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The secrets behind bride-to-be Coleen McLoughlin's pre-wedding slim-down

by Louise Pyne
picture: WENN

Wedding belle
With that June 12 ‘I do' looming, new Queen of the WAGs Coleen has spent the last few months getting in shape for her megabucks - Dhs22 million! - marriage to Wayne Rooney. But after splashing out Dhs730,000 on her jewel-encrusted Marchesa gown, with just days to go before she walks down the aisle, Col had to make an emergency dash to New York for a last-minute fitting after discovering that she'd shed so much weight her gown no longer fitted!

Gym bunny

An intensive workout regime combined with the stress of wedding preparations has caused the 22-year-old to
drop several bust sizes, meaning that her designer wedding dress has had to be taken in a few inches.

Coleen's slinky new figure has been honed over a matter of months, with her personal trainer, Elise Lindsay, explaining that, "Her legs
and bottom tightened up very quickly."

For the last few months, Coleen and Elise have been hitting the gym together three times a week for two hours at a time, combining cardio workouts on the treadmill with pilates. In between gym sessions, Col has also been swimming regularly in her private pool, and attending kickboxing classes, but it looks as though her pre-wedding slim-down has been a bit too successful.

Feed your body - and your face!
Although she admits she's a terrible cook, bride-to-be Col's ditched takeaways and fast food for homemade spicy veg stir-fries and fresh fruit. She eats breakfast every day to kick-start her metabolism, and snacks on veggies.

Determined to outshine every other WAG bride, Col's also been going for weekly Guinot Hydradermie Facials to ensure she looks beyond gorgeous in her wedding snaps. But let's just hope she sorts out her wedding dress disaster in time for her big day!

Want a body like Coleen's? Follow personal trainer Elise Lindsay's simple tips to kick-start your gym habit:

1 No time for the gym? Pull in your abdominals by 30 per cent when you're cooking or shopping or at your desk, to help banish a flabby stomach.

2 Tone your upper arms with tricep dips. Sit on a chair placed against the wall, with your knees bent and your feet apart. Place your hands (fingers forward) on the sides of the chair and straighten arms to lift bottom up away from the chair. Bend elbows directly behind you to lower the body, then push through the arms to lift back up. Repeat two sets of 10 reps, three times per week.

3 Banish bingo wings with bicep curls. Face forward and stand with your feet shoulder distance apart, holding a weight in each hand, down by your side. Keeping the elbows in to the sides, bend them and lift the weights. Then lower your arms back to the sides. Again, repeat two sets of 10 reps, three times per week.

4
Watch your posture. Pull in your tummy, lift your shoulders back and tuck your bottom under and you'll instantly look taller and slimmer.


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