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April
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Dear Daniel
So was the
Easter Bunny rather too generous this year? Time to get back to
the gym if you’ve taken some time off! For many of you that
joined the gym at the beginning of the year, it may be about now that
the initial novelty may be wearing off but it’s important that you
don’t let the impetus drop.
Hopefully
you’ve seen some good results and the regular reviews should help keep
you on track. But please don’t be afraid to talk to a member of
staff if you want to revamp your programme at any time. It’s
important that you feel you’re being challenged in order for you to see
results. To get the best results, why not set yourself little
challenges on the way around – to hit a certain distance on the bike or
cross trainer for example. It makes it more fun and makes it much
more rewarding when you hit those targets.
Kind Regards,
Paula Blackwood (Editor)
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NEWS THIS MONTH
- from accross the UK!
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STOKE ON TRENT
Thanks to everyone who helped to organise and aslo attended the members
evening. We raised nearly £200 - we are carrying on until we can reach
our target. We are doing a raffle and a 'name our teddy' - who really
needs a name, so please get guessing and then we will draw a name. The
teddy has just been on her first holiday with our member Sonia all the
way to Bath.
We have a new member of staff called Julia, she is a level
3 fitness instructor and also a personal trainer and qualified in
nutrition management! So I am sure we will all welcome Julia!
'Fake bake night' - 21st of April with a beautician
called Amy who has come from Modershall Oaks. The fake bake is usually
£20 but for Ladyzone members it's £10!!!!!!! Please hurry and book
because places are limited.
Coming
soon... Race for Life, Oscars awards, The Big party
night!!!!, Buddy bonaza!!! Barbecue fright night!!! Hawaiian Night, and
lots more so keep posted.
Also now, all our members can invite friends and family
down for a free 7 day VIP pass and if they join you can enjoy the
following: A family pass for Waterworld worth £34 or a manicure or
pedicure- ready for those flip flops worth £20, A Marks & Spencer
or Next voucher or a wash and blow at Milan hair studio.
 SHEFFIELD - ECCLESALL RD
Ecclesall Road
member Lesley
Brosnan managed to raise £51!! for the NSPCC Gym
Challenge. The total raised across both Sheffield sites was £261.55!!
Winner from the members was Ruthie
Chileshe with 9,799 points, 2nd place was Natasha Fairest
with 8,400 points and Sue
Thompson took bronze with 7,481! Paula took the staff
prize with a massive 12,240 points (WHAT A MACHINE!!), Tom took Silver
with 11,547 points and Marie came in 3rd with 10,393!
The
GO! Programme - Ex Sports Minister and local Labour MP
Richard Caborn was in attendance of the GO programme exhibition day.
The Go programme is run in conjunction with local schools by inviting
teenage girls to come and get put through their paces by Ladyzone
Fitness Instructors. The exhibition day saw girls from Silverdale high
school go through a fitness session run by instructors from the Amateur
Boxing Association. The girls also completed the gym challenge and
their results were fantastic, putting many of the (saying no names)
Ladyzone staff to shame!! Well done girls!
SHEFFIELD -
MIDDLEWOOD RD
NSPCC Gym Challenge - The total raised across both Sheffield sites was £261.55. The
winnner was Tracey
Price with 8,234 points, in 2nd place was Joanna Gorecka
7,960 points and 3rd Bev
Mckinder with 6,647 points.
The slimming
club is well underway with a massive £150 up for grabs for the
winner... so get slimming ladies!
SHIPLEY
Zoe has recently left us so we have a new member of staff, Michelle,
Currently at college training for her level 3 in personal training. She
has a special interest in nutrition and has started creating recipes of
the week for the members!
PUDSEY
Race For Life - Walk, jog or run 5k in the UK's largest women-only
fundraising event. Details: Sunday
5th July, Temple Newsam, 2.30pm - Cost of entry is
£12.99 per person which covers the cost of organising the events so
that the sponsorship money raised goes directly to Cancer Research. To
participate, please register by logging on to www.raceforlife.org or if you
don’t have access to the internet, call the hotline on 0871 641 2282
and add your name to the list in the gym. The morning race has
already sold out so don’t delay if you want to enter. It’s great
fun!
WIDNES
Welcome to our new member of staff Michelle McPhillips who you may
have seen already around the gym. She is a previous member and achieved
member of the month!
I
would like to thank everyone for their continued support as we
celebrate our 1st Birthday and hope you will all be part of our 2nd
year of success.
