At last the day has finally arrived. Today is the start of the 2010 World Cup.
Whether you are a fan of football or not, there is a real sense of excitement as this event is about to kick-off. To witness so many countries coming together in a united way to watch a sport of universal interest and passion is fabulous. Billions of viewers from across the globe will be tuning in to watch a game of football together. I cannot think of anything else that could create such a union. I love it!
Flags flickering from the tops of cars and suspended from houses and across streets create this united, carnival atmosphere. Even our dog Waise has an England t-shirt – purchased by my husband who normally deplores clothes on dogs! But when you witness strangers chatting freely about their hopes and dreams of the tournament, and coming together with a common passion and sense of patriotism to support our lads, it makes you proud to be English.
But perhaps the added excitement comes from seeing the South African people euphoric with excitement and anticipation. After such a depressed past they are so enjoying this moment as their country takes the world’s centre stage for the next few weeks. When rail lines and roads have been created, and amazing stadiums and facilities built, it’s no wonder they are celebrating. They don’t expect to win the World Cup but the people of South Africa are just THRILLED that it’s being held in their country. And justly so.
Back home, as the adrenalin pumps around our bodies as we support our boys, realise that watching an England game is really good for our weight loss! All that excitement and leaping up from the sofa is a great fat burner. However, you could undo all that extra calorie burning if you consume too much alcohol! But the good news is that if England win tomorrow, our elevated heart-rate, adrenalin flow and feeling of positivity within us will mean we keep on burning more calories for longer. Let’s hope we win – and keep on winning!
BEST OF LUCK ENGLAND!
Friday, 11 June 2010
Monday, 31 May 2010
A funny couple of weeks.
It’s a while since I blogged but it’s been a funny couple of weeks.
Weekend before last we went with some friends to Loch Lomond Golf Club. It was a delayed celebration of Mike’s special birthday which he had in January and we invited three couples to join us for this real treat of an occasion. The men played golf around this idyllic championship golf course (the Scottish Open is held here) and we girls indulged ourselves in the fabulous spa. It was the weekend of the heat-wave and conditions could not have been better. But there was more.
On the Friday evening we went to the SECC in Glasgow to see Mark Knopfler. Mike has always been a big fan and it was a memorable occasion shared with 4,500 other folk who treasured the sound created by this guitar-playing maestro with a soft and gravelly voice.
We drove home on Monday to prepare for our trip to Portugal the next day and we are still here. We love this place and it gives us a chance to relax and enjoy the warm sunshine away from the day-to-day demands of being at home and at work – even though some work still needs to be dealt with.
Tomorrow our fellow Directors join us for our annual Think Tank. We started doing this five years ago and it is the most useful, constructive and creative time we have all year. Normally meetings are time-constrained because of more meetings but here we have no interruptions and a glass or two of Pimms in the afternoon helps us to think more creatively and plan for the year ahead. It also gives us some down-time to relax together – something we do too little of in the normal hum-drum of daily life.
I watched the tail-end of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was disappointing. Considering that, as a nation, we are one of the world’s leaders in pop music, how can we get it so wrong at this event?
The Grand Prix on Sunday was eventful. I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall of that after-race de-brief! Still, it was a one-two victory for us with Hamilton and Button heading the podium so good for them.
It’s very hot here in Portugal and soon it will be very hot in England. If you are carrying around some excess weight I strongly suggest that you get cracking with your diet and fitness campaign. Being overweight in the blistering heat is no fun and every lb you lose before the heat-wave, the better you will feel. Check out our website www.rosemaryconley.com for some genuine help and direction,.
Let’s see if we can think of even more ways to help you at our Think Tank this week!
Weekend before last we went with some friends to Loch Lomond Golf Club. It was a delayed celebration of Mike’s special birthday which he had in January and we invited three couples to join us for this real treat of an occasion. The men played golf around this idyllic championship golf course (the Scottish Open is held here) and we girls indulged ourselves in the fabulous spa. It was the weekend of the heat-wave and conditions could not have been better. But there was more.
On the Friday evening we went to the SECC in Glasgow to see Mark Knopfler. Mike has always been a big fan and it was a memorable occasion shared with 4,500 other folk who treasured the sound created by this guitar-playing maestro with a soft and gravelly voice.
We drove home on Monday to prepare for our trip to Portugal the next day and we are still here. We love this place and it gives us a chance to relax and enjoy the warm sunshine away from the day-to-day demands of being at home and at work – even though some work still needs to be dealt with.
