Well done students!

Yesterday was the day that thousands of young folk received their GCSE results. There were those that amazingly achieved 13 A* grades and those that struggled to achieve five passes – no matter what the grade. It is one of those days when there is published a measure of one’s intelligence for everyone to see. It’s great for the top performers, for their parents and their grandparents who all

Get active this Bank Holiday!

The weather forecast is good and this is the last Bank Holiday in the UK this summer so let’s make the most of it. Going for a hike and taking a picnic is a great way to have a fun time out with all the family. The dog will love it and so will your body. We all need to increase our fitness levels and having some fun in the sun is good for us all. Often in families the children vary quite

You only have to ask!

As many readers of my Blog will know, on Saturday we are hosting a Music in the Meadow event in aid of STEPS charity and the Matt Hampson Trust as well as our local village hall and Church. It is a pop concert not a classical one and over the last few years the event has raised a substantial amount of money because, through the generosity of the companies who sponsor the event by offering goods

Improve your fitness fast!

The great thing about trying to get fit is that your body responds so quickly once you start, in a matter of days you feel fitter and healthier. It is so encouraging.We tend to think of fitness in rather broad terms – we have to be either a ‘fitness fanatic’ and imagine going to the gym every day or running five miles before breakfast – or we ‘don’t do exercise’ because we don’t like it and it’s

The gentlemen of sport

I have a passing interest in sport, from that I mean that if it’s on, I might watch it but I’m not likely to look for the start time in the TV programme planner. But whether you are a sports fan or not, you could not have missed the drama and the English triumph of the Ashes Test.Over the last few weeks the fortunes of England had reached all the heights and depths that make sport what it is –

MUSIC IN THE MEADOW 2009

Their generosity know no bounds!In a week’s time we will be hosting Music in the Meadow 2009. This is a highly professional gig which is more a mini Glastonbury than Glyndebourne, and we are hoping that everyone who attends will have a fantastic time but the icing on the cake is that every cost for staging the event has been met by the wonderful local companies who are providing all the equipment

If you think you can do it, you can!

Today I will be spending time with our latest franchisees who are reaching the end of their training, ready to open their classes in September. They will have been undergoing training over the last four months to qualify as Exercise to Music instructors, nutrition consultants and business women. They have all purchased a franchise, passed their exams and now it’s time to flee the nest and run

Temptation! Just don’t allow it near you!

Yesterday I was sitting at my desk alongside my PA, two of my fellow Directors and their PA when some sample snack pots arrived. These were little containers with a variety of delicious snacks from nuts, dried fruit, baked wheat, mustard-coated nuts – you name it they were there. Initially I resisted seeing them as nothing more than food I didn’t need that, once I’d eaten one, I would want more!

I used to be a binge eater!

Yesterday I was chatting to Professor Raj Persaud for a project we are working on at the moment. Raj writes for my magazine and is an eminent psychologist and psychiatrist who I first met on ITV’s This Morning with Richard and Judy. I am fascinated by the whole subject of psychology, particularly relating to the subject of weight loss.Among many other topics that we were discussing, ‘binge eating

Let’s save our own life!

It is reported that if we eat healthily, are at a healthy weight, take regular exercise and we don’t smoke we can reduce our chances of developing a serious, life-threatening illness by a massive 80%! Our problem is that we imagine we won’t have the stroke, the heart-attack, the bowel cancer or go blind – it will happen to someone else. But they don’t. The statistics are frightening when you

I’m exhausted!

It’s been a strange week. One filled with frustration at bureaucracy with the Highways Department as I’ve tried to get permission to erect posters to promote Music in the Meadow charity event; excitement as we photographed four wonderful successful slimmers for my magazine; the limitless generosity of our printer Geoff Lagor of Alpha Print who printed us an extra 350 posters for Music in the

Being more than you thought you could be

Yesterday was a very enjoyable day. It was the photoshoot for the slimmers who will be appearing in our Christmas edition of my magazine, Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness. These days are always special but yesterday was particularly so. Just after Christmas, my final fitness DVD will be released. It is my 30th and I have no regrets that it is my last one. They involve a huge amount of time and

I can’t believe it!

It is very rare that I get really cross. Yesterday I did get really cross! Mike and I are organising a charity event two-weeks-on-Saturday, (29th) to raise funds for children with cerebral palsy (STEPS), a rugby player who had his neck broken (Matt Hampson) and our local village hall and church. In the last two years that we have hosted this event in our field and over £50,000 has been raised

We don’t know we’re born!

On Sunday evening Mike and I watched the moving documentary about Harry Patch (available to view now on BBC iplayer), the last survivor of the first World War, who died recently aged 111 years. If you missed the programme, check out BBC’s website to read his obituary. Those of us who were born after World War II have no comprehension of what it must have been like to have lived through one war,

The only way to overcome fear is to do the thing you fear to do!

On Friday evening I compered a charity Fashion Show organised by Marks and Spencer at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester, close to the M & S Fosse Park Store. It was a great event and I hope that all 300 guests enjoyed their evening of entertainment in aid of a local arthritis charity called CLASH as much as I did.But it was a fashion show with a difference. None of the models were professionals as

Music in the Meadow 2009

On Saturday, 29th August, the Bank holiday weekend, we will be hosting Music in the Meadow close to our home in Ashby Folville, near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. Whilst Music in the Meadow is now in its fifth year, this is the third time we have hosted it ourselves.It is a fantastically fun evening in the glorious setting of Ashby Folville, one of the prettiest villages in the midlands, and

Are our fat cells for life?

Years ago it used to be said that our fat cells were laid down during our early years and by the end of our teens, whatever number we had then were going to be with us for life. We could, of course, fill up those fat cells so they became bigger as we gained weight, or they reduced in size when we lost a few pounds, but the underlying number remained the same.But it has now been discovered that

So what has happened to Madonna?

There has been much discussion and publicity in the last few days about Madonna. Recent photographs in newspapers have shown her looking thin and muscular, and Madonna is furious. The many and varied reports of protruding veins, and criticism that she has taken her fitness regime far too far, have all added fuel to the fire of criticism of a pop star that is known for extremes. It is reported

The Five Key Steps To Losing Weight

Yesterday, a lot of folk will have embarked on a diet in a desperate attempt to lose weight because they are simply fed up with carrying around their excess bulk, feeling unnecessarily tired, and having a very low self-esteem. Monday is the most popular day for starting a diet as it signifies the start of a fresh week and most of us have a pretty predictable work pattern and that helps us stock

Please vote for Steps!

Those of you that follow my Blog regularly will know that we are big supporters of STEPS Conductive Education Centre in Leicestershire which helps children who suffer from Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome and other motor dysfunctions from across the East Midlands to tremendous effect. The charity helps children of all ages but particularly from birth to five years, some with severe learning