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GET FIT, LOOK GOOD
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Diets. Do they work?
Health & Beauty
Hannah Fishlock, State Registered Dietician at the Great Western
at the De Vere Swindon... Hospital, considers what you really have to do to lose weight
We've all heard of the diets promising rapid weight loss with
Have you overindulged this Christmas?
minimum effort, even allowing you to eat the foods you thought
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or obese, and most of us wishing we were thinner, its no wonder
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day in day out or begin to crave tablished, you won't change them
some of the essential foods that overnight.
you are strictly avoiding? In many Set yourself small goals, things
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A healthy, balanced diet is gen- takes time and effort, stick with it,
Tuesday: 8pm - 9pm
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Friday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm meals, low fat, low sugar, at least kick you will receive when you
five portions of fruit and vegeta- notice changes in your body are
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PILATES CLASSES low calorie drinks. New Year's resolution
Holy Trinity Church, Shaw Village Centre Within this framework, what A visit to one of Swindon Coun-
cil Active Lifestyle Centres is a
Monday: 6pm - 7pm; Wednesday: 7.30pm - 8.30pm you choose to eat is based on your
preferences and if most of your good way to ease into exercise if
Taw Hill Worship Centre Tuesday:8pm - 9pm food intake is healthy you can al- you've not done much lately.
low yourself a small treat now and Assuming you have a Swindon-
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again — no foods are forbidden. Card there's no joining fee, you
Importantly, combine this with don't have to commit to big
an active lifestyle and some struc- monthly charges and you don't
tured exercise and you will be- have to wear fancy stretchy lycra
come a healthier, fitter, lighter and to show off.
happier person. Use the stairs not It's pay as you go and you get
the lift, find reasons to get up from expert guidance on how to use up
your desk and walk around the to date exercise equipment. The
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veg out in front of the TV. 445401.