Tomorrow our fellow Directors join us for our annual Think Tank. We started doing this five years ago and it is the most useful, constructive and creative time we have all year. Normally meetings are time-constrained because of more meetings but here we have no interruptions and a glass or two of Pimms in the afternoon helps us to think more creatively and plan for the year ahead. It also gives us some down-time to relax together – something we do too little of in the normal hum-drum of daily life.
I watched the tail-end of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was disappointing. Considering that, as a nation, we are one of the world’s leaders in pop music, how can we get it so wrong at this event?
The Grand Prix on Sunday was eventful. I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall of that after-race de-brief! Still, it was a one-two victory for us with Hamilton and Button heading the podium so good for them.
It’s very hot here in Portugal and soon it will be very hot in England. If you are carrying around some excess weight I strongly suggest that you get cracking with your diet and fitness campaign. Being overweight in the blistering heat is no fun and every lb you lose before the heat-wave, the better you will feel. Check out our website www.rosemaryconley.com for some genuine help and direction,.
Let’s see if we can think of even more ways to help you at our Think Tank this week!
Monday, 17 May 2010
Another 'What a week!"
I found last week fascinating. I couldn’t wait for Monday and the ‘soap opera’ of a new government unfolding.
I was born after World War II but I saw enough footage of films showing families huddled round the radio to listen to the latest news to realise how anxious the nation was to hear about every twist and turn of events as they unfolded. Last Monday and Tuesday were like that too. On Tuesday evening I was driven to Buxton in Derbyshire to do a talk at a local Church. I have a driver so that I can work and catch up with my mail or write my columns for my magazine, as well as not have the strain of driving, getting there on time, fearing getting lost, etc.
My talk went well and everyone was lovely. A gentlemen came up to talk at the end and told me how he and his brother had been put into care from birth and that his mother had died when he was four weeks old. He stayed in a children’s home till he was 21. He must be in his early 70’s now and he wanted to send me a CD that he loves because he thinks I will enjoy it. I love those sorts of presents. They mean the world to me.
Back to politics. On the journey home I asked David, my driver, to turn on the 10 o’clock news. It was one of those ‘crowding round the radio’ moments as it emerged that David Cameron and Nick Clegg had reached an agreement and Gordon Brown had stood down. Listening to the comment and opinions on Radio 4 (I’m a Radio 2 fan but when things are serious it has to be Radio 4), there was this real sense of hope that this new government will work. Like the rest of the nation, I really hope it does.
Wednesday was an early start for a drive down to London to meet my book publishers. My Amazing Inch Loss Plan book has done very well and is to be re-packaged for January in a smaller format, with the exercises currently included to be demonstrated on www.rosemaryconley.tv instead of being featured in the book. In addition, we will include testimonials of the many, many folk who have transformed their bodies with this diet. When you write a diet book you are selling hope. If you have heaps of people who have proved that the diet works – because it really does – then it gives prospective dieters optimism and determination to give it a real try.
Thursday was Board Meeting day. I love these days because it enables us to have a catch-up as to where we are at. Our Solo Slim food range has really taken off and people are loving it. I love it when we try something new and it works. We have such a lovely team at Quorn House and working is a total pleasure.
Friday was an Open Day for potential franchisees to come to Quorn House to meet us and get to know about our franchise opportunity. Folk from all corners of the British Isles came along, and with such varied backgrounds too, all wanting to run classes to help folk to lose weight and become fitter. They were a really grand bunch of people and several will, I am sure, become RC franchisees – but only if it is right for them and we feel they are right for us.
I hardly ever accept an invitation to speak or present at a function on a Friday night but last Friday was an exception. The Leicester Netball Association were holding a Celebratory Dinner and asked if I would present their Awards, plus they were raising money for my main charity Steps Conductive Education Centre in Shepshed (www.stepscentre.org). How could I refuse? So it was a late night for me and an early start on Saturday to host an 80th Birthday Party for my step-mother in Norfolk. It went really well but by the time I had driven home, and 250 miles during the day, I was spent. But my Step-mum had a great day and it was all worth the effort and, actually, very enjoyable.
Sunday was a rest day but, as Patron of The Laura Centre, I needed to attend a Memorial Service to remember the many children who had died so sadly and tragically. It is always a very moving event but one I won’t miss. It makes me realise how very, very fortunate I am and how some folk have tragic events in their lives that they have to cope with and, despite those shattering experiences, continue to hold their families together. We really should count our blessings.
