Innholdsfortegnelse for 29-Jun-2020 i Woman's Own

SPLASH-DANCE! Loose Women’s Stacey Solomon put on quite the show when she got her partner, Joe Swash, to pour a bucket of water over her head so she could recreate the iconic scene from 80s film Flashdance . Soaking wet and writhing around with a mop in hand, Stacey joked, ‘When your hair is as filthy as your floors… might as well kill two birds with one stone.’ She added, ‘Sometimes you've just got to dance like a weirdo to get through the week.’ Hear, hear!…

1 SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE It’s hard to feel motivated when all you have is negative voices in your ear. Find some good role models who inspire you to do things and listen to them. 2 GIVE YOURSELF A TIME FRAME Think about how to include that goal in your life, what you need to do to make it happen, and then put a time frame on it so you’re accountable. It will definitely help to motivate you. 3 DOWNLOAD THE MOTIVATE APP Contains thousands of varying motivational videos from mentors around the world to inspire you to take those first steps.…

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Idahoan Buttery, Butter & Herb and Roasted Garlic Perfect Mash (Sainsbury’s) CRISPY SALMON FISHCAKES Serves 4 You will need ✽ 180g pack hot smoked salmon fillets, flaked ✽ 400g mashed potato ✽ 3 spring onions, chopped ✽ 2tbsp chopped fresh parsley ✽ Zest of ½ lemon ✽ 3tbsp polenta ✽ 30g mixed seeds ✽ 3tbsp sunflower oil ✽ Tartare sauce, to serve How to do it 1 Mix together the flaked salmon, mash, spring onions, parsley and lemon zest, and season with salt and pepper. Shape the mixture into 12 small fishcakes. 2 Mix the polenta and seeds together on a large plate. Press both sides and edges of each fishcake into the mixture to coat. 3 Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the fishcakes and cook…

Muppets Now, Disney+ Kermit The Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and the rest of the gang are making a comeback to TV in this new six-part series. Expect lots of the same fun and silliness that we know and love as well as a host of star guests who will be joining in the mayhem. Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Sky Atlantic Look out for Game Of Thrones star Natalie Dormer in this fantasy drama, which is a spin-off from the horror series Penny Dreadful. Set in 1938 Los Angeles, the actor plays dark goddess Magda, who appears as detectives investigate a grisly murder. There She Goes, BBC2 The comedy drama returns, moving from BBC4 to BBC2, with David Tennant and Jessica Hynes reprising their roles as parents Simon…

Best known for frequenting Albert Square as her notorious character Carol Jackson in EastEnders, actor Lindsey Coulson, 60, has revealed that she has no desire to return to the show that shot her to fame. Lindsey – who has two children with husband Harry Harris – is enjoying getting her teeth into some different characters, like Bulletproof’s National Crime Agency detective Sarah Tanner. ‘I don’t miss EastEnders at all,’ she admits, adding that life’s too short to stick to what you know. Here, Lindsey reveals how she’s used gardening to cope with any lockdown struggles, and why she wants to distance herself from Carol once and for all… Would you ever consider going back to EastEnders if you were asked? I used to say, ‘Never say never,’ but actually I…

When the pandemic started, did you think it might be the end for The Street? We all felt quite fragile a few months ago and we still do. None of us knew what was going to happen but we were reassured we’d be back up and running when it was safe to do so. It was a scary time but the measures the team have put in place have made us feel like we’ve got a nice warm blanket around us. What was it like going to the studio for the first time? That’s the thing about Corrie, it’s normally buzzing with so many different teams and I think myself and Georgia [Taylor, who plays Toyah] were the first people back through the doors. It felt quite eerie but also…

Ensuring I get my hit of B12 QI have a B12 injection at my surgery every few months, and have done for several years. When lockdown was announced, I had a message from my surgery asking me to buy oral B12 supplements instead as they were trying to minimise the footfall through the surgery. Going forward, can I go back to injections, as I find remembering to take a pill everyday a bit of a hassle? A The announcement of lockdown made surgeries review lots of their protocols, looking at ways of reducing the number of people coming into buildings. GPs are keen to adopt some of the changes longer term, such as swapping B12 injections to oral supplements for those patients who absorb B12 adequately, to reduce pressure on…

1 Opt for raw food. ‘Eat fresh raw fruit and salads every day. Raw foods are rich in protective nutrients.’ 2 Take a cold shower. ‘These have been shown to reduce the susceptibility to colds and flu in a trial of medical students.’ 3 Ditch sugar. ‘Taken regularly, it depresses the immune system and disrupts the metabolism leading to fatigue.’ 4 Reduce milk products. ‘They are poorly digested and encourage mucous production.’ 5 Get adequate sleep. ‘Tiredness increases your susceptibility to infections.’ 6 Avoid some meds. ‘For minor infections, antibiotics, aspirin, paracetamol and other medicaments abort the body’s efforts to overcome the infection and may lead to chronic catarrh and other deep-seated conditions.’ 7 Eat garlic daily. ‘Garlic is a powerful antiviral and antiseptic.’…

Have you heard about? Swallowing can be tricky Two-fifths of Brits struggle to swallow pills, with 31% of those people saying it stops them from taking tablets.* Need help? The most popular foods to hide tablets in, to help them go down, are soft cheese, yogurt and banana. Buying glasses online is really simple Want to buy glasses via the web for the first time? All you need is a prescription no more than two years old, says Low Cost Glasses. Or, if you don’t have a copy, call your optician and they will share it with you. Chamomile before bed is backed by science It’s not an old wives’ tale. ‘A study found that drinking chamomile daily for two weeks improved sleep quality and reduced fatigue,’ says Dr Carrie…

Easy tanning Forget messy mousses that splash all over the place as you apply, smell of biscuits and go as streaky as a wet windscreen. This summer’s modern self tanners are invisible, weightless and practically foolproof. Try Vita Liberata Fabulous Self Tanning Mist, £15, a fine spray that offers a subtle but buildable glow. Love your legs If you dread getting your legs out due to normal, but nonetheless annoