Dieting with CIW

Yup, that is pretty much whats happening now :/ and I know I have been whining about it a LOT and doing absolutely nothing to make it right. In fact I was even planning to either tweet or Instagram pictures of things I eat all, day every day so that it will discourage me from eating more, but I am not encouraged enough to do it :/ well, I will if you will?

Tell me in the comments below will you do this with me? If so then I will do it too, just use the hashtag #ciwdiet , but I will only do this if you promise me in the comments below you will do this with me! It will be like a community diet...kind off..

Anyways I am serious about getting back in shape and I must! and if you are a bride-to-be then you must do some exercise! Not because you should be stick thin for your wedding, (in fact if you are stick thin then go eat something!) but because being a Bride needs you to be active all the time, and you need a good stamina to handle all that preparations and functions and what not!

Here are some inspirations for you!

Already done this to my clock, has no effect on me what so ever. 

Water, Water everywhere and yet you do not drink

Every wedding/makeup blogger has written about the benefits of water and yet you wont listen. *tsk, tsk*

THINGS TO REMEMBER :

1. Water helps loose weight and Clears up your skin

WHY AND HOW

Honest to god its true, what happens is if you drink less water then your body starts retaining water and bloats up ( tummy looks rounder ). 

The minute you start drinking more the body releases all the excess water it was storing up along with toxins. 

This results in cleaner skin, thinner you.

2. Makes you exerciser better

WHY AND HOW

 Its always better to drink 3-4 glasses of water before exercise, specially yoga, makes your body bend better and keeps you body temperature in control.

3. Helps in digestion

WHY AND HOW

Most grandparent would say for any problem from head-ake to ankle sprains that "tummy upset hoga! that is why it happened." ( ok, ok, maybe not for ankle sprain, but you get the idea na)

And its kinda true, good digestion leads to better health, lesser pimples, clear skin, healthier you and less sick leaves. 

Good digestion needs good water intake.

4. Removes Fatigue

WHY AND HOW

If your body lacks water, your heart needs to work harder to pump out the oxygenated blood to all cells, so are the rest of the vital organs, your organs will be exhausted and so will you.

Plus with all that walking you'll be doing during shopping season you need your energy level up!

5. Helps you better in Wedding Planning

WHY AND HOW

 Your brain is mostly made up of water, thus drinking water helps you think better, be more alert and more concentrated. Hence you can do your wedding planning better!

If anybody can find something similar let me know!! want to buy it!

How to Make Sure You Drink:

1. Make that the first thing you do in the morning. Keep a bottle next to you while going to bed so its the first thing you see.

2. Make it a point to have atleast 2 glasses of water during each meal time. This way by end of the day you will have insured you have had atleast a minimum of 6 glasses each day. 8 glasses is ideal so have one at noon and one at 5pm.

3. Do what I do, Keep a bottle of water next to you and don't move till you have finished the whole bottle.

4. Mark a separate glass for yourself. Mine is Pink and nobody touches it even if I cant finish 2 glass in one go during meal time, I keep it around me so whenever I look at it I am reminded that it has water and I need to finish it.

5. Get someone to remind you, or get someone along with you to start this water routine, its good for everyone! 

What ever you do make sure you drink plenty of water!!!

Happy Drinking :D

Cheers!

Fitness Funda : Gym or yoga?? ( I found a Hybrid)

Everyone should really be already on a fitness workout, and if your not then start , stop procrastinating ( lazy bum)

I have never really been 'thin' (thank you DNA, not) , and no I am not one of those skinny girls that just say I am not thin when they really are. I am a nice healthy plum-ish full figured girl , who has always been a 'L' or a 'XL' , recently reached 'M' and extreamly happy about it.

I have to unfortunetly work hard for all those chocolates and pizza's and eat outs.


One debate I had when I had to start a workout routine was whether to join Yoga or Gym.

I initially joined Gold Gym, their on floor instructor's are good but its more over self motivation ( dont have) that you need to keep going, and the cost of a personal trainer is just too much! Any other gym around my area didnt have good trainers.
In the end the whole idea of a gym failed.

Next I went to this Lady that teaches Yoga at home....wait there is a 'but' coming.....but I ended up being the only person under 30 and well, the class was too slow for me and concentrated more on arthritis and diabetes, etc., etc.


I tried working out on my own at home, read procrastination.




Finally I joined 'Power Yoga', its basically high-paced yoga, and the instructor is great. We started of with a class of 4 students and are current 10, so end up getting personal attention. The instructor keeps encouraging us and has taken it up as a personal mission to make us 'yoga experts'. Most of the stuff we do is almost equivalent of a cardio workout. 

For those who know yoga-lingo : we do Surya Namaskar 35 times, and his aim is to take it upto 100 times just because Kareena Kapoor use to do 100 when she was Size 0, Have to inform him I am perfectly happy at being a Size 12. 10 is the minimum I wish to go.


Been trying to tread mill in evening as well for around 20 min. but not punctual :(


Want to do one more thing along with yoga trying to figure out what.....any suggestion?? just like a 20 min. workout in the evenings.






PS : After a yoga session I always feel refreshed and happy ( not sure why I feel happy, but I guess in the whole 'inner peace' kind of way