The battle in the last days
Oct 16, 2008 in Wedding-planner
About one and a half weeks ago I wrote about my increasing weight and my desperate wishes of slimming down so that I could fit into the gown. So when you've got goals to get that beach body, you'll get all the help you need and fitness magazines are way way more interesting to read than Cleo or Her World, and I must have been 'attracting' the kind of information that I was desperately looking for. So I found this stash of back copies of Fitness and Shape left by my uncle's ex tenant, and decided to bring the magazines home. Interestingly there so happened to be this special feature called 'Bride to be confessions' in 2008′s Issue No. 8, featuring three to four pages full of the survey results.
The article definitely came at the right time. Some of the notable points I found worth recording (so that I can chuck out the book eventually but still be able to come back here to have a laugh) are as follows:
More than twice as many women as men want to lose weight for their wedding (83% vs 34%). I know I definitely fall into the 83% but did you know that my Eric too falls into the 34% of the male population bent on looking thinner for the wedding?
Brides are willing to give up sugar(32%)and carbs (28%) to look fab on their wedding day. They're also up for sacrificing their gifts (25%) and honeymoon (26%) if it mean reaching their ideal weight by the I-do's. Some would even be willing to gain 25% pounds (23%) later, if it meant losing 15 in time to walk down the aisle. I only fall into the give up sugar and carbs part. The honeymoon? Damn, no amount of weight loss is WORTH losing my private villa escapade!
1 in 7 women say they'd fast for a week before heading to the altar. Fitness added their thoughts and felt that women who fasted would be too week before walking down the aisle, but, tsk tsk, Fitness, being American, has never heard of Brands Essence of Chicken before. I've requested for shots of American Ginseng to help me stay awake and ahead on the big day, so yah, I'll probably fast for a bit before the aisle march.
29% would move in with their mother-in-law if it meant reaching their ideal weight in time for the Big Day. Ermmm, no hoh. Eric and I spent two years thinking about moving in with either parents, and he said that he has waited his whole life to strut around the house naked and have sex in the living room, so parents are a definite no-no.
36% woud take weight loss pills or supplements to get rid of the weight. Hmm lets see, GNC's hydroxycut, CHECK! Apple Cider Vinegar + Raw Honey boosters, CHECK! Do I fall into this category? Check!
6% are willing to go under the knife to look wedding-day ready. Hello, you think I'm that mad or what? Of course surgery has never been an option!
27% of women readers wanted to look like either Eva Longoria or Jennifer Lopez on their wedding days. The remaining 24% wanted to look like Katie Holmes, and then the final 22% wanted to look like Katherine Heigl. I wanna look fabulously me, or maybe, a little bit like Angelina Jolie in her red carpet gowns.
33% of brides-to-be want to shed 30 or more pounds for the big day. I'm not so greedy and I'll be happy if I lose another 6 pounds. 30 pounds would make me disappear into my gown whey…
11% of grooms to be want to do the same, but I suspect Eric would be happy to lose about 10 more pounds. I think I'll be happy if he gains another 30 pounds, but then again I like my men with bouncy bellies kekkeke.
46% will amp up gym time in the final weeks — so, so true. I'm at the gym every day now and going for power yoga classes every day.
33% will go on a major diet to shed the last 5 to 10 pounds — errr not me lah. I'm terrible at dieting and that's why, the daily gym sessions.
30% will try on the dress daily to make sure it still fits — that's me all right. Oh btw I've managed to pull the back zip up to the top completely, but I'd be happy to get a little leaner so that the dress can be altered to look tighter (its a woman thing, crazy I know, but women do understand that all brides wanna look thin on their wedding day)!!
All right then, I'm going to make myself another glass of apple cider vinegar mix… here's to a successful slim-me-down two weeks before the wedding!!