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PEDALLING MY + FITNESS GOALS FOR 2020
PANIC AWAY s t a r Your feature How To Upgrade Your Fitness
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Your article “Track Cycling Frees Me From (February) was brilliant and nicely timed at the
My Anxiety” (February) struck a chord beginning of the year, when people are setting
with me. When stressful thoughts begin New Year’s resolutions. A busy (and boring!) work
to take control, it can be devastating. schedule has thrown me of my itness goals, but
A few years ago, I started to get panic thanks to your motivational article, I have decided
attacks and for a while they dominated to take on new challenges. I was interested in the
my life. I sought help from my doctor and new classes you suggested, and was pleasantly
he suggested I take up cycling, because it surprised when I rang my local gym to ind they
would increase my heartbeat for the right were able to help me with rowing sessions – I am
reasons, not the wrong ones. I took his thoroughly enjoying this new workout! My aims
advice and have never looked back. for 2020 are to tighten my torso, latten my abs,
Although I’ll never be good enough to improve full-body strength, balance and stability,
do track cycling, like Amy Sedghi, I’m and with your help, I feel this is more achievable.
a member of a cycling club and regularly Davida, Hertfordshire
go on long cycle treks. Now I’ve bought
a mountain bike, too, so I can ride up
mountains (albeit slowly) and I’m itter
than I have ever been. Most importantly,
I don’t spend my life worrying like I used
to. I’d recommend cycling to anybody.
Kazza, Merseyside
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DIY ANXIETY-BUSTERS BANISHING
I found the DIY tips to calm and self-soothe in FOOD WASTE
Everyday anxiety hacks (February) most interesting. I really enjoyed trying
Anxiety is the body’s way of responding to danger. the recipes from The Zero
O N T W I T T E R
In the Stone Age, we wouldn’t have survived for Waste Cookbook (February).
@healthyglow ‘Glad to have
long without this life-saving response, but today It upsets me how much
contributed to the latest
anxiety can crop up in situations that pose no real out-of-date food and stale
issue on upgrading your
danger. While avoiding people, or situations, might bread I throw away every
diet in 2020!’
help us feel better at week, so this year, I’ve made
that time, it won’t a resolution to change things.
@corinne_flavell ‘love
improve our anxiety Often a recipe will call for
healthy magazine. Look
in the long-term, so just a small amount of each
forward to reading every
learning ways to ingredient, so if I don’t use the rest, it lands in the
issue.’
calm ourselves is a bin. But now I have lots of ideas on how to reduce
good idea. I feel that waste. I particularly enjoyed the ‘Caulilower stem
several of the ideas potato skin soup’ which makes use of the discard
you suggested may pile from a family Sunday roast! From now on, I’m
O N N S TAG R A M help me, so I am going to put a little more thought into my meals
I
@theauthenticproject_ most grateful. and batch cook ahead to reduce my food waste.
‘We are such big fans of this Kira, Hertfordshire Joan, Yorkshire
magazine’
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