I have four more days before I have two weeks and one day off! Yes, I am really looking forward to it.
I was born after World War II but I saw enough footage of films showing families huddled round the radio to listen to the latest news to realise how anxious the nation was to hear about every twist and turn of events as they unfolded. Last Monday and Tuesday were like that too. On Tuesday evening I was driven to Buxton in Derbyshire to do a talk at a local Church. I have a driver so that I can work and catch up with my mail or write my columns for my magazine, as well as not have the strain of driving, getting there on time, fearing getting lost, etc.
My talk went well and everyone was lovely. A gentlemen came up to talk at the end and told me how he and his brother had been put into care from birth and that his mother had died when he was four weeks old. He stayed in a children’s home till he was 21. He must be in his early 70’s now and he wanted to send me a CD that he loves because he thinks I will enjoy it. I love those sorts of presents. They mean the world to me.
Back to politics. On the journey home I asked David, my driver, to turn on the 10 o’clock news. It was one of those ‘crowding round the radio’ moments as it emerged that David Cameron and Nick Clegg had reached an agreement and Gordon Brown had stood down. Listening to the comment and opinions on Radio 4 (I’m a Radio 2 fan but when things are serious it has to be Radio 4), there was this real sense of hope that this new government will work. Like the rest of the nation, I really hope it does.
Wednesday was an early start for a drive down to London to meet my book publishers. My Amazing Inch Loss Plan book has done very well and is to be re-packaged for January in a smaller format, with the exercises currently included to be demonstrated on www.rosemaryconley.tv instead of being featured in the book. In addition, we will include testimonials of the many, many folk who have transformed their bodies with this diet. When you write a diet book you are selling hope. If you have heaps of people who have proved that the diet works – because it really does – then it gives prospective dieters optimism and determination to give it a real try.
Thursday was Board Meeting day. I love these days because it enables us to have a catch-up as to where we are at. Our Solo Slim food range has really taken off and people are loving it. I love it when we try something new and it works. We have such a lovely team at Quorn House and working is a total pleasure.
Friday was an Open Day for potential franchisees to come to Quorn House to meet us and get to know about our franchise opportunity. Folk from all corners of the British Isles came along, and with such varied backgrounds too, all wanting to run classes to help folk to lose weight and become fitter. They were a really grand bunch of people and several will, I am sure, become RC franchisees – but only if it is right for them and we feel they are right for us.
I hardly ever accept an invitation to speak or present at a function on a Friday night but last Friday was an exception. The Leicester Netball Association were holding a Celebratory Dinner and asked if I would present their Awards, plus they were raising money for my main charity Steps Conductive Education Centre in Shepshed (www.stepscentre.org). How could I refuse? So it was a late night for me and an early start on Saturday to host an 80th Birthday Party for my step-mother in Norfolk. It went really well but by the time I had driven home, and 250 miles during the day, I was spent. But my Step-mum had a great day and it was all worth the effort and, actually, very enjoyable.
Sunday was a rest day but, as Patron of The Laura Centre, I needed to attend a Memorial Service to remember the many children who had died so sadly and tragically. It is always a very moving event but one I won’t miss. It makes me realise how very, very fortunate I am and how some folk have tragic events in their lives that they have to cope with and, despite those shattering experiences, continue to hold their families together. We really should count our blessings.
I have four more days before I have two weeks and one day off! Yes, I am really looking forward to it.
Monday, 10 May 2010
What an interesting couple of weeks!
This is the first time I’ve blogged for two weeks. The last fortnight has been a really frantic time with lots of ups and downs to challenge me.
It started with my lovely mum-in-law falling down the stairs at her dentist’s surgery two weeks ago today. She hurt her foot, banged her head and passed out! After visits to the doctor, the hospital, two X-rays and the great news that nothing was broken, Jeanne still couldn’t walk. The old ‘executive-type’ office chair on casters improvised as a good means of transportation to the bathroom, bedroom, etc until we managed to borrow a wheelchair from the Red Cross. In the end Mike bought a self-propelling wheelchair which Jeanne could manage herself to some degree.
What astounded me was the fact that at the grand age of 87 (88 next month), Jeanne has never once moaned. She just says how fortunate she is – even on the day she fell. What a fantastic attitude!
