everyone seated in the best place? Now I’ve found my perfect dress, how can I find dresses that all the bridesmaids will wear? You could end up overly tired, over-stressed, or worse - sick – when the day final arrives.

How can you increase the odds of getting your eight-a-night before you head down the aisle? To break your bad habits and increase the chance of a great night’s sleep, our Sleep Well independent sleep expert, has the following advice;

Keep fit in the run-up to your wedding

Frida Harju-Westman, in-house nutritionist at the health app Lifesum, comments on the things you can do to keep fit during the run-up to your big day.

Cut back on sugar - In the run up to your big day, things are sure to be hectic, and when we’re feeling tired or sluggish, we quite often reach for the sugar to give us a quick boost. But the truth is, sugar simply isn’t great for the body. Not only that, it is addictive and that quick pick-me-up will only leave you more exhausted in the long run. It can be difficult, but try to cut back on refined sugars and get a natural energy boost from things like bananas or protein-rich nuts.

Want glowing skin on your wedding day?

Of course, every bride wants to be the best version of herself on her wedding day — healthy and glowing skin, tonnes of energy and generally feeling in tip top condition. That’s why it is important to start nourishing your body in the months leading up to the big day.

5 Tips to get fit for your wedding day

Click, stream & sweat your way to your special day. Tips to get fit on your wedding day.

There’s no better way to get fit and feel fabulous for your special day than by kick starting your home fitness programme right in your front room! We spoke to the team at Beachbody On Demand, creators of over 600 world famous workouts including the legendary Insanity, for their wedding workout top tips.

Top 5 tips to get fit for your wedding day

Home workouts at the click of a button

What supplements to try before your wedding

Why You Should Try Skin, Hair and Nail Supplements Before Your Wedding

We all want to look our best on our wedding day, however, beauty preparation can be very stressful – with so many products promising to improve your beauty concerns it’s hard to know which ones to trust before your big day.

5 tips to quit sugar for glowing wedding skin

Get your bridal glow: quit sugar for glowing wedding day skin

When it comes to getting your wedding day glow, there’s no such thing as starting too soon! So once your big day is finally on the calendar, you can officially start the countdown and preparation.

Apart from going through your skincare regime and scheduling facials, start from your diet. They say ‘you are what you eat’ for a reason! So 3 months before your wedding make sure your diet is ‘skin-friendly’: include lots of oily fish packed with omega 3 acids, snack on fruit and veg for anti-ageing antioxidants, but most importantly, quit sugar!

5 tips to de stress before your wedding

You want your wedding to be the most special day of your life, you want everything to be perfect, but all the planning and organising can be very stressful. Dr. Marilyn Glenville, one of the UK’s leading nutritionists and author of The Natural Health Bible for Women, gives us her top tips to de stress before your wedding.

Tips to de stress before your wedding

Steady your sugar levels

Meditation to keep you calm on your wedding day

The bizarre hack that could help you stay calm on your wedding day... Raisin meditation

With winter wedding season in full flow, there’s no doubt that the most amazing day of your life can also be the most stressful. Not only do you want to look your most fabulous and host an “Instagram-worthy” event, disagreements with your parents and in-laws, and panicking about whether you might trip over as you walk down the aisle (graceful as always), there is no doubt it can push you to the edge.

The answer? A raisin.

Psychological health expert at AXA PPP healthcare, Eugene Farrell, explains why raisin meditation is the mindfulness exercise you need to know about to help keep you calm on your big day.

Healthy wedding day preparation

Simple steps to help you prepare for a healthy wedding day

While it’s important not to fluctuate too much in the run up to your wedding (or at least not past the final dress fitting!), keeping your heart healthy by working out and eating well is a fantastic way to tone up, improve health and produce those much-needed endorphins.

To boost your body confidence well in advance of your big day, why not try changing up a few of your routines so that when it comes to picking the perfect dress, or just feeling confident walking down the aisle, you’ll be feeling and looking fantastic!

Change up your diet for a healthy wedding day

How to have radiant skin for your wedding day

For every bride on their big day, having radiant skin is one of their top priorities when it comes to looking and feeling great and at their most confident. MasterChef finalist Angela Langford has created an award-winnning organic, natural, cruelty free skincare range inspired by ingredients from natures larder.

Here, Angela gives some easy to implement advice on how to prepare your skin for your wedding day. Over to Angela ..

Every bride dreams of looking and feeling their best on their special day.

A smile and being deliriously happy can play a big part on looking and feeling fabulous but there are also a few easy tips you can start using now to prepare your skin for the big day.

How to get the perfect nights sleep for your wedding night

Getting the perfect night sleep is essential for your beauty routine, here Hairburst give you all the tips you need to wake up flawless before the big day...

Sleep is essential for radiant and glowing skin, and many experts say that you need between six and eight hours to wake up feeling and looking refreshed. Overnight your skin is in ‘recovery mode’ which is when it has the time to repair and rejuvenate so having products such as Hairburst Mulberry Silk Pillow, £34.99, www.hairburst.com which support this process is an essential part of your beauty regime. Having a relaxing nightly routine will help you get the most of your slumber and here we show you how you can do this...

Eyelash extensions for your wedding day

When it comes to your wedding day, you want to look your best down to the finest detail, this includes you eyelashes. Eyelash Extensions can be the finishing touch to your eyes for your big day.

Here you can find everything you wanted to know about having eyelash extensions for your wedding day.

Emma Apps, Lash expert at Lash Perfect, answers your questions on eyelash extensions.

1. Should I get extensions for my wedding day?

5 tips for beautiful winter wedding makeup

Emma Leighton, founder of Divine Makeup, Hawarden near Chester, gives her 5 best tips for the perfect winter wedding makeup

I love a winter wedding. Twinkling fairy lights, and cosy fireplaces, fur capes teamed with delicate dresses and gorgeous wedding bouquets full of winter blooms. And for a winter bride, it’s a wonderful opportunity to create a unique, beautiful look.

Here are our 5 tips for beautiful winter wedding makeup.

1. Work with the light

ClearLift: The Treatment You Should Have Before Your Wedding

It is no secret that we all want to look beautiful on our wedding day and with the stress of planning taking its toll sometimes our skin can feel tired with a dull complexion. The added pressure of wanting to feel your very best always plays on your mind, which is why an increasing number of brides-to-be are turning to aesthetic treatments such as Clearlift. With more procedures than ever available on the market, it is hard to decipher which one is the best for you and will give you the results you are seeking.