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                 Real Latinos                                           70lbs lighter, Lisa has new lease of life
               workouts with            Lisa Curtis from Grange Park achieved such spectacular results by following the Cambridge Diet last
                                        year that she has became an enthusiastic counsellor.
                    Claudia               In April 2007, Lisa wasn’t look- had heard of other people losing   After three weeks, she had lost
                                        ing  forward  to  her  40th  birthday  weight quickly on the Cambridge  one and a half stone by replacing
                     Salsa Fit          treat. She had booked a holiday in  Diet and set herself the target of los- meals with nutritionally balanced
                Peatmoor Primary School  Portugal to celebrate with two other  ing four stones in three months.  shakes  and  soups.  Since  starting
                  Tuesday 8pm - 9pm     families but didn’t want to be fat                     her diet in May last year, Lisa has
                    £4.50 per class     and forty. “The other mums were                        shed 70lbs.
                 Just turn up and dance!  a size 8 and a size 10; I was a size                  “It’s made a huge difference to
                                        20. It was my party and I wanted                       my spirit and my self esteem has
                Zumba: the art of       to enjoy it but at that size, I felt I                 shot  up.  I  wanted  people  to  feel
               international dance      wouldn’t be able to.”                                  what I had felt.”
                Merenge, Reggaeton, Belly   Having tried and failed on many                     With her new found energy and
                Dancing and much more                     diets over the years, Lisa decided   confi dence, Lisa has thrown herself
                      to keep fi t       that drastic action was needed. She                    into a new career as a counsellor.As
                 Tuesday 7.15pm - 8pm                                                          well as private one-to-one counsel-
              Peatmoor Primary School . £4                                                     ling, Lisa has launched group drop
                                                                                               in sessions at Freshbrook Commu-
              Salsa Dance for Couples                                                          nity Centre on Tuesday mornings,
                    13th February                                                              Rodbourne Cheney Primary School
                 Beginners 7pm - 8pm                                                           on  Friday  evenings  and  Tregoze
                 Improvers 8pm - 9pm                                                           Primary on Saturday mornings.
                                                                                                For  details  and  times,  call  Lisa
              8 week course, £40 per person                                                    on 320444.
                Holy Trinity Church, Shaw
                                                                                               Lisa holding up her son Jack, who at 70lbs,
                 Individual dance                                                              is the same weight as she was carry around
                                                                                               twelve months ago
                tuition for couples                                                            twelve months ago
                 For their ‘fi rst dance’ on
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                                                                     Ashley  has  always  been  inter-  longing to do because they don’t
                                          What would it be?  Be more   ested  in  fi tness  and  represented  have  anyone  to  do  them  with  or
                                          confi dent, be less stressed,   England in the 1990s at kickboxing.  can’t afford the fees so many clubs
                                          improve your relationships,   He continues to keep fi t by weight  and gyms are asking.”
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                                                                   freestyleshowcase  the BPM weekend last year



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