panic Mode! dress Fitting’

Crash dieting can be really bad for your health but, you could try going for a more plant-based, lean protein diet. Intermittent fasting also has some evidence for efficiency in sustained weight loss.

Where do you need to lose weight? In your arms?

Weight watchers for 2 months, lose around 10 lbs and will help cut out the stress eating.

View Quoted Comment My dress is off the shoulder so exactly that band is the one that is like killing my arm and maybe my back its a corset dress thats the reason that had me more comfortable but now im panicking. And hate the bridal sizes are so body shaming!

Any workouts or exercises? My friend told me not to weights so my arm doesn’t get bigger and concentrate in cardio right now.

View Quoted Comment Oh ok. Just be careful if you done exercises because you could make it worse. I would watch your carbs, drink lots of water and do cardio. Good luck.

View Quoted Comment I'd do cardio AND weight training, but not your arms. Doing heavy leg press, hack squats (machine weights may help if you aren't experienced / not uncomfortable with like free weights - you didn't mention your experience level in the gym) will build more muscle and burn calories around the clock. Hit the bike high intensity.

Up your lean protein (eggs, grilled chix, lean turkey), green veggies and fiber. When I'm cutting weight (competitions), I eat sauteed cabbage and poached eggs with no salt to cut the water retention as well. Shredded purple cabbage and a little bit of apple cider vinegar and garlic is actually not as bad as you would think and it fills you up.

Good luck!

View Quoted Comment My understanding is that lifting weights is going to help you lose fat quicker than cardio and dieting alone. In two months I don’t think your arms will get bigger from lifting weights. I think it will actually promote fat loss quicker. Think about how long it takes to make a small arm into a large muscular arm. People spend years trying to get those “gains”. The fat will go first and I don’t think you could build the same girth of muscle in 2 months. But I’m not a big fitness person so idk for sure!

Also in two months you are not going to increase the size of your arms with weights substantially (but bicep curls won't help you reduce arm fat either). I always get miffed with those comments, since I'm the girl out here TRYING to increase my bicep size and it's flipping tough. Lol

View Quoted Comment Yas thank you. I'm over here eating 8 eggs a day and curling 25lbs fighting for a .5 inch gain. Lawd.

Weight lifting is going to help you lose weight. You can not target fat loss to any one area of you’re body. It’s not possible. Working out by weight lifting burns more calories than cardio alone and burns then throughout the whole day. Your arm will not get crazy buff in that amount of time 😂 definitely weight lift

View Quoted Comment Hahah you go girl! Get it!

My wedding is in two months as well. I have been stress eating and the dress is tight. Knowing, this I am consciously watching what I eat. Focusing on more veggies, and a lot more water. I am also making sure I'm consistent with my workouts.
I'll allow treats only if I worked out and that is a piece of chocolate not the whole candy bar. I also take a little extra time before bed to mindfully breathe. Focus on relaxing and lett in ng the stress of the day melt away.
Good luck and congrats, it's almost time!!!

I would focus on diet more than exercise. I am cutting out unnecessary bread and sugar before the big day. I lost 10 pounds in two months just from changing my eating habits and taking a short walk every afternoon.

Try cutting carbs. My neurologist put me on a modified Atkins diet where I track my food and stay under 25 carbs a day and I’ve lost 50 lbs since April. That’s without any real exercise as well besides long walks.

I've been doing Weight Watchers since January and I am down 32 pounds. It's slow going for me but I also don't want to lose too much - my dress fits perfectly now and I don't want to have to pay to get it taken in.

Low carb eating is a great way to lose weight fast. I recently cut out sugar from my coffee and I have lost 10 pounds in two weeks just from that.

I wish you the best of luck.

If you want to lose weight, nothing is more important than eating healthy and following a diet. Use a TDEE calculator to calculate how many calories you burn in a day. Eat 20-30% of that number and you will lose weight. This is called a caloric deficit and is the base of all diets. Download an app like LoseIt or MyFitnessPal to track your calories. Along with eating healthy, you can do some HIIT exercises to kick the weight loss into overdrive: https://www.openfit.com/5-of-the-best-exercises-for-burning-fat

Focus on veggies and go to bed feeling like you’ve fully digested your food. Sleep is when the magic happens!

View Quoted Comment When I read that I said in my head "well damn, how much sugar is she putting in her coffee!" that's a crazy impressive weight loss.

Congratulations and keep it up! Clearly you're doing the right thing.