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JULY 2008

Issue 18

The UKs first free Lifestyle Mag azine ded icated to the p lus-size wom an

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Dancefloor Diet

Anna ScholzFashion Tips

Ms KentuckyPlus 2008

Claire YoungsBIGPayday

Anita CoxCredit Crunch Hair Tips

Spas forCurvy Girls
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3. Nile Graham: Big Debate

5. Diet On The Dancefloor

6. Ms Kentuc ky Plus 2008

8. Size and Style

12. Life After 5 A Day

13. Credit Crunch Hair Tips

14. Sarah Clark: Top Spas

17. Anna Schotz: Fashion Tips

22. Diet On The Dancefloor:Meet The Stars

24. Callie Carling

26. Claire Young

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Since our last visit to thissubject, I have researchedsom e of the w ome n's ma gsthat c overed the 'Fern

debate'. What I found was that inthe vast ma jority of cases, those w hothoug ht she w as wrong to 'hide ' hersurge ry and only talk ab out the dietand exerc ise p art of her weight lossreg ime felt 'chea ted '. Seeing her assome iconic figure of the fullerfigured celebrity appeared less of

an issue tha n the 'fac t' that she ha dmade a choice not to reveal hersurge ry. There is some em pathy w iththat feeling, and, as some of youpointed out, she did not have toappear in articles talking aboutdieting a t all. That m ight ha ve ma deit more pa lata ble.

In the June 2008 issue of Woman'sOwn magazine, Fern is quoted assaying I didn't lie and there's noneed to. I do n't want to let anybod y

down but a girl likes to keepsom eth ing to herself. Tha t b eingthe c ase, as ma ny of you and othe rsin magazines point out, she shouldnot ha ve b een seen to infer it wa s alldo wn to will pow er. Also, it seem sthat the fac t that she is the fac e o fRyvita also goes some way to inferthat it was all down to diet andexercise.

Does this now mean that she's outof the fuller figured club? If you'vebeen a 'fatty' are you one for life(regardless of how slim you mayhave become)?

One woman I spoke to, whounderwent the surgery and has sofar lost ove r 5 stones, ad mitted tha tshe ha dn't told a nyone in her familyap art from her pa rtner and one o rtwo close friends because she

didn't think she would get anysupport. They wo uld just say that Itook the easy way out after notbeing bothered to give dieting areal chance, or some of themwould try and say that I'd beenpretending to be hap py a s a fa t girlbecause they are big and wouldfeel I'm judging the m.

The fa c t is, I wa s happy most of thetime. But, like anyone of any size, Ihad my down days, especially

when I went out shopping andcouldn't find youthful things to fitme w ithin my budg et. Som e of m yfam ily trea t me d ifferently since thewe ight loss and it upsets me. I'm nodifferent to the pe rson I was be foresurge ry ap art from feeling hap pierdue to many of the aches andpa ins I had being less seve re now . Idon't und erstand wha t their issue is.

Ma ybe it's jea lousy or fea r. I just w ishthey could be proud of what I'veac hieved and lea ve it at tha t, shesaid.

But she also spoke of the pain shewent through a s she d eveloped acomplication: It was awful. Ithought I was going to die. Oneminute I wa s b iting into a very sma llpiece of p izza and salad . A piecegot lodged in my stomach and I

be ga n to throw up . I c ouldn't eat o rd rink. I had to g o to the A&E and itwas a load of drama there as noone from the surgeon's team wasava ilab le to tend to me, and so aregular nurse tried poking a tubedown my stomach. I went crazyand told them to leave m e a loneuntil some one w ho knew wha t theywere doing was available to seeme.

I spent four days in hospital on a

drip until the blockage went and Iwas able to drink and eat a littlewithout throwing it back up. Ibecame vary wary of what andhow I ate from then on, but it's notalways easy to remember. I'vebe en a big g irl for a long time, so m yhab its are ve ry strong and I have tokeep reminding myself to eatconsciously.

By Nile Graham

Does size matter?

The BIGDebate


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Nile Graham is a life coach andpe rsona l developm ent expert andca n be reac hed b y sending a nema il to he r at:

nile.graha m@justasbea utiful.co .uk?Let me know what your experienceshave been and whether you arec onsidering having surge ry, and wha tissues or que stions are c om ing up foryou -be they a bo ut the surge ry or thesoc ial side of things.

We will come back to this issue asthere has been a bigger responsethan can be included in this one

article. I want to do the subjectjustice.

At 35yrs old , Clare had bee n almo st2 5 st o n e a n d d e sp i t e t h ecomplication was clear that shewould do it aga in bec ause of the'benefits' she feels it has affordedher.


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LIVING's new danc e show with

a difference, Diet on theDancefloor, picks up on thecurrent craze of dancing

yourself fitter and slimmer, as tenparticipants all in need of losingweight, pair up with dance propa rtners in a bid to bo og ie a wa y thebod y fa t. Seq uins, sparkle, we ightloss and emotional and physicalbumps and bruises are all to beexpected as they aspire to loseweight the fun, glamorous way,de monst ra ted and judged by

Stric tly Com e Da nc ing's KarenH a r d y , w h o w a l t ze d M a r kR am prakash t o v i c t o r y , a n dMatthew Cutler, who p artnered last

year's winner Alesha Dixon. Theparticipants wil l be judged onfitness, tec hnic al style a nd pa nac hebut who will waltz awa y with the Dieton the Danc efloor 2008 crown?

Karen Hardy, judge and teacher

said, Dancing is one of the bestways to get fit and versus them o n o t o n y o f t h e t r e a d m i l l ,definite ly the m ost fun! The serieswill hopefully show everyone thatthis is the time to ge t up off the sofaand put tho se d anc ing shoes on.

Eac h week, as they figh t for theult imate t i t le of Diet on theDancefloor Champion 2008, thecontestants will have to learn a newda nce ea c h wee k, from Bollywoodand Cha C ha Cha to the Salsa andTang o, a nd pe rform it in front of the judges; Karen, Matthew and topSp o rts Physic ia n Dr Catherine

Spencer-Smith. The partic ipa nts

will be judge d not just solely on the irtec hnique a nd style of the d anc e,as well as a weekly 'lift and hold',

but also their improving fitness,we ight loss and how they c arry offthe ir sensationa l danc e out fits. Thethree judges will be on hand totea ch new steps, holds and da nce sand lea d ing UK Sports Physician DrCa the rine Spenc er-Smith w ill tryand transform every aspect of thecontributor's diets and lifestyles inthe ir b id for fitness.

Matthew Cutler, judge and tutorsaid: Diets are always front of

peoples' minds, especially with thecurrent obsession for the perfectbo dy, and da ncing is a pa ssionate ,energetic way for people to keepfit. It will be fasc inating to see ho w

the participants step up the paceas they shed weight, and theirene rgy inc reases.

DIET ON THE DANCEFLOOR

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Kathy is the first to admit thath e r c u r r e n t p r o f i l e h a schanged her life in severalways, the first being her

exposure in the media: I havemade several public appearances

and have a lso ap pe ared on the bigtime te levision sta tion, WHAS 11 -with a segment dedicated to mebeing Ms Kentucky Plus America2008 during a new s at noon fea ture.I have be en on the front p ag e o f ThePioneer News, which is a localnew spa pe r in the c ounty tha t I wo rkin. I have also been on the frontpa ge of the b ig ne wspa pe r TheCourier Journal, which is in thec ounty whe re I live, and I had a full-pa ge sprea d in the fea tures sec tionof the same pa pe r.

But the med ia a pp ea ranc es are notthe only thing that she has beene n j o y i n g s i n c e w i n n i n g t h e

pageant. Kathy has also metseveral high-profile people too,and has sta rted using her influenc efor the b etter -espec ially in terms ofself esteem. I have met mygovernor and attended several

fundraisers that help promote myplatform which is Preventing ChildAbuse a nd Neglec t. I have do neseveral photo shoots with differentphotographers and also met andhad my picture taken with Hea therFrench Henry, who was the MissAmerica 2000 winner (who is alsofrom Kentuc ky). One o f the b iggestwa ys it has chang ed my life thoughis that it has op ened up more d oo rsfor me to have the ability to helppromote positive self esteem in

plus-size women and meet andspeak with plus size women aboutloving your body no matter whatthe size is on the tag in yourfavourite d ress, she said.

Kathy, a single mother of twor e c e n t l y g r a d u a t e d a s aparamedic and now works inEme rge nc y Me d ica l Serv ic es,help ing the sick, injured , and dying.Despite being busy Kathy does try

to ma intain a hea lthy balanc e withher home life and new-foundcelebrity: I was and am a singlemo ther of two b ea utiful da ughte rs,Esta shia and Triniti. I tend seek outevery oppo rtunity I ca n to promotethe realization to today's societythat beauty and success definitelydoe s c om e in sizes b igger than a 2,4, 6, 8, or even a 10 or 12. I a lso p laysand volleyball, softball, go to thegym and take ac ting c lasses whiledoing what I can to promote mymod elling a nd a cting c areer.

It was during an online search forp lus-size ac tivities tha t Kathy c ameac ross what wa s to b ec ome her

Ms KENTUCKYPLUS

Kathy Luttrell is the reigning Ms Kentuc ky Plus. Just As Bea utiful caught up with her

to find out wha t life is now like as a plus-size b eauty queen and her views on size

and self esteem in soc iety.


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that you ca n do a nything that youset your mind to and that anynegativity or obstacles you mightcome to face are only mereroadblocks on your path to showeveryone tha t you are who you are.Just b ec ause yo u a re not a size 4, 6,or 8 do es not me an you d on't havethe right to shine. Be yourself andhold your head up high and knowtha t you a re a pa rt of soc iety's elite -the plus-size elite and let thatknowledge help lead you overthose roadblocks; so that in futureinstead of roadblocks they will bemerely bumps that you know youcan handle and let yourself shinethrough, she sa id.Kathy's dedicat ion cannot bedenied and is aided by her beliefthat be auty and succ ess c ome inall shapes and sizes and colours.There is no one in this wo rld anybe tter than the ne xt. Sure, you m ayhave more money, better clothes,longer leg s and a sma ller wa ist, butthat d oes not ma ke you better thanthe next person. Beauty is not onlyon the outside, be auty c om es alsofrom t he insid e . The p lus-sizepopulation is not here to try andta ke over a ll things. We just want tosimp ly be a cc ep ted a s pe op le tooand be given just the sameopportunities as the girl next door -for more often than no t, we are thegirl next d oo r, p lus-size and proud .

dest iny: I was searching theinternet looking for plus size eventsand competitions and found theMiss Plus America pagea nt system. Ihave a lways wa nted to see p lus-sizedivisions in all pageants and when Ic a m e a c r o ss t h is p a g e a n t

dedicated only to plus-size, Iimmediately had to check into itand then decided I wanted tobe c ome a pa rt of it, and she is gladshe d id so.

