Birmingham Mail - Family Life - Keep Fit

Alex Evans of Stirchley finds exercise helps his lung disease

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Sleepless nights and endless coughing used to leave Alex Evans feeling depressed every morning. Here Alex, aged 28, from Stirchley, tells DIANE PARKES how he has turned his life around.

Kings Norton woman Jackie Lewis sets up Slimming World club in Hawkesley after losing weight

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

BEFORE I got married I used to go to the gym and be a lot more active. But when I married Barry, I was doing less exercise and eating more.

Increase fibre in your diet

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Q How can I increase the amount of fibre in my diet?

Health benefits of eating bread

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Q Is bread good for us?

Solihull runner Fiona Harris raises cash for Macmillan Cancer Support

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MUM Fiona Harris has a very good reason for taking part in this year’s Birmingham Mail Fun Run – to help raise cash for Macmillan Cancer Support who helped her through her breast cancer ordeal.

Sutton Coldfield trucker Claire Knighton loses spare tyre thanks to Slimming World

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

TRUCK driver Claire Knighton is getting behind the wheel of a new career as she takes on the role of a weight-loss group leader.

Fitness: Hitting the floor Strictly for fun!

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:47:00 GMT

IF THE end of BBC1’s smash hit show Strictly Come Dancing has left a gaping hole in your life and you’ve missed out on tickets for the live shows in Birmingham this week, then one gym may have found the perfect solution.

Fitness: What's the alternative?

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:41:00 GMT

Want to get trim but fear you will get bored in the gym then fret about the wasted membership money? Try and find a hobby with health benefits. Alison Jones looks at a few options:

Slimmer Ann Wolf of Moseley starts Slimming World class after losing four stone

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

BEING a post-war baby meant Ann Wolf was brought up to believe she should eat everything on her plate – which is why she spent most of her adult life battling with her weight.

what we eat affects our health

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AskSam

Slimline Allyson wins 2009 crown

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:20:00 GMT

LOSING five stone has proved to be a winner for a Birmingham woman who today is to pick up a top prize.

Fitness: Finding new you for new decade

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:59:00 GMT

AS THE Noughties gave way to the first double-digit decade of the century, millions of us ushered in 2010 with resolutions promising to make it a year to remember.

Allyson Wicklen of Hollywood in Birmingham is named Rosemary Conley Young Slimmer of the Year

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LOSING five stone has proved to be a winner for a Birmingham woman who today is to pick up a top prize.

diet questions

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Q Does what I eat affect the health of my bones?

Fitness: Post-Christmas workout DVDs put to the test

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:27:00 GMT

IT’S ‘New Year New You’ time again as fitness gurus and celebrities launch their exercise regimes.

New Fitness DVDs put to the test - we try out Coleen Nolan and Rosemary Conley's workouts

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IT’S ‘New Year New You’ time again as fitness gurus and celebrities launch their exercise regimes.

New Fitness DVDs put to the test - we try out Coleen Nolan and Rosemary Conley's workouts

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IT’S ‘New Year New You’ time again as fitness gurus and celebrities launch their exercise regimes.

Fitness: Super slim star beats the bulge

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:30:00 GMT

COLEEN Nolan is matter-of-fact about her weight issues.

Fitness: Personal fitness is tailor-made

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:46:00 GMT

WE HAVE all done it.

Fitness: Midland couple shed 70lbs in time for Christmas

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

COUPLE Helen Burton-Pye and Steven Lees have a special reason to celebrate this Christmas as they have lost nearly 70lb in weight between them.