The Dateline Bridal Diet Challenge
By Sara James
CHICAGO, ILL.— A wedding: The stuff that dreams are made of and a bride’s shining moment.
Every bride wants to look perfect, but with so many Americans overweight, that means a lot of brides want to slim down and shape up.
Dieting is always tough, but perhaps never tougher than when a woman has the added pressure of planning one of the most important days in her life. From the rings, to the registry, to the guest list, every decision is stressful — and none more so than picking the dress.
When "Dateline" traveled to Chicago, we met five young women who were determined to lose weight before their big day, all while planning the perfect wedding. All brides who participated in Dateline's Bridal Challenge are in their twenties, and all were getting married in six months or less. Each bride set a weight loss goal of 25 pounds or more, and opted for one of the following five weight loss methods — Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, South Beach, Bridal Bootcamp, or the Wedding Dress Diet. Each woman chose her own diet and how much weight she wanted to lose.
Over the next six months, the brides had a lot to do... before they said “I do.”
With cameras rolling, “Dateline” chronicled their ups and downs while dieting and planning for the most important day of their lives.
There were pounds and dress sizes to lose, and the clock was ticking. Before it was all over, one bride reached a breaking point.
Meet the brides
1 /5
Bride: Lisa Shumpert
Age: 29 years old
Height: 5’9
Starting weight: 308 lbs.
Occupation: Accountant
Diet of choice: “Wedding Dress Diet” by Robyn Flipse
Goal: 40 pounds by her wedding day.
Dress: Lisa purchased a dress that was 3 dress sizes smaller. She was too big to even fit into largest size of the wedding dress she ordered. Lisa literally can't afford to fail.
Heard before the diet: “I am not walking down the aisle looking like a balloon.”
Challenge: Lisa has tried dieting before, but has never been able to keep the weight off. Obesity runs in her family as well.
Click here to read how Lisa did on the challenge.
Magical wedding moments
For all our brides, the moment they’d been waiting months for did arrive.
All the diets our brides stuck to worked!
In the span of six months, the five brides learned that losing weight required a change in lifestyle: Regular exercise, portion control, and healthy choices had to become second nature.
With those lessons, they could finally celebrate their success... in one magical moment.
The brides exchanged marriage vows with their grooms... and vowed to have healthier lifestyles. And they’ve all made a personal commitment to either maintain their new weight or shed even more pounds, as their new lives begin...
© 2007 MSNBC Interactive
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8648437/
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