Kathy a lso p lans to use her influenceas a p lus-size b ea uty quee n to helpwomen suffering from low selfesteem and to spread the messag ethat b ig c an b e b ea utiful: I plan onusing my influence as Ms Kentucky

Plus Ame rica 2008 to ma ke a s muc hprogress as I possibly can in gettingout in the p ublic 's eye and show ingthat size acceptance is extremelyimportant because beauty andsuc c ess doe s c om e in the sizes of 18,20, 22, 24 and even size 30.

I also w ant to work on the fashionindustry because over 60% of thepopulation is plus-size and we likeour clothes to be just as nice andtrendy as the size 2's and 6's. I also

want to work on get t ing theente rta inment industry to o pe n their

eyes and see that the populationbeing over 60% plus size, want tosee more plus-size heroine's in theblockbuster movies and that weplus-size models and actresses cando just as go od if not b ette r ac tingthan our small size counterparts...

Romance does not only come insma ll sizes either... I no t o nly wa nt t orepresent the plus-size industry, Iwa nt to he lp other plus-size wom enwho are affected by society'snegativity in size acceptance tolearn to love their body andthem se l ves ; and do no t l e tanyone's view s of the m d ete rminetheir self worth. I would like to beab le to give spe ec hes and talk togroups about size acceptanceand p rom ot i ng pos i t i ve se l f

esteem, not o nly in wome n but a lsoin our c hild ren a nd men.Kathy has severa l messages for biggirls out there: I have severalme ssage s I would like to pass on toother plus size women out there.The first is, rem em ber tha t you a rebeautiful inside and out and thatthe tag size in your dress does NOTd e t e r m i n e y o u r s e l f w o r t h .Sec ond ly, know that b ea uty and

success does come in plus-size, noma tter what soc iety or the ge neralpub lic wa nts to try and set a limit to.Additiona lly, get up eve ry morning,

look in the mirror and tell yourselfthat you a re indeed be autiful and


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Now, to some of you the idea of aco mmunity for the big a nd b ea utifulmay be foreign. For us, it's our dailylife. Lisa Marie owns Club Bounce,th e m o st suc c e ssful Plus SizeNightc lub in the US and judg ing fromthe daily requests for her to expandto other regions and countries; weare guessing tha t the re is nothing like

anywhereelse in the world. Lisa Marie also co-owns

with Jennyg irl. It is a p lus-size fashionsup erstore w ith sizes rang ing from XLup to 12x which no w d elivers to theUK. Lisa Ma rie w as rec ently fea tured on the WE Cha nne l's Sec ret Lives of Women, discussing the club, the clothing store and how she wentfrom be ing a shy ove rwe ight girl to a suc c e ssful BBW Ent rep rene ur.Jennygirl works as a photographerat Club Bounce and designs someof the styles you see every day at

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that w e forget t here are others outthere w i th a whole d i f ferentpe rspe c tive. We a re he re t o showyou a bit of our life and what weencounter, living in the UnitedStates as plus-size women. Here inthe US we are lucky to have anestablished community for BBW'sand at Club Bounce we have aplac e w here a ll plus sized men andw o m e n c a n c o m e a n d f e e lco mfortab le and ad ored just asthey are.

Most recently,Club Bounce held a Fetish Ball

theme night. Once a year, wecelebrate the naug hty, fetish side ina ll of us and let it all hang o ut -so tospea k. Men and wom en c amefrom a ll over the US for this event,some coming from as far asDetroit, MI and Portland, OR.

Hourglass Fashions providedsome of the costumes and

styles show n in the ac com pa nyingpho tos and as you c an see, we a renot shy when it c om es to o ur bod ies.We had a spanking station, a footworship station and even a stageshow of strong, beautiful BBWSspanking a naughty slave . Thecrowd ga thered at the end of thenight for a Best Dressed Mistressc ontest. The c heering wa s loud andlong as they watc hed these b ravewo men strut their stuff on the stage

for all to see. A winner was namedby c rowd ap plause a nd our heartswere warmed b y all the co nfide ncethese ladies showed. We knowconfidence is something that ishard to come by for most plus-sizewom en. If Club Bounc e c an help awoman feel good about herself,ma ke them stand up a nd enjoy theexperience, then Lisa Marie's visionfor her c lub is a suc c ess. We love tobrea k down b arriers and show therest of the world that we can doanything you c an d oand mo st ofthe time we do it better! Peoplec rave a sense of b elonging a nd w e

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get when you know you aren't b eing judged as soon as you walk in thedoor, but it's nice to see everyonecome out of their shell. We are toldby society that fat people are lazyand they don ' t take care o fthemselves. Well, as you c an see , weat Club Bounc e a re b rea king tho sestereotypes. One look at thebe autiful c urves filling up the d anc e

floor and you will see for yourself. Wehave rea lized that just bec ause w eare 'Fat', we don't have to sit athome and hide . Lisa Marie lived herlife in the shadow of o thers for a longtime and came to the realizationtha t th is wa s no wa y to live. Life is tooshort to sit on the sidelines, waitingfor experienc es to ha pp en to you.Don't wait any longer, no matterwhe re you live. We in the US ma yhave started this size-acceptancemovement, but it doesn't need to

stop here with us. Break thosebarriers and stereotypes. Buy a sexyoutfit and show off your curvesinstea d of hiding und er mounta ins offabric. You can go out there andstart living your life, enjoying everyminute like it was your last.If you would like to see the photosfrom the Fetish Ball or any of ourothe r grea t c lub nights, please g o to

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Amongst the c ontestants hop ing toboost fitness and achieve theirwe ight loss danc ing g oa ls is 21-year-

old Ed , a wannabe boy bandmem be r who is de spe rate to ignitehis career, but feels his weight ishold ing him bac k. Thirty-nine ye ar

old Dale has changed his whole life

afte r lea ving his wife a nd c hildrento sta rt a ga y relationship. The onlything holding him back from totalha pp iness is his we ight . Unluc ky inl ove A m y has su f f e red t heheartache of being engagedtwice with both ending in disasterand hea rtb rea k. Amy is despe rate

to shed the weight, get fit andregain her confidence to find truelove.

