In a former life, I have been known to jog twice round the park every morning before work, but the arrival of two small people into my life meant that parks were for practicing our walking and hanging out by the swings.
Now, after nearly 5 years of having babies, I recently decided it was time to rediscover my trainers, and I can honestly say I wish I had done it sooner, because not only does being fit make all the heavy lifting of small children so much easier, exercise also keeps me sane after long days of work and parenting.
If you don’t already exercise regularly, and need convincing that it’s a good idea, look no further. These exercise benefits for the mind will prove to you once and for all that exercise is as good for your mind as it is for your body:
Exercise boosts your mood: regular exercise is often part of programs used to treat mental health disorders and can be a useful self-help tool, possibly alleviating the need for drug treatment in milder cases.
Exercise gives you confidence: nothing makes you feel better about yourself than knowing you are taking good care of your body.
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I don’t know about other readers but those cheeky ‘two-for-one’ deals always get me! Even worse is the ‘buy two get the third free’ deal.
Either I don’t need the item at all but I’ll buy one because I get a second free.
Or I do need one item but I’ll buy two just to get the third free. I am a sucker every time!
Other than the exercise of self-discipline, there are a couple of ways to save money. Here’s some great weekly shop tips:
* Eat before you go shopping: you’ll be less tempted to bug snacks you don’t need. Not that you should be downing heavy meals before you buy food; rather plan your shopping around your natural meal times.
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This week’s ‘Beauty Blogger Post of the Week’ award goes to Sarah from I Heart Cosmetics.
If you’re a lover of all things ‘beauty’ and are looking for a book that will occupy some bored-on-the-bus-on-the-way-to-work time, check out what Sarah has to say about one of her favourite reads…
Handbags and Gladrags by Maggie Alderson
Whilst looking for the remote control this evening I found behind the sofa a book I thought I had lost! Ah this book is fab I have read it so many times, although it does look a little bit rough, as I dropped it in the bath years ago when I was able to have them and had to dry it on the radiator.
The book focuses on Emily who is a married fashion journalist on a woman’s glossy magazine who embarks on an affair based around the fashion season with an Australian photographer called Miles. I love the descriptions of all of the clothes and the trips to London, Paris and Milan from Prada to Gucci. Obviously Emily is playing a dangerous game juggling her work and her affair with her husband but you slowly see that her husband isn’t the angel he makes himself out to be.
Definitely worth a read if that sounds like your sound of thing and remember, don’t drop it in the bath!
As of the end of April 2011, a change to EU legislation on the licensing of herbal products means that many of the herbal medicines we used to be able to buy over the counter are no longer available.
The previous directive on traditional herbal medicinal products – which stated that herbal products were exempt from the need for licensing under the Medicines Act – expired on 30th April, 2011, meaning that all herbal products now need to be licensed as medicines in order to be sold to the public.
Pharmacies and other retailers of herbal medicines are now prevented from buying unlicensed products for resale, so those products that do not meet the requirements to be licensed as medicines will no longer be available to buy.
The new directive dictates that any traditional herbal medicine claiming to have therapeutic effects now needs to be registered either as a conventional medicine or under the traditional herbal registration (THR) scheme.
Registration as a conventional medicine requires several years’ worth of clinical testing, while the THR scheme requires the product to have been in use for at least 30 years.
In addition, both types of licensing require large amounts of documentary evidence demonstrating quality, safety and claims regarding health benefits (from clinical trials or based on traditional use).
This means that herbal preparations that came into use less than 30 years ago and that do not have the supporting evidence needed to gain a license will no longer be available to buy.
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Luxury bath and body product retailer Molton Brown has embraced its British heritage with the launch of a limited edition dew pettigree hand wash and hand lotion, inspired by the walled secret gardens of London.
In the mad mania that is London Town, beautiful green spaces are essential to the sanity of its inhabitants.
Molton Brown has cleverly drawn on this truth by transforming it into a clever marketing metaphor; just as gardens calm and nourish the soul, so too does Molton Brown calm and nourish the skin.
The wash and lotion have been designed to rescue dry and overworked hands through a combination of rosemary extract and the protecting properties of English pettigree, which includes flavanoids, minerals and saponosides.
Summer sun is known to weather the skin and Molton Brown’s new products offer a great solution on how to cure really dry hands.
Even the product’s soft green colour is garden-inspired, and the bold floral graphic is a contemporary twist on a traditional concept; red poppies, bluebells and Queen Anne’s Lace sit side-by-side with the exotic Chrysanthemums and Elephant Garlic.
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