2nd February 2017

12 weeks to your wedding: 3 step prep

As I’ve said in a previous post, your partner-to-be loves you for who you are and confidence can come at any shape or size.  Self-love does not come from a smaller waist measurement or a lower number on the scales.  It’s important that you arrive by your partner’s side still looking like yourself.   Wedding planning can be stressful, especially in the last few weeks, so it’s important to keep up your energy levels and avoid crash diets.  If you’ve decided to try to drop a dress size for your wedding, here are some tips to do so healthily.   Step 1: Be SMART! Specific – rather than saying “I want to lose weight”, set yourself a goal in real […]
13th October 2016

Help! I’m getting married next year!

Congratulations on getting engaged!  Your wedding is about a year away and you’re probably thinking about venues, caterers and possibly even the dress.  Why is nutrition important this far out?   The most important thing to remember for any bride or groom is to look like yourself!  Your partner is marrying you for everything that you are right now, so don’t set unrealistic expectations for how you want to look on the big day.  The more confident you feel, the better and more relaxed you will look and confidence can come at any dress size.   The best way to radiate glowing health on your big day is with a healthy diet and no amount of expensive facials and treatments […]
7th October 2016

A Nutritionist’s Wedding

A bit of a self-indulgent blog this time, as I’ve just received my wedding pictures and I thought it would be a bit of fun to recount how I put an unusual nutritional twist on my wedding!   The wedding theme I’m a big tea lover and my now husband used to leave my favourite cup by the kettle with a teabag every day before he left early for work.  One morning I came down to discover he’d spelt out “Marry Me” in teabags, so the tea theme was born!   Tea is pretty good for you but as a nutritionist who didn’t want a traditional wedding, I wanted a quirky (and thrifty) twist to the day.  Anyone who knows […]