Fundraising for Macmillan

We are raising money for Macmillan and are asking for your help!

As you know Steve has skin cancer and is receiving 'state of the art' immunotherapy.  We don't know how long it will work for but we are busy living everyday.  We get loads of support and Macmillan are helping in lots of ways.  Please help us to support them.  If you donate £10 we will email you our lovely recipe book, packed full of delicious healthy meals. Just click on the link below.

Many thanks.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Marion-Foreman

Christmas Recipe - STIR-FRIED SPROUTS

A great Christmas side dish from Frank at wild in the pantry.

Serves 4 as a side dish

400g sprouts, peeled and thinly chopped

2 tbl sunflower or rapeseed oil

1/2 onion, finely sliced

piece of root ginger, finely chopped

1-2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1/2 chilli (any type), finely chopped

4 pieces crystallised ginger, finely chopped

Heat the oil in a wok until just under smoking point. Add the onion and stir fry (moving continuously) for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and stir for 30 seconds. Add the sprouts, fresh ginger and crystallised ginger and stir for 3-4 minutes.

Reduce the heat, add a splash of water, cover with a lid, and steam for 3-4 minutes.

Taste and season with salt and pepper

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Christmas Opening Hours

Why bother to go to the gym?

 It’s a palaver isn’t it?  Find your kit (have you remembered to wash it from last time ?  Oh no, still grubby and smelly in your bag!) and check your trainers for excess mud and whatever else gets stuck on them.  Then check that you’ve has enough to eat and drink – don’t want that faint and dizzy feeling again do you?  Oh, and is it raining again?  That little voice inside your head that says ‘just stay in – once won’t matter and there’s that programme on that you want to watch’. 

Let me tell you why we should bother –  Avril has had a letter from her GP .  The letter says that her bone density has increased – yes, increased.  Avril is post menopausal, has rheumatoid arthritis and takes steroids.  You would expect her bone density to decrease – so,  what has she changed in the last year?  She comes to the gym, she does CV and weights and works out with me as her Personal Trainer.  Bone density is really important to us as that’s a measure of how strong our bones are and how likely (or otherwise) we are to fracture a bone if we fall.  So Avril is less likely to fall as she has strengthened her core and less likely to break a bone if she does as her bones are denser and stronger.

We reckon its worth getting off the settee for?  So next time you’re not sure if you can find a clean T shirt – just remember you could be preventing a nasty fracture

Award Winning !

 

 

On Friday evening we attended the Hunts Post Huntingdonshire Business Awards 2016. This was already a significant event for us as we had been shortlisted for the Small Business of the Year award. We had to get dressed up, Black Tie was the dress code !

 

We didn’t win Small Business of the Year, but did receive very positive feedback from the judges. We did however win the The Judges Award ! What a relief we stayed, we received a glass trophy to celebrate our success.

As you know we both really enjoy our work and it is great that efforts have been recognised by others. We have a great team of people that work with us at Forefront Fitness and this award is a result of their hard work and desire to help people.  

You can now say you attend an award winning gym! Reporting from the event should be in this week’s edition of the Hunts Post should you wish to see our moment of glory!

What is your head telling you?

I was taking a class this week in a local residential home.  The participants are, as you would expect, older people many in their late 80s and 90s.  There is lots of laughter and fun, but sometimes its all too much.  I passed round a core ball (medicine ball with handles) and the first lady I gave it to declared it to be far too heavy for her.  All the other people in the class also decided it was too much and that they couldn’t possibly pick it up and move it at all. 

We carried on and did lots of other exercises (I reckon an hour of activity when you are old enough to remember a time when your husband was fighting in the war is pretty good going) and we returned to the core ball.

This time round it was  picked up and pushed in front of her chest and pulled back in – several times. It was passed on and the next resident took it and did the same – in fact everyone in the class moved that ball around.

Why am I telling you this?  Because so often we all tell ourselves that we can’t do something and then behave as if we can’t .  I have lost count of the number of people who tell me that they can’t run and then get on the treadmill and with a bit of encouragement – break into a jog.  OK – they won’t break any speed records but it is still their own Personal Best.

What is your head telling you?  Today – check out the reality – are you sure you are getting the message right ?  Don’t let your head restrict your body – lift that weight, run that mile – don’t listen to that negative voice – its not telling you the truth !