Dr Catherine Spenc er-Smith, Judge

and Spo rts physicia n, sa id: Intoday's society the importance ofexercising is highlighted by thegrowing levels of obesity in the UK.


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This show is a ll about mo ving a wa yfrom the c onvent iona l idea s of howto lose weight by giving exercise afun, glam twist which will hopefullyinsp ire o the rs .In a dd ition, there w ill be c halleng ing

co stume cha nges eac h week andon hand to help the contestants isstylist and mentor Nick Ede (LKToday, GMTV). He will be sourcing

outfits that work for each danceand try to help them co nquer theirfears over the revealing clothes;clothes that over the weeks willbe co me sma ller and m ore da ring,as they shed pound s. Will there betears and tantrums or will the

c o n t e s t a n t s a c c e p t t h a t b yovercoming this challenge, theyare on their wa y to achieving the irgo a ls to a fitter, more svelte self?

Diet On The Dance Flooris aired at 9pm,Wednesday's on UK

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Last month I wrote about ourambitions to include five-a-day in

our annual girly weekend away,and I'm very glad to say we kept toour sched ule (a lthough it wa s hard).The Stra wb erry Da ka ri's we redelicious, served on the Saturda ylunchtime whilst wearing pyjamas.We inc luded Bacardi, orang e juic e,lots of fresh strawberries, crushedic e, prob ab ly a da sh of vodka a nd Iseem to remember cranberry juicebeing added as well. Lots of goodthings in there -cranberry juice isessent ial to he lp keep cystitis a t b ay.

A couple of Dakari's later we wererea dy to tuck into the wa termelon.Very dedicated to her task, myfriend went to the greengroce r andasked for a nic e wa termelon whichwasn't too big and would sit nicelyon its end, and he delivered theperfec t spec imen. This wa s put inthe g arage for abo ut four da ys witha funnel pressed in the top, beingfed vod ka on a reg ular ba sis so tha tit wo uld see p through the flesh. It

wo rked ok, but b eing c areful girls wecut it short of the seven daysrec omm end ed thinking it may spo ilthe melon flesh. (We now think itwould have been OK and wouldhave avoided some of the fleshbe ing prac tica lly pure vod ka). Wedidn't complain though as wesucked the rind d ry and threw it allaround the cha let. We had ourBucks Fizz on the Friday after wearrived, but omitted the orangejuice (so that was a failure I guess,

very nice it wa s thoug h).

Amazing how you can still put onmake up even though you havehad several glasses of the fizzwitho ut the buc ks. This is a kna c k wehave developed over the years

(you just c hoo se the 70's weekendsas be ing the d ec ad e ta ste forgot, if

you have bright b lue a nd p ink eyeshadow in a flourish a c ross to yourearlobes). It really doesn't matter.We had our pizza and even slippe din some salad along with thetomato sauce and mushrooms,topped off with some beer withlime stuffed into the top .

All in all, I think the five-a-dayadventure was pretty successfuland we have already bookedano ther for next year.

A down side to your five a day istexting your pa rtner a t 02:45 (am) to

tell him that you love him, then at02:48 wondering whe re your rep ly is;forgetting that you ha ve g one into70's weekend time which is totallyout o f sync with the rest o f the w orld,t hen aga in a t 03 :00 say ingsomething else unprintable. (Hedid, however, enjoy relaying thetexts to m e w hen I go t hom e)

Anothe r do wn side wa s tha t I c am ehome and had to go to the doctorsas I ap pea red to have c aught a

chest infection (that seemed tohave burnt out some of my brainc ells). I found myself p icking out thewrong words and stagger ingaround with the coordination ofOzzy Osbo urne on the Mo nday a ndwa ited a t a c rossing in the c ar on agreen light. To c ap it all, ab out a nhour ago I put on the umpteenthload of washing and on autopilotsc oop ed a m ea sure up and threw itin the d ispenser. Sound s OK do esn'tit? Only we stopped using powder

in our household a bo ut a year ag oin favo ur of the conc entrated liquidstuff. I had sc oope d up a mea surefull of dried do g foo d and thrown itinto the d rawer. Big sigh, my partne rand kids enjoyed that at myexpense.

Would I advocate our unhealthyfive-a-day? Well, once in a longwhile I think you can be forgiven forletting your hair down -I hope soanyway and if isn't, then that's

alright as it's going to be 30 yearssince we left school next year(eek!). So tha t's a go od enoughexcuse to do some more resea rch,and I ma y have rec overed by then(only just)!

By Julia Thomas

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Good for: dry, da ma ged hair that'shad too much heat treatment.

How to Make it: mash up a ripeba nana or and e gg and mix with afew drops of almond o il. Massag einto clean hair, then leave for 15minutes befo re rinsing o ut.

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Good for: stressed tress that havebe en repea ted ly over heate d, usingstraightening irons too often canma ke your hair frizz.

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in. Lea ve fo r 20 minutes, the n rinsewith wa rm wa ter.

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ut all too often, a spa orsalon visit can be marred

by the ignominy of ha ving

Bto strip off in front of a barely-out-of-her- teens, s ize tentherapist who clearly hasn'tseen what 's under a fa tperson's rob e b efo re...and stepinto paper pants that feel likecheese w ire. Not only that, butpaper pants look absolutelyridiculous and believe me,when you're a size 22, the onlything you can think about for

the duration of a treatment isplease God, don't make meco ugh. Can you ima gine thep o te n t i a l e m b a r r a s s m e n tfactor of splitting your paperknic kers mid b ikini wa x? Oh no ,please never let that happento me. One wrong move andthe silly pants are toast...

There is a lso the 'can't quite g et

t h e t o w e l / r o b e d o n e u p 'scenario. Here's an example. Iwent in search of fat-friendlyhavens of relaxation, placesdesigned to make even thechubbiest among us feel likeprince sses for a day.

The first thing I wa s me t w ith wa sa wa ll of silenc e. I ap proac hedseve ra l well know n spas d irec t,

and the only one to comeba c k to m e straight awa y wasCha mp neys. Now , I've been to

I b e l i e v e m a n y o f o u rtreatments would make any

women feel good. The bo dytreatm ents tha t make the skinfee l soft a re p articularly good .We have a fabulous bodytreatm ent c a lled Bed of Roses this begins with a full bodyexfoliation followed by anapplication of body butter.While it's being absorbed yourelax and enjoy a massage ofthe feet and scalp, which willleave you feeling cleansed,nourished and soothed withthe gentle fragranc e of rose.

Although experience wouldlead me to believe that theone size pants may just aboutfit a ll (but the y c ertainly a ren'tcomfortable if you have abackside big enough for itsown pos tcode ) , I ' l l g i veChamp neys the b enefit of the

doub t just for telling m e a boutthat g orgeous trea tment!

Next to respond was RagdaleHa ll, another pop ula r and we ll-known spa , and the w inner oft h e P r o fe s s i o n a l B e a u t yResidential Spa of the Yea r2008 Aw ard. Vicky Taylor toldme that Ragdale positivelyenc ourages peo ple of a ll sizes,

and likes to think they arecatered for. On the practicalside, she assured me that not

Champneys myse l f , andalthough it was some timeag o, I do reme mb er enjoying

the experienc e. I sam pled thedelights of Champneys atTring, the 'orig ina l Cha mp neys,and was pleasantly surprisedthat both my friend and I felttotally at home there. Neitherof us are a size ten, and myfriend admitted at the timethat she'd entered the spawith some trepidation. I'dalready been to several spasand knew the d rill by then, but

you still worry when you go tosomewhere as swanky asChampneys that it's going tob e v e r y e x c l u s i v e a n deve ryone is go ing to b e thinnerthan you!Sh a r o n S c o t t , f r o mChamp neys, told me ,

Champneys are happy towelcome women of all sizes.

We do have extra large robes,slippers and towels, and ourtherapists are used to dealingwith wo men of eve ry size a ndage.

The p aper pa nts a re one sizebut they a re d esigne d to fit all.As you are probably awarethey have elastic at the sidesso the paper area is not

designed to cover the wholearea anyway.

Going to a spa is supposed to be an absolute treat. A relaxing, sensory experience that makesyou feel pampered and cared for.

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on l y does Ragda le o f fe rvariable sized paper knickers(so they do exist after all) butthat their towels are all bathsheet size a nd they ha ve robessuitab le fo r all sizes too.

To m ake things eve n mo rewelcoming, for people whoreally are what she describedas ' l a rger than average ' ,R a g d a l e h a v e s p e c i a l l ydesigned larger treatmentcouches, so that presumablythe b igg er clients don't fee l theneed to c ling o n to the sides fordear life to avoid the horrible I'm going to fa ll off this thing if Iso much as move feeling!Vic ky ad ded that Rag da leoffers so many welcoming,pampering treatments thatwould ma ke a large r lad y feelamazing, she couldn't pick justone.

We like to provide a cosy,we lc oming p lac e fo r our visitorsto en joy , and we a ren ' tintimida ting a t a ll, she to ld me .

Ragdale Hall is a very lovelyenvironment...for everyone.

Another spa that makes thegrade when i t comes tocatering for curvy lasses isEastthorpe Hall, not surprisinglya n o t h e r w in n e r in t h eProfessiona l Spa Aw ards thisyea r. Sam Pea rc e, one of thepartners at Eastthorpe waxed

lyrical about what they offerlarger people. According toSam, a d elighted EastthorpeHall client recently said thatone of the things she lovedabout Easttho rpe Hall is tha t itisn't run by 18 year old tw igs!Eastthorpe believe that one ofthe reasons they have beenwinning awards is because oftheir sensitivity to clients of alls h a p e s a n d s i z e s . O n e

particularly favourab le reviewwas written recently by a j o u r n a l i st w h o h a d n ' tundressed in front of anyoneat a ll for the last 14 yea rs and

after realising how safe andsecure she fe l t w i th hertherapist (Nicola the spamanager), she was relaxedand p eac eful enough to havea t rea tment. Sam told me : She is now a reg ula r - and wec an't keep her clothes on!

She ad ded : We d on't do onesize fits all treatments here,bec ause we just don't be lieve

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lad ies in canc er remission whoare so relaxed here that theythrow off their wigs andprosthetic boobs and throwc aution to the wind !

Life would be so boring ifeveryone were the same, thestereotyp ic al ima ge of wom eni n t h e m e d i a i s t o t a l l yunobtainable - we actuallyo f fe r a t rea tmen t ca l l edSpa c e - this trea tment c an b eperformed with the client fullydressed and the results arephenomenal - we have aMongo lian Yurt in the g round s


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tha t is just fo r you, to ta lly p riva teand just w ond erful. To us sizeisn't an issue and it never hasbee n. We know that we m akec lients feel c om fortab le in theirow n skin, wha tever sha pe, size,c olour or orienta tion.Eastthorpe Ha ll goes as fa r as tosay that the majority of theirclientele are actually on thelarger side and as a lastcom ment Sam ad ded : No,scrap that - the majority of ourclients are women who arenormal!

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Karen Hardy:

Karen Hardy is instantly recognisable asone of the p rofessiona l da nc ers on Stric tlyCom e Danc ing (BBC1), having w on thecompeti t ion in 2006 with partner,c rickete r Mark Ramp rakash. Karen is a lsothe former UK, International, WorldMa sters and British Nationa l Champ ion o fLatin America n da nce .

Karen has be en d anc ing since the a ge of

five a nd turned professiona l in 1994. Shewent on to win numerous worldwidecompet i t ions before re t i r ing f romcom pe titive d anc e in 1999. She the nm oved i n to dance teach ing andad judica ting a nd wa s awa rded thecove ted title of Tea c her of the Yea r in2002 and 2003.

Karen has appea red in numerous TVshows including the Channel 4 seriesFaking It (Series 4), and c ame out ofretirement to join the third series of the

BBC 1's te levision series Stric tly Co meDancing. Karen is married to her longtime partner Conrad and they have athree yea r old son.

Matthew Cutler:

In recent years Matthew has achievedsuccess and nation-wide recognition asa d a nc er on BBC1's Stric tly ComeDanc ing, b ut it is the last series of Strictlythat Ma tthew w ill be mostly rem emb eredfor. He sensationally partnered singer

Alesha Dixon and danced their way tovic tory bea ting a cto r Matt Di Angelo andhis dancer Flavia Cacace in a final thatwas watched by 11.4 million viewers,g i v i n g a p e r f o r m a n c e t h a t w a sdescribed by the judges as "flawless".

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Matthew described the win as adream co me true.

Ma tthew 's love for Lat in Ame ric an andBallroom da nce started w hen he wa sjust eight years old in a loc a l church Ha llin Southend, Essex. With a passion of

dancing instilled, Matthew went on toconquer the world of Lat in andBallroom c om pe titive d anc ing w inningover 30 national and internationalcom petitions and going onto be co meWorld and Europ ea n Champ ion w ith hispa rtner Nicole.

Dr Catherine Spencer-Smith,Sports Physic ian:MBBS DRCOG MRCGP MSc Sport ExMe d MFSEM(UK)

Dr Cathe rine Spenc er-Smith is a SportsPhysician a t Pure Sports Med icine inLond on. Formerly a G.P, Ca therine hasbeen working with a wide range ofpeople involved at all levels of sportsince 2000. She wa s a sports physicia nat the 2002 Commonwealth Games,has extensive expe rience in Ma rathonMed icine, and is a Lec turer in Sport andExercise Rehabil itation at BangorUniversity in Wales. She has been aSports Med icine a dvisor to seve ralte lev is ion product ions , and she

regula rly writes for pub lic a tions suc h a s'220 Tria thlon '.

Th rough he r w o rk w i t h Ba ng orUniversity, she has ga ined expe rienc e inexercise for people with medicalproblems, such as rheumatoid arthritisand ob esity. She is keen to help p eoplewho wa nt to lead a mo re a ctive andhealthy lifestyle, or those who havepreviously shied away from sport andactivity, perhaps because of their size,fitness leve l or a histo ry of joint p rob lems.

STYLIST / MENTORNick Ede :

An expert in celebrity, fashion andlifestyle, Nic k has wo rked with som e ofthe biggest celebrity and lifestylename s in the world . Nic k wa s mostrecently seen as a judge on ProjectCa twa lk 3 for Sky One, offe ring views tothe c ontestants and working along sidehost Kelly Osbourne. He is the lifestyleexpert on GMTV and LK Tod ay a s we ll as

being the celebrity correspondent forthe hit Canadian entertainment show,E! Ta lk Da ily for CTV. Nick's other on-sc ree n TV cred its include; Jorda n andPeter La id Bare (ITV2), Michelle a ndAndy's Big Day (ITV2), Taste (Sky One),the Russell Grant show (Sky One), Pete's

PA (LIVING), Richard and Judy(Cha nne l 4), Sec ret Life ofCelebrities (Five), CelebritiesExpo sed (ITV2) and Dea d line(ITV2). Nick a lso runs a verysuccessful bespoke celebrityl i f es t y l e agency w here he

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By Callie Carling

What a summer full of doom and

gloom, while the sun tries herhardest to shine! Try as hard as Imight, it is proving to be impossibleto blank out the escalating credit

c risis. Eac h night I am convinc edthe supe rmarket staff perform a maddash around the store, changingpric es on the shelves. How else

could tins of mushy peas have goneup 17p in just 2 weeks?! Enough ofmy ob session with mushy p ea s

The c red it crunch see ms to b espiralling out of control and iffinanc ia l experts are to b e b elieved ,wha t w e have see n so far is just thetip of a very de ep ice be rg. But whoneeds to be reminded that weshould have saved for a rainy daywhile eve rything wa s p lentiful? Notme ! There 's a lways a not herbe autiful pink hand ba g w aiting forme to release it from captivity or pa iro f uncomfor tab le , imprac t i ca lshoes waiting to be exercised onc ob bled street s.

The latest ne ws shoc k has been

Ma rks & Spenc er's announc em entof 5% losses in just three months.Now, I have my own theories onthat, not least that they havestopped stocking over size 24c lothes on the ir shop -floo rs. Ma ybewe've voted with our feet and takenour fat pound (what a phrase!)elsew here? No, surely tha t c annotbe the whole reason behind theirdow nturn in profits.

As a holistic therapist, I am always

keen to keep a close eye on thefinanc ial ma rkets. Afte r a ll, adownturn in our economy usuallyheralds a slowing of business forcom p lem en ta ry t he rap i s t s as

move to sweep their lives clear oftoxic p rod uc ts.

I have to put my hands up andad mit that d isc overing the wond ersof natural and organic skinca re wa smore than just a hap py ac cident. Itcoincided with a time in my lifewhere my skin was very unhappyand , as a single mo ther, mone y wasin short supp ly. A friend introducedm e to t he w onders o f r osamosqueta (rosehip) oil but atsomething l ike 14 for 30ml,including postage, it was a steepprice to pay for a moisturiser yet it

made a huge difference to mycomplexion and I began to feelthat my fac e wa s ac tually my fac eagain, rather than a piece ofantique, frag ile p archment p ap er.

Learning more about oils andsuitability for different skin typesbe c am e some thing of a n ob sessionwith me, as did finding productswhic h would d o the sam e job but a ta more afforda ble pric e. Theresearch paid off handsomely

whe n it came to tra ining a s a ho listict h e r a p i s t , i n c l u d i n g t h eimmeasurable difference whichspecial, organic oils had made tomy skin.

Although we may b e starting to feelthe pinch of the credit crunch, itdoes not mean that we have tostop treating ourselves and ourbodies to kisses from MotherNature's d ivine g arden. Far from it!

With so much interest in keepingourselves looking beautiful withouth a r m i n g o u r se l v e s o r o u renvironme nt, I rec eive ma ny, manyenq uiries from pe op le who know of

people cut back on 'luxuries',particularly beauty product saleswhich are the first to take a sharpnose-dive a s we ba tten d own thehatches.

So you c an imag ine my surprise and de light - when I ca me a crossresea rc h from the United Sta tesindicating that despite the USec onomy head ing into a rec ession,the natural and organic sector oft he cosm et i cs and to i l e t r i esmarkets has seen a 20% increase.These f igures are in sha rp c ontrastwith the traditional beauty and

skinc are markets, who ha ve see n a7% decrease in sales from April June 2008.

What a huge difference in salesfigures! A sure indica tion that weare slowly moving away from thechemical-laden beauty productsof yesteryear to a m ore natural wayof c aring fo r our skin. Big brand s, incommon with the smaller skincarecom pan ies , a re f i nd ing t ha t

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Reme mb er Claire Young that wa s favo uriteto w in BBC's The Ap prentice this yea r butlost out to Lee McQueen? Well, Claire hasc lenched a 100,000 a year job a tBirmingham C ity Foo tb a ll Club.

Cla ire, w ho nota b ly sa id she 'd rather kiss Sir

Alan Suga r than a snake, ca ught the e ye ofBirmingham FC's Managing Director, KarrenBrad y, in the interview ta sk. She to ld Sir Alantha t if he doe sn't hire C laire, she w ould - andmad e go od on her offer.

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with her constant tantrums andargum ents ove r her we ight. Herfood downfall is takeaways as sheNEVER c oo ks even a fte r herWeight-Watchers meetings she'lltrea t herself to a curry. Outspokenbut honest, Carlene isn't afraid of

telling people what she thinks,whate ver the conseq uence .

Am y Saunders 10 stone

Age: 29

Single Amy w as dum ped by he rfianc last year just a few monthsbefore she was due to get married she even had the dress andhoneymoon booked. However thiswa s not he r first a ttem pt at ma rriageas she w as enga ge d be fore. Since

the b rea k-up new ly single Amy ha sbee n picking up the piec es of herlife and now fee ls it's time for a freshstart. Learning how to dance hasbeen o ne of her life-long am bitionsand if lucky enough to win Diet onthe Danc efloor she wo uld be ab leto start the new pha se o f her life wwith a sense of ac hievem ent . She isa strong and de termined lad y whohas a softer side and will cry overthe sma llest thing. She gets a longwith most p eople b ut if som eone isrude to he r she w on't shy aw ay fromconfrontation.

Carlene Moreno 14 stoneAge: 24

Carlene loves to b e the ce ntre o fattention and ca n be p rone to theod d strop if she isn't! App ea ranc e isessential for Carlene and sheop enly admits to b e b eing 'shallow ' but she d oe sn't ca re. She wo uldlike to lose w eight so she can wearnicer clothes and borrow outfits

from her thinne r friends. She hasbeen with her husband for eightyea rs and wonders how he p uts up

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d isappea red. Prior to giving b irthOd ette wa s a size 8 but p ost-ba byher size ha s shot up to a size 14 andnow she just can't shake off thatba by weight. She's de spe rate tolose the w eight and get her much-needed self esteem back. Odette

has a real pa ssion for danc e a nd willthr ive on the chal lenge of adancing competition althoughher speciality is mostly in thegrinding of hips and shaking herbooty to reggae and dance-hallmusic.

Dale Gunston 14 stoneAge: 39

Suc c essful b usiness ma n Da le

always said that by the time heturned 40 he w ants to b e thin and fitand hopes that taking part in Diet

on the Dancefloor will help him toac hieve this. During the pa st few

y e a r s h i s l i f e h a s c h a n g e ddrama tica lly he left his wife and histwo c hildren, after co ming o ut andis now currently living with hispartner Ma rk. He lost everything inhis life b ut ha s now turned round thesitua tion a round and is go od friend swith his ex-wife and is evenat tend ing her wed d ing. Turning 40has always been a major turningpo int for Dale a nd he's de terminedto shap e up to ma rk the oc c asion.Working in a high po wered de sk job

has made it difficult to exercise asmuc h as he likes and now Mark feelsthe weight is slowly but steadily

Kimberley Mc Lean 13 stone 2Age: 23

Party-loving yummy m ummy of tw oloves to flirt a nd be the life a nd soulof the pa rty. She's a lways on thelook out for 'fit' men w hen she g oes

out clubbing with her mates andadmits she gets a real buzz fromp ul ling me n. Kimb er ley fe l lpregnant twice ac c ide ntally but fellin love with being a mum despite

ending her relationship with thec hild ren's da d. Being a mum has notstopped her l iv ing an act ion-packed single women's life and bytaking p art in Diet on the Danc efloorshe hopes t o show m o the rseverywhere tha t you CAN b e sexy,look go od and feel fab ulous even ifyou do have children. Confidentand bubbly Kimberley admits herover-confident personal i ty canannoy peop le

Laura Barbe r 12 stoneAge: 26

Northern single g irl Laura ho pes thatby entering Diet on the Dancefloors h e w i l l g e t b a c k h e r s e l f -confidence that she lost throughyears of bullying at school. Hermotivation for taking part in theshow is that later this year Laura istrave lling a lone around the wo rld fo reight months and is terrified of

having to fit into a bikini at thebe ac h. Laura is a bub bly and o ut-g o i n g g i r l w h o a p p e a r s t o o

confident t o t hose she m eets butdeep down she's shy and insecureand constantly doubting herself.Sc ared o f meeting m en due to hers i ze , Lau ra hopes t ha t t h i sopportunity will boost her self-c onfide nce and prove to her familyand more imp ortantly herself, thatshe can achieve anything whenshe puts her mind to it.

Odette Leigh-Wright 11 stone 4

Age : 23

Odette is one sassy lady witha ttitude from South Lond on! Sincegiving birth to her baby girl a yearago Odette feels she has lost her'sex-a-tude' sexiness mixed witha ttitud e. She c laims she still ha s theattitude to match her bright redhair but her sexiness has all


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bo ob s'. Ma rk hop es that b y takingpart in Diet on the Dancefloor willbring out his sporting competitivestreak and believes he has the fireand determination to win thecompetition.

Ma rlon William s 18.5 stoneAge: 24

Marlon is a semi-professional ice-hoc key player that failed to ma kethe team last season due to hisrap idly increa sing weight. He stilllives at home with his family and islaid-back and easygoing but canbe lac king in motivation and often

c om e ac ross as lazy! A na tural

c ha rmer and flirt, Ma rlon is current lylooking for love , but is finding it hardas the type of girls he wants toa ttrac t are just not inte rested in him.He puts this down to being over-weight so he's determined to toneand shap e up to p ull the woma n ofhis d reams.

c reeping on. Mark has a fiercecompetitive streak and relishes thechance of beating his competitorsto b e c rowned winner of Diet on theDancefloor.

Edwa rd Collins 15.5 stoneAge: 21

Edw ard is a w anna be bo y ba nd

member from East London whodreams of one day having asuc c essful music c areer but fee ls hiswe ight is hold ing him back. His ma inpassion in life is singing and song-writing but feels his performance isham pe red by his inc rea sing we ightga in sinc e he g ave up p laying sem i-professiona l rugb y. He detests thecheesy 'Westlife' style routines andwould love to learn how to danceprope rly. A rea l mum my's boy Edd iestill lives at home with his mum who

raised him single-handily and seesthe show as a means of securing abe tter life for the both o f them.

Jaiden Mic hae l 16 stoneAge: 25Celebrity obsessed Jaiden is ac heeky Sc ouser with a big e go .Confide nt and che eky, Jaiden lovesto mix with the Liverpool celebrityand fashionista set a nd asp ires to b ethe new Perez Hilton d ue to h is da ilyon-line celeb rity go ssip b log. He

loves fashion and works hard onperfec ting his va riety o f 'looks', som eof which don't work because of his

bod y shape and size. His dream isto lose the w eight a nd b ring o ut theperson he is destined to be . asuperstar!

Ma rk Jones 18 Stone 6Age: 34

Mark is an ex semi-professionalfoo tb a ller from Liverpoo l. He piledon the p ounds when he w as forc edto stop playing foo tba ll due to a n

injury when he was 28 and is nowdetermined to get fit and loseweight so he can find his true loveand create the perfect family lifehe is longing for. Also fromLiverpool, Mark loves to crack ajoke b ut rec ent ly fee ls the joke's onhim as his friends have given himthe nick-nam e 'tits' due to his 'man

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THE PLUS-SIZE SPORTS ANDDANCE

INITIATIVE

www.plussizesportsdance.co.uk

[email protected]

This is a British initiative to get more people who areconsidered

overweight or obese to exercise in environments wherethey are

comfortable; among people that they can identify with.

In other words, if you feel too shy to take off your clothesfor swimminglessons or any other sporting activity, but really want to

get involved insports with like-minded people, look no further.

For further information send an email to:
http://www.plussizesportsdance.co.uk/http://www.plussizesportsdance.co.uk/


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THE PLUS-SIZE SPORTS AND DANCEINITIATIVE

www.plussizesportsdance.co.uk

[email protected]

This is a British initiative to get more people who are consideredoverweight or obese to exercise in environments where they arecomfortable; among people that they can identify with.

In other words, if you feel too shy to take off your clothes for swimminglessons or any other sporting activity, but really want to get involved in

sports with like-minded people, look no further.

For further information send an email to:

www.goutfree.co.uk


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