Join me on a month to holiday project

[BoffinMum]

So I have a month to go before I have to lie by the swimming pool in Italy and I look about as chubby and pasty as I have ever looked. Does anyone want to come with me on a journey towards full gorgeousness? Grooming n weight loss n that?

Yes, count me in. Have a month before I go to France and need to get rid of some belly flab! Am thinking of starting 30 day shred or 6 week 6 pack

Well I am aiming for 4-7 lbs weight loss, some personal grooming and taming my hair

Might start with creating a grooming timeline to reach perfection by 31st

I finish the 8 week blood sugar diet at the end of July so hopefully have the weightloss/water/f&v angle covered. Have done an order from the ordinary which I need to pick up from the post office tomorrow then I'm good to go!

I'm in the same boat although 13 weeks pregnant so unfortunately any kind of weight-loss exercise program is out of the question
I'm hoping that in a month I might at least have a proper bump rather than the all-over tubbyness that currently seems to be the case.

So for the time being I am focusing on making my hair, skin and nails look nice, investing in some sort of gradual tanner, and sorting out my maternity wardrobe.

We're off on our first holiday since DS's arrival 6months ago and I'm feeling at my most unattractive at the moment so I'd love to get myself sorted a bit this month.
I'll be attempting a decent bit of weight loss, sorting my hair and skin out and revamping my wardrobe which is in a pretty bad way

I think a bit of toning is going to be possible for all of us, plus I am going to confine my food to Weight Watchers core foods as far as possible. Then I might organise waxing for a week before the holiday and also start doing my nails at home weekly to get them about stronger. Might deal with the ol lady tache too.

Yes, I'll join you! I have about 6 weeks until the holiday and I've been on a diet for about 4 weeks and lost a stone but still have another stone to go. Everything else is a mess!

I came on here to start this exact thread! I have 4 weeks until my holiday, don't want to lose any weight but need to tone up quite a bit and just generally groom as I do virtually none at the moment and it's showing! Count me in!

Count me in too! No lovely holiday on the horizon, but I'm just so sick of looking and feeling DISGUSTING. I love a beauty-plan thread!

1 month to go is always my reminder to start exfoliating and and moisturising my body a couple of times a week. It's the only time I bother if I'm honest, but it makes a big difference to skin condition and tanability.

I'm in! I have lost the last bit of baby weight (hooray) but in a very unhealthy binge / starve / exercise cycle (very bad) so would be grateful for a much more stable, supportive environment to maintain it until we go away.

I have diastasis recti and an umbilical hernia which I feel undermines my weight loss as I've still got a big belly even though it's very toned at the sides / underneath thanks to yoga.

My boobs were small yet perky before but are now tragic after BF x 2 - but without an op not sure there's much to be done there.

It's skin and hair for me I guess are the realistic goals as I am seriously pale.

So thanks PP I will start exfoliating and I have bought in shower moisturiser as can't be doing with proper stuff .

Any other tips for skin which can be done at night or in 2 minutes in the morning??

A dollop of hand/cuticle cream on each of your nails, brush your teeth, then rub the cream in properly.

I'm in!! Going to France at the end of August and would love to look all slim and elegant. Will be back later to update with specific goals...

I'm in!
Menorca on the 18th August and never felt frumpier.
I have a menopausal belly appeared overnight (seems like) pasty white, untoned, plantar fasciitis and hair like a hedge.

Gawjuss.

I'm in too! Don't need to lose weight but I need to have tone, I'm a skinny squishy mess!

I've been doing squats and abs every day well mostly and upped my water intake to about 3-4litres a day. Still squishy so need to up my game.

I have just over a month to go till my him and I'm fat and flabby. Started 5: 2 again and lost 3 pounds so far. 10 pounds to go! Trouble is its a mental struggle and sometimes I just don't feel able to have a fast day. Plus always STARVING when I'm doing it. Also need to sort straw like hair. Did have a pedicure last weekend which was fab.

I go to Ibiza on the 13th and now beginning to panic. I have done nothing

Ooooh me too. We fly on holiday in just under 4 weeks.

Since Easter I have lost 12lbs and am back in a size 12, but want to drop another 4-5 lbs before we go.

I have booked my holiday prep appointment at a beauty salon in 3 weeks where I will get gel toes, leg & bikini wax, eyelash tint & perm and manicure!

I have just ordered those Korean Italy cloths recommended on here to get my skin super smooth and silky, but they might not get here in time.

I need to look into what are the best waterproof mascara now, and choose a new tinted lip balm. Still unsure which sun lotion to get.

Clothes-wise I'm pretty much sorted and have opted for strappy summer dresses for evenings with neutral wedge espadrilles.

Waterproof mascara, good plan! I've got my lashes tinted for the last couple of years and they barely look any different, think I'll get some waterproof mascara this year to add some weight to them and detract eyes away from my squishy bum

Pass I think tinted lashes are fine for daytime, if you opt for the blue/black tint which is more intense than black only.

But for evening I like a waterproof mascara on holiday, so the humidity won't smudge it.

My lashes are fine and tinted just doesn't give much omph...

What is everyone planning for their toenails? I usually paint before I go and take the bottle with me and just keep painting over... but I realise this isn't what the fashionistas do

Have ordered some bra sized bikinis to try, I'm a 30ff but they look small as I'm tall... and can usually manage with triangle bikinis.

One of the best unmoveable lengthening waterproof mascaras is the Essence £1.99 one from Wilkos. I've done water parks wearing that and it's not budged.