PreWedding Fitness, PostWedding Health

As you might know I am hopefully ;) getting married next year, preferably next autumn. We'll see about that, cuz the time for renting a place for next autumn is running short. But he is to blame... (as written in a song: blame it on booze, gottchya feelin loose, blame it on a hubby, always...or sth like that :D)

For those lucky brides-to-be that have to think "only" about the wedding ceremony - I applaud you ladies for taking good care of yourself, eating right and exercising regularly.

I am not one of them. Irresponsible. -.- I need to get myself in shape and start living healthy, with right exercising routine and healthier way of eating. I would love to make it a lifestyle, not only a one time thing (or 10th time thing, which is the number of times I went dieting, at least). Feeling better and looking better for the price of moving more and eating a little different?? Sounds so much better than sitting more, eating whatever, feeling awful and looking the way that makes you feel even worse. Nope, I am not mentioning losing weight, cuz I feel it isn't about losing weight - it should only be a side effect of lifestyle change, and that is my goal.

And what is the better motivation to start changing your lifestyle than the picture in your head of yourself feeling good about your health, the way you look in your wedding dress, in your "honey moon outfits" or in your own skin "just" because you live right?!?

Today Im starting with my lifestyle transformation with baby steps. I singed up for zumba class on mondays, wednesdays and fridays. As I said I was on diet a lot of times, and I'm sick of feeling weak and hungry, without energy, with a lowered libido (yes, sex is one of the human activities I'd love to be willing to take part in regularly) and constantly thinking about food. I want to eat everything, carbs, fats and proteins, in right proportions, without having guilty conscious over a piece of chocolate or a cake I made (and I can make a mean cake).

Tips and tricks I have found to be super duper helpful in changing your lifestyle with a little tailwind in a form of stimulating your metabolism:

1. Water - Cheesy  cliche´?! Urban mith? Nope. It wakes up your metabolism and kicks your fat into burning state. You can get all that for only 8 glasses per day :)
2. Coffee - the thing most of us love to start the day with also boosts your metabolism.. I <3 Coffee
3. Eat - jet another cliche´. Pretty simple: if you eat 5-6 healthy little meals per day your body never stops burning calories, but if you eat once to nothing a day your body starts a mutiny and slows down your metabolism
4. Workout - self explanatory. Tip: do your exercises in the morning to blast your body into: AWAKE and BURNING CALORIES
5. Plan - just to make things easier for yourself and so you can keep track of your great progress.

Now I know in which general direction I want to go. And I'm not forcing myself into it, I feel it i time. Hope You will share some of your tips and trick how to feel healthier or find some motivation in this post to start this healthy-feeling-good-n-sexy-not-have-to-stress-about-my-floppy-upper-arms or some similar journey with me.

Have a great day,
Maria xo