Congratulations on your engagement, and welcome to SparkPeople, America's most active weight-loss and healthy living website! This article will introduce you to some of the SparkPeople features that can help you lose weight, get fit, tone up, and look and feel your best on your wedding day. We offer a variety of FREE tools, trackers, articles and support options that can help you achieve success between now and your big day, no matter how near or far away it may be.
What SparkPeople Offers
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A Safe Weight-Loss Plan. SparkPeople's meal plans and food tracker, combined with our vast resources and support teams, have helped thousands of people lose weight steadily, safely and permanently. Following our trademark SparkDiet (a healthy lifestyle change) can help you reach your weight-loss goals. To learn more about our weight-loss program and recommendations, click here. By setting up your free account and setting your own weight-loss goal, you'll be able to lose 1-2 pounds per week (or up to 1% of your body weight per week if you're more than 100 pounds from your goal weight). The sooner you start your plan, the more you'll be able to lose by your wedding day!
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Exercise Plans and Workout Information. Physical activity will help you burn calories, build lean muscle and tone up the trouble areas that your wedding gown shows off. SparkPeople offers hundreds of workouts, exercise articles, free fitness videos and a Fitness Tracker to help you start and sustain a sound exercise program—for life. To get started, check out these exercise basics or begin a walking program with our Walking Guide. You can also try out wildly popular Bootcamp workout plans and check out our Wedding Dress Workouts.
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Free Meal Plans. Using the Nutrition Resource Center or our free meal plans as a guide, we will help you improve your health, lose weight and stay satisfied thanks to healthy doses of fat, fiber, whole grains, lean proteins, fruits, and veggies. Our meal plans were created by registered dietitians and meet the dietary guidelines for Americans. We also provide a calorie range based on your current weight and goal weight (to help you lose weight safely). You can access your meal plans by visiting your Nutrition Tracker page (found under the "My Trackers" tab at the top of the site). If you'd rather eat your own foods, that works, too. Feel free to turn off our meal plans and track your favorite foods. Be sure to visit our healthy recipe website to find new diet-friendly dishes to prepare (and track with a single click) and enter your own recipes to calculate the calories and nutrition per serving so you can stay on track.
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Motivating Challenges. SparkPeople's program makes weight loss and healthy living fun. We offer challenges, fitness leaderboards, and SparkPoints to help you stay motivated to stick with your program.
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Community Support. Positive support and encouragement is the foundation of the SparkPeople program, and our community provides ample opportunities for you to connect with experts, peers, and other brides-to-be like you who are trying to lose weight and get healthier. We even have Teams to support people who have just about any hobby, interest or medical condition imaginable.
More Healthy Lifestyle Tips
Taking control of your health and losing weight before your wedding will require some education and commitment, but SparkPeople is here to help you along the way. Our articles, tips and support resources will help you establish a healthy lifestyle, lose weight and most importantly, help you feel stronger and more confident in your gown and on your honeymoon. You can learn more about healthy cooking, fitness, general nutrition and motivation by visiting the Healthy Lifestyle resource centers (found under the "Healthy Lifestyle" tab at the top of the site).
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