The week, as always, was busy, but with kind friends who popped in when Mike or I couldn’t be there, Jeanne was cared for. And it’s amazing how you adapt into a new routine and how, if everyone co-operates, you cope. Now Jeanne is progressing well, walking a little and getting better.
There has been an unexpected bonus from all this. I have had to walk up those 38 stairs to Jeanne’s flat probably 10 times a day with the benefit that I feel fitter and my jeans are positively loose. Every cloud has a silver lining!
Last Tuesday evening I took a fitness session for around 30 Cubs and Scouts locally. I’d done it last year and I’d been invited back because they’d enjoyed it so much. We had a really fun time doing circuits, hula hooping, stepping up and down off benches, skipping and laughing. The Scout Leader, Adam Tate, at just 18 years old is an inspiration. He ran the whole evening on his own and was brilliant.
Thursday was the evening for the Leicestershire Young Enterprise County Finals at the Leicester Tiger’s Stadium. Six teams from local schools presented their Young Enterprise companies’ activities to an audience of around 400 – a daunting prospect for anyone but particularly if you are aged between 14 – 17! They were inspirational and the excitement when each school won an Award was fantastic. England Rugby star, Martin Corry, was the keynote speaker and he was brilliant. He emphasised the importance of determination and a positive attitude if you wanted to be successful in life. Such a nice guy too.
Then Friday was our Roadshow in Oxford when 250 of our lovely members came together to work out and soak up motivation from Mary Morris, my colleague who is a fitness supremo, and myself. Roadshows are always hard work but always fantastically rewarding. We loved it.
Then Mary and I were off to Portugal for just two days to write a booklet for a social enterprise project we are involved in. So, from having a 5 am start on the Friday to get to Oxford in time, feeling exhausted after the Roadshow, we were up at 4.30 am on Saturday morning to drive to East Midlands Airport. We’d checked in online and were excited about our couple of days away from the normal routine of life to concentrate and create something that we hoped would help a lot of people. As we breezed through the airport to go to security we were told the flight had been cancelled due to the volcanic ash cloud! As we turned around we could see the sad faces of hundreds of fellow passengers queuing at the BMI Baby information desk. Holiday-makers, families so in need of a much-longed-for holiday. It was sad. We were philosophical about it and just turned round and went home. There was no point in waiting and hoping. If we went home now we could work there instead. We did just that and progressed quite significantly. By 5 p.m. we were shattered and were glad to pack up our work and Mary went home. I was in bed by 9 pm.
And then, on top of all this, there has been a General Election. I really shouldn't moan about long hours and lack of sleep should I? I feel for those guys.
It started with my lovely mum-in-law falling down the stairs at her dentist’s surgery two weeks ago today. She hurt her foot, banged her head and passed out! After visits to the doctor, the hospital, two X-rays and the great news that nothing was broken, Jeanne still couldn’t walk. The old ‘executive-type’ office chair on casters improvised as a good means of transportation to the bathroom, bedroom, etc until we managed to borrow a wheelchair from the Red Cross. In the end Mike bought a self-propelling wheelchair which Jeanne could manage herself to some degree.
What astounded me was the fact that at the grand age of 87 (88 next month), Jeanne has never once moaned. She just says how fortunate she is – even on the day she fell. What a fantastic attitude!
The week, as always, was busy, but with kind friends who popped in when Mike or I couldn’t be there, Jeanne was cared for. And it’s amazing how you adapt into a new routine and how, if everyone co-operates, you cope. Now Jeanne is progressing well, walking a little and getting better.
There has been an unexpected bonus from all this. I have had to walk up those 38 stairs to Jeanne’s flat probably 10 times a day with the benefit that I feel fitter and my jeans are positively loose. Every cloud has a silver lining!
Last Tuesday evening I took a fitness session for around 30 Cubs and Scouts locally. I’d done it last year and I’d been invited back because they’d enjoyed it so much. We had a really fun time doing circuits, hula hooping, stepping up and down off benches, skipping and laughing. The Scout Leader, Adam Tate, at just 18 years old is an inspiration. He ran the whole evening on his own and was brilliant.
Thursday was the evening for the Leicestershire Young Enterprise County Finals at the Leicester Tiger’s Stadium. Six teams from local schools presented their Young Enterprise companies’ activities to an audience of around 400 – a daunting prospect for anyone but particularly if you are aged between 14 – 17! They were inspirational and the excitement when each school won an Award was fantastic. England Rugby star, Martin Corry, was the keynote speaker and he was brilliant. He emphasised the importance of determination and a positive attitude if you wanted to be successful in life. Such a nice guy too.
