Hey all! My big day is a little over 7 months away. I'm also a teacher, so in a few weeks, fitting in a workout will be a little more difficult. What kind of workouts do you all do to get fit for your wedding and how do you fit them into your daily schedule with work and life?
Re: Wedding Workouts
I've joined a Run Club two days per week. So I know every Wed at 6:30pm and Sunday at 8:30am I am going running; it also helps I've made a couple friends there, so when they ask if I'm coming Sunday and I tell them yes, I would feel bad if I didn't show up. I do run another day per week on my own, and I have it scheduled in my head for Friday after work, but there are definitely days where I have missed my run.
Another thing I really like are home workouts. It does take some internal motivation to make yourself do it (particularly if you do it alone), but there are a lot of great body weight exercises or exercises you can do with bands or light dumbbells at home. If you know you like to settle down at watch a TV show a few nights per week, try doing a workout while you're watching your show.
Good luck!
However that is not what you asked for in your original post. So, back to topic -
A really "easy" thing to do is what is known as "fasted cardio". Now it's easy in the sense that it can be done in a short amount of time, and it's great because it's really helpful for burning fat. The idea being that you get up and do some form of cardio (for a recommended time of at least 30 minutes) first thing when you wake up. You don't eat anything first nothing, that is important because your body has nothing saved up to use for energy save for your fat stores. A lot of people who are already in great shape use this tactic to take them a few steps further with respect to their physique goals. It's something I have incorporated into my fitness regimen at least 4 mornings out of the week.
Good luck to you!
Step one - determine that you're NOT going to just exercise for the wedding, get to looking/feeling good, then instantly quit! You didn't get to the point you needed to purchase a "Twinkie Tax" gym membership, you got it because you wanted to make a physical transformation of some sort other than lightening up your wallet each month.
Step two - after school each day, show up at the gym, make it a routine and part of your drive home. Whether it's 10 minutes, 20 minutes, a half-hour, two hours, show up! Keep your gym bag in the car. Get a trainer once a week for a few months that can teach you the technical skills and build a routine for you. Higher numbered/real resistance weights are your friend when it comes to the toning department. Women cannot get "bulky" - we do not have enough testosterone running naturally in our systems to do so. A good trainer will train themselves out of a job because you'll be able to show up to any gym (including at a hotel) at any time and know what to do.