12
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Say you saw it in the LINK
To advertise see page TWO
AMANDA RALPH IS WEST DERBY’S GREATEST LOSER! A super slimmer is proving to be a winner at the losing game after shedding 5st 7lb and being named West Derby’s Slimming World
‘Greatest Loser’, with the emphasis well and truly on Greatest! In February 2012, the 24-year-old weighed 14st 2.5lb and her size was
Hair by Amy
142-144 Derby Lane, Old Swan @ Guys n Dolls L13 3DW
MONDAY NORRIS GREEN
All Aspects of Hairdressing
St Teresa’s Church, Utting Avenue
4.30pm & 6.30pm
• Worked all around west Derby area
Alan 07903 751823
• Fully qualified with 6 years experience
TUESDAY WEST DERBY The Crown Inn, Leyfield Road (Opposite the Standard Pub) (Private Room Upstairs)
• Fully insured find us on facebook
9.00am, 11.00am, 5.00pm & 7.00pm.
20% off colours every Wednesday 9-9pm
Marji 548 0018
CROXTETH COUNTRY PARK St Cuthberts Church, Langley Close
5.30pm
Kim 546 7592
OLD SWAN The Regency, 19-21 Derby Lane
9.30am & 6.30pm
Toni 07825 558415
OLD SWAN
THURSDAY
All Saints Church Hall Cunningham Road, Off Broadgreen Road
CLUBMOOR
6.30pm
Farmers Arms Hotel Townsend Lane (private function road)
Toni 07825 558415
4.30pm & 6.30 pm
Shirley 286 1935
TUEBROOK St Cecilias Church Club, Green Lane
DOVECOT
9.30am
Dovecot Labour Club, Finch Lane Entrance
Tracy 222 3200
6.00 pm
Jean 290 0034
WEDNESDAY CROXTETH
WEST DERBY
Queen of Martyrs Parish Centre, Stonebridge Lane
Alder Sports Club. Alder Road
5.30pm
John 07584 200959
Dawn 07732 845118
07540 228 972 0151 228 8177
4.30pm and 6.30pm
SATURDAY
TUEBROOK
WEST DERBY
The Royal British Legion, Malborough Road
The Crown Inn, Leyfield Road, (opposite the Standard Pub)
5.00pm & 7.00pm
8.30am and 10.30am
Tracy 222 3200
Marji 548 0018
and experience all of the things that my weight held me back from doing.” After seeing a banner on the venue Amanda joined her local Slimming World group at The Crown Inn, Leyfield Road, West Derby. She says: “Walking through those doors was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, I was embarrassed and terrified that I was going to be the biggest person there. But I needn’t have worried because everyone there was so very friendly and welcoming. I’ve made so many friends there and their support and encouragement has been the best. When you have a lot of weight to lose there are many hurdles to overcome to change old ways and adopt new healthy habits that you can sustain for the rest of your life. I couldn’t have done it without the support of my Consultant Marji McEvoy and the rest of the group. Every
affecting every aspect of her daily life. Since joining her local Slimming World group in West Derby, she is 5st 7lb lighter. Not only has she won the best prize of all – a fitter, healthier, happier future altogether – she’s also won the group’s Greatest Loser 2013 prize for the member who’s lost the most weight – and all in just 10 months. Amanda says: “I feel like a new woman since losing weight – in fact, I look so different that people I haven’t seen for a while say they don’t recognise me! I feel happier and healthier, I’ve got more energy and I’m much more confident now too. Before I lost the weight I’d pretend I didn’t care that I was bigger than other people, but that just wasn’t true. I hated clothes shopping and just climbing the stairs would leave me out of breath. I felt awful. Now I just want to make up for lost time
Visit our Landscaping Display area
Building Timber Roofing Landscaping Flooring Doors
Premium Contemporary Paving Natural Sandstone Paving Block Retaining Walling Pa
ving
FROM
£8.49m 2 Our display area offers a wide choice of designs to provide ideas and inspiration for your own garden
0151 733 0144 chestnutbuildingcentres.co.uk 13-21 Picton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool L15 4LL