Then Friday was our Roadshow in Oxford when 250 of our lovely members came together to work out and soak up motivation from Mary Morris, my colleague who is a fitness supremo, and myself. Roadshows are always hard work but always fantastically rewarding. We loved it.
Then Mary and I were off to Portugal for just two days to write a booklet for a social enterprise project we are involved in. So, from having a 5 am start on the Friday to get to Oxford in time, feeling exhausted after the Roadshow, we were up at 4.30 am on Saturday morning to drive to East Midlands Airport. We’d checked in online and were excited about our couple of days away from the normal routine of life to concentrate and create something that we hoped would help a lot of people. As we breezed through the airport to go to security we were told the flight had been cancelled due to the volcanic ash cloud! As we turned around we could see the sad faces of hundreds of fellow passengers queuing at the BMI Baby information desk. Holiday-makers, families so in need of a much-longed-for holiday. It was sad. We were philosophical about it and just turned round and went home. There was no point in waiting and hoping. If we went home now we could work there instead. We did just that and progressed quite significantly. By 5 p.m. we were shattered and were glad to pack up our work and Mary went home. I was in bed by 9 pm.
And then, on top of all this, there has been a General Election. I really shouldn't moan about long hours and lack of sleep should I? I feel for those guys.
Monday, 26 April 2010
Center Parcs Training Convention - WOW!
It’s a while since I blogged. Since we came back from our holiday two weeks ago my feet don’t seemed to have touched the ground. It’s been totally manic – but as always, tremendous fun!
Last weekend was no exception. It was our annual Training Convention at Center Parcs and no less than 200 of our wonderful franchisees and their employees/instructors attended. It really is the most extraordinary sight! Two hundred super-fit women all exercising together, learning different choreography from a variety of presenters – some from our organisation and some from outside – and they absolutely loved it. Smiling faces, laughing out-loud, sweat dripping down their backs...it was positively buzzing!
We have an extraordinary Training Team who put together the exciting programme of events, but what struck me so strongly was the sheer talent of our franchisees and their instructors. The energy they have, the ability to learn sometimes quite complicated routines almost instantly is amazing. I just looked on in total admiration and pride that we have such brilliant teachers representing our organisation. No wonder the members love them so much.
The Center Parcs event is the one occasion during the year that I have the opportunity to meet the instructors who work for our franchisees. Some have lost an incredible amount of weight and have been recruited from the classes. There were three Slimmers of the Year who have either become franchisees or employees. Others were eagerly sharing their stories with me of their members who have lost 2/3/4/5 stone already on the Amazing Inch Loss Plan diet. Photographs were being pulled out of kit bags, books were being passed to me to sign for special members. It was all lovely.
I know all our girls are special. They care so much about their members and when I was shown a book that had been compiled and produced by a member of franchisee Jo Beardsmore-Dilks I was really touched. The book was incredible. It was the quality of any glossy book you’d buy in Waterstones. The members had gone to the trouble to write their personal messages of gratitude, have their individual photographs taken, to show their appreciation to Jo and to commemorate her birthday as a franchisee. Not her 10th or 15th anniversary, but her 2nd. In the two years since Jo started her business, she has made such an impression that her members wanted to recognise her efforts and support. Wonderful!
As I looked on, smiling continuously, at our teachers exercising in the style of Bollywood to Zumba, I felt an immense sense of pride. I felt like a mother hen looking over her flock. They do a fantastic job, along with our staff who keep the wheels of our company turning and the Center Parcs weekend operating like clockwork. The icing on the cake was the staff performing a stunning and enormous fun World Cup spoof routine as a grand finale. Everybody had a fabulous time and today it’s back to normality, which, for most of our franchisees, that’s running an average of eleven diet and fitness classes every week. No wonder they’re fit!
Last weekend was no exception. It was our annual Training Convention at Center Parcs and no less than 200 of our wonderful franchisees and their employees/instructors attended. It really is the most extraordinary sight! Two hundred super-fit women all exercising together, learning different choreography from a variety of presenters – some from our organisation and some from outside – and they absolutely loved it. Smiling faces, laughing out-loud, sweat dripping down their backs...it was positively buzzing!
We have an extraordinary Training Team who put together the exciting programme of events, but what struck me so strongly was the sheer talent of our franchisees and their instructors. The energy they have, the ability to learn sometimes quite complicated routines almost instantly is amazing. I just looked on in total admiration and pride that we have such brilliant teachers representing our organisation. No wonder the members love them so much.
The Center Parcs event is the one occasion during the year that I have the opportunity to meet the instructors who work for our franchisees. Some have lost an incredible amount of weight and have been recruited from the classes. There were three Slimmers of the Year who have either become franchisees or employees. Others were eagerly sharing their stories with me of their members who have lost 2/3/4/5 stone already on the Amazing Inch Loss Plan diet. Photographs were being pulled out of kit bags, books were being passed to me to sign for special members. It was all lovely.
I know all our girls are special. They care so much about their members and when I was shown a book that had been compiled and produced by a member of franchisee Jo Beardsmore-Dilks I was really touched. The book was incredible. It was the quality of any glossy book you’d buy in Waterstones. The members had gone to the trouble to write their personal messages of gratitude, have their individual photographs taken, to show their appreciation to Jo and to commemorate her birthday as a franchisee. Not her 10th or 15th anniversary, but her 2nd. In the two years since Jo started her business, she has made such an impression that her members wanted to recognise her efforts and support. Wonderful!
As I looked on, smiling continuously, at our teachers exercising in the style of Bollywood to Zumba, I felt an immense sense of pride. I felt like a mother hen looking over her flock. They do a fantastic job, along with our staff who keep the wheels of our company turning and the Center Parcs weekend operating like clockwork. The icing on the cake was the staff performing a stunning and enormous fun World Cup spoof routine as a grand finale. Everybody had a fabulous time and today it’s back to normality, which, for most of our franchisees, that’s running an average of eleven diet and fitness classes every week. No wonder they’re fit!
Monday, 12 April 2010
Why I think 5-a-day is still good news!
I’m back from our two week holiday and of course we find ourselves in the middle of Election Fever. May the best man win!
Anyway, the news emerged last week that eating our five-a-day didn’t have the cancer-preventing qualities that the nutrition experts thought it had after all. Reducing levels of obesity and smoking are, apparently, more effective.
I think it is really sad that all the progress that has been made over the last seven years in educating the population towards the importance of eating more fruit and vegetables has been sent backwards by this non-story. After all, by eating your five-a-day you still reduce your risk of cancer by 3%. Surely that’s a reduction worth working for?
I remember a few years ago the story broke that HRT increased our chances of contracting breast cancer. The research of the day said the risk was between 1 – 2%. As a result, millions of women stopped taking HRT which, in my opinion, is a magical medication. A few years later the research was turned on its head and the risk from HRT was confirmed as so minute and that the risks were far outweighed by the, now confirmed, many health benefits. By that time millions of women had come to terms with living without HRT and their lives and their health may well have suffered as a result. I insisted on staying on hormone replacement therapy because if made me feel 25 years younger. It still does and I intend to stay on it for ever.
Now, back to our five-a-day fruit and vegetables. If 3% of the population benefit significantly from eating five-a-day, that has to be good news, surely. Add to this the fact that eating more fruit and vegetables also helps reduce obesity, why on earth come out with a negative news story that is unhelpful to our health! Vegetables are full of low calorie, low fat nutrients that give us a multitude of vitamins and health benefits – as well as filling us up at mealtimes and providing a tasty low-cal snack.
So, I wonder how long it will be before they come up with another story that confirms the wisdom of eating more fruit and veg? Soon, I hope, because if we eat less than we already do, heaven help us!
In the meantime, enjoy the Spring sunshine and get out there in the open air and enjoy being more active. Check out our website if you need some help to lose weight or become fitter. Our latest issue of our magazine is published this week and it is packed full of loads of delicious recipes for you to try. If you can’t find it at your local supermarket, you can always subscribe via our website and get it delivered to your door before it reaches the shops. Enjoy your week.
Anyway, the news emerged last week that eating our five-a-day didn’t have the cancer-preventing qualities that the nutrition experts thought it had after all. Reducing levels of obesity and smoking are, apparently, more effective.
I think it is really sad that all the progress that has been made over the last seven years in educating the population towards the importance of eating more fruit and vegetables has been sent backwards by this non-story. After all, by eating your five-a-day you still reduce your risk of cancer by 3%. Surely that’s a reduction worth working for?