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WHAT TEMPTATIONS
ARE LURKING IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT? - By Karen Halifax
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 I’d
like to challenge you to reduce the availability of fattening foods in
your personal environment so that you will shift to healthier
foods. I want you to make sure that your exposure to
high-calorie, sugary junk foods and the cues to eat them are greatly
reduced. There is no room here for cutting corners. Foods
you should be getting rid of include:
- Sweets, biscuits, high
calorie sugary snacks
- Salty foods e.g.
crisps, tacos, nuts
- Desserts / Puddings
- White bread
- Ice cream
- Convenience foods /
Pre-prepared food e.g. frozen
- Syrups, jams
- Sugared soft drinks
- Any junk food.
Look for hidden sugars
- Any food you habitually
binge on
When I ask
people to do this, one of the most common comments I get is “Sounds
fine but there are foods I need to keep around for my kids /
husband. They aren’t overweight. Why should they
suffer?” I understand your concern. There are solutions if you have
to keep these foods around eg designating a specific cupboard that is
out-of-bounds for you. Make it a top shelf or a cupboard that’s
difficult to reach. However you need to ask yourself whether you
are preparing / purchasing foods that you say your family like, but secretly
they’re your favourite binge foods? Are you baking biscuits
because you crave them, not because they are your kids / husbands
favourite? Don’t con yourself here. If you feel you must
keep certain foods on hand for your family, make sure that these are
the foods your kids or spouse really like – not foods you want.
You can con yourself in another way too: by telling yourself that if
you get rid of all the goodies your family likes, they won’t love you
anymore. However you know this isn’t really true. Equating
food with love is dangerous, especially when in fact you are
jeopardising their health with too much junk food and instilling eating
habits that could someday make them physically sick and obese.
Practise Smart Shopping:
- Shop from a list
prepared when you’re not hungry
- Determine exactly what
you need for a particular period of time – don’t overbuy
- Stick to outer aisles
where fresh foods are located
- Never go food shopping
when you’re hungry
- Shop from a list
prepared when you’re not hungry
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Ladyzone is pleased to announce the April Award winners.
PUDSEY
Best Review
Results – We’ve had another great month for results.
Runners up for the prize are Trudy
Winn, Nicola Johnson and Sandra Wordsworth.
The prize however goes to Liz
Dunwell with a brilliant weight loss of 17lbs and 4%
body fat since she joined in January. Best Attendance Award – We’re
going to start charging Pauline
Flynn for board and lodgings this month as she has
again notched up 25 appearances. Well done also to Amy Wilson and
Amy Firth
with a close 24 visits. Award
for Brilliantly Giving Up Smoking – Well done Diane Scott.
We know it hasn’t been easy but will be definitely worth it. Keep
going. We’re going to sponsor Helen to follow your example next! The ‘Thanks so Much for
Sharing’ Award goes to Jen Bettley who insisted on
giving us all a graphic depiction of her ‘Fibre Detox’ experience.
Let’s just say that it works!
SHEFFIELD -
ECCLESALL RD
Two members of the month, Christine
Vaughan – who lost 20cm in 6 weeks and Marie Taggart
who lost a whopping 6.6kg and 48cm in 2 months! Great results!
SHEFFIELD -
MIDDLEWOOD RD
Member of the month is Beverley
Bromwell, she lost 2.9Kg and a total of 9.5cm! The best
attendance for the month is Mary
Burley with an incredible 28 visits!
STOKE ON TRENT
Leanne Jackson
is member of the month for March, she has lost 1 stone and 15 inches in
6 weeks. The slimming club has ended and we want to thank everyone for
trying!!!! The winners are Sharon
Lord, Pat Rouse, Vannessa Watkins and Susan Betton
all losing 1 Stone in the 8 weeks well done!!!!!We will be starting
again the week after the Easter hols on the 20th.
SHIPLEY
Two members of the month, Caroline
Whitaker who lost 13lb and 29cm in 6 weeks, and
Corrine's mum -
Andrea Brown who lost 1 stone and 36cm in 8 weeks and
is now training to do the 3 peaks challenge with us in July. Best
attendance is Nicola
Westmore coming 25 times.
Heather Hayhurst lost 13 and a half pounds and 21cm in just 6 weeks! A
tremendous effort - WELL DONE!
WIDNES
Member of the month was Patricia
Cowan who lost 8 and a half lbs plus 20cms!
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