Your wedding day, the one you've dreamed of your entire life, is finally becoming reality. And of course, everything from the dress to the flowers needs to be perfect, and that includes you. To make sure you look your absolute best for your big day, personal trainer Cynthia M. Conde has devised a fitness and nutrition plan specifically for brides-to-be. She's shared part of her plan with us in an excerpt from her book Bridal Bootcamp.

Click here for specific meal plans to get wedding-day ready.

What to Eat
Once you determine your new caloric intake you will remain at that calorie level for the next three months. In Chapter 2, we used the following equation to determine Carol's daily caloric maintenance level: current weight x 14.25 = your daily caloric maintenance level.

For example, Carol weighs 160 pounds, her goal is to weigh 130 pounds for her wedding.

160 x 14.25 = 2,280

Carol's daily caloric maintenance level is 2,280 calories, therefore her reduction in calories would be as follows: 2280 - 20% = 1824 calories per day or 1,800 rounded-out.

If you begin to lose more than two pounds of body fat a week, you're likely to be losing muscle tissue. Monitor your body fat closely. That is why it is important to measure your body fat every two weeks, to ensure that the weight that is coming off is fat and not muscle tissue. If your body fat test reveals that you are losing muscle, then you need to add some calories back to your diet. You should add back 25 calories per day, for five days, until you reach a 125 calories surplus. For example, if Carol determined that she was losing too much weight too fast, and most of it was lean muscle mass, then she would increase her daily caloric intake to 1,949. If you have a slow metabolism, then you will have to make additional adjustments to your daily caloric intake.