I remember a few years ago the story broke that HRT increased our chances of contracting breast cancer. The research of the day said the risk was between 1 – 2%. As a result, millions of women stopped taking HRT which, in my opinion, is a magical medication. A few years later the research was turned on its head and the risk from HRT was confirmed as so minute and that the risks were far outweighed by the, now confirmed, many health benefits. By that time millions of women had come to terms with living without HRT and their lives and their health may well have suffered as a result. I insisted on staying on hormone replacement therapy because if made me feel 25 years younger. It still does and I intend to stay on it for ever.
Now, back to our five-a-day fruit and vegetables. If 3% of the population benefit significantly from eating five-a-day, that has to be good news, surely. Add to this the fact that eating more fruit and vegetables also helps reduce obesity, why on earth come out with a negative news story that is unhelpful to our health! Vegetables are full of low calorie, low fat nutrients that give us a multitude of vitamins and health benefits – as well as filling us up at mealtimes and providing a tasty low-cal snack.
So, I wonder how long it will be before they come up with another story that confirms the wisdom of eating more fruit and veg? Soon, I hope, because if we eat less than we already do, heaven help us!
In the meantime, enjoy the Spring sunshine and get out there in the open air and enjoy being more active. Check out our website if you need some help to lose weight or become fitter. Our latest issue of our magazine is published this week and it is packed full of loads of delicious recipes for you to try. If you can’t find it at your local supermarket, you can always subscribe via our website and get it delivered to your door before it reaches the shops. Enjoy your week.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Spring time and a new beginning
It is now officially Spring and Easter has been and gone and hopefully, very soon, we will start to have some beautiful warm weather in the UK. I’m currently in Portugal where we really are appreciating the warmer weather and realising how good it is to feel the sun on your back.
I love the Spring-time with the trees breaking into life and the flowers looking so bright and cheerful. There are fields at the end of our garden at home and at this time of the year the lambs are very entertaining. They jump and skip, and at 5 o’clock each day they have races. They chase each other in groups and have a really fun time while their mums graze away contentedly. It is fascinating to watch and it is totally inspiring. It makes you want to go outside and be amongst it. And that’s good for us.
The after-Easter period is the second busiest time in the dieting calendar (January is the peak) as people become inspired to lose weight ready for their summer holidays. The good news is that we do feel more inspired to do something as going out and about on a bike, for a walk or run, or to the park, is significantly more pleasant than doing it in the freezing cold and wet. Lots of people will be signing up for Race for Life and now is the time to start training. To help you, we have included on www.rosemaryconley.tv a Race for Life Training Programme which you can log on to each week for that week’s training schedule. Designed by our very own fitness expert Mary Morris, it helps you progress your fitness to enable you to run or walk the Race to the maximum of your capability and fitness.
If you want to be fitter and slimmer for your holidays, make a pledge right now to make some small steps towards your goals. Log on to www.rosemaryconley.com for details of your nearest Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club classes, and if there’s not one near you try our Online slimming club, our magazine and much much more. We are here to help you so just do it – for yourself!
I love the Spring-time with the trees breaking into life and the flowers looking so bright and cheerful. There are fields at the end of our garden at home and at this time of the year the lambs are very entertaining. They jump and skip, and at 5 o’clock each day they have races. They chase each other in groups and have a really fun time while their mums graze away contentedly. It is fascinating to watch and it is totally inspiring. It makes you want to go outside and be amongst it. And that’s good for us.
The after-Easter period is the second busiest time in the dieting calendar (January is the peak) as people become inspired to lose weight ready for their summer holidays. The good news is that we do feel more inspired to do something as going out and about on a bike, for a walk or run, or to the park, is significantly more pleasant than doing it in the freezing cold and wet. Lots of people will be signing up for Race for Life and now is the time to start training. To help you, we have included on www.rosemaryconley.tv a Race for Life Training Programme which you can log on to each week for that week’s training schedule. Designed by our very own fitness expert Mary Morris, it helps you progress your fitness to enable you to run or walk the Race to the maximum of your capability and fitness.
If you want to be fitter and slimmer for your holidays, make a pledge right now to make some small steps towards your goals. Log on to www.rosemaryconley.com for details of your nearest Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club classes, and if there’s not one near you try our Online slimming club, our magazine and much much more. We are here to help you so just do it – for yourself!
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