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Creating a new you
We all know what we’d like to change about ourselves if we could and, while some changes may be easier than others, there’s never a better time to give your life and yourself a makeover than right now.
To help create a new you, we’ve put together an extensive resource that includes tips on health and fitness, top tips on pampering yourself and practical advice on how to improve your diet and stop smoking.
Exercise must be one of the most unpopular words in the English language, but it is the best way to get in shape. However, exercising doesn’t always have to be gruelling. Just going for regular walks around Christchurch’s beautiful parks, hills or beaches can improve your fitness. Or, if you have children, pry them away from the TV or computer games and take them to the park and kick a ball around, play some cricket or throw a frisbee. It will be so much fun, it won’t even feel like exercise.
Cleaning up your diet will also help to get you in shape. Replace chocolate with fresh summer strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and cookies with fresh pineapple, an apple or watermelon.
With the health and fitness issues covered, it is time to look at the fun side of the makeover, getting a new hair cut, some new clothes and pampering yourself.
It is amazing how much a new haircut can change you. Be a bit adventurous this summer and talk to your hairdresser about some highlights or foils in your hair. You can also experiment at home with the wide range of hair colouring products available. Many will wash out fairly quickly so, if you don’t like the result, no permanent damage is done.
It is only fair to get something new to wear to match the new, trimmer you and the new hairstyle. With a wide range of shops available in Christchurch, it should be possible to find something you like. Make sure you buy clothes that will flatter your figure. The BBC’s healthy living pages have advice on clothing to suit different body types for men and for women.
Our libraries have various books and magazines on fashion for women and men, search our catalogue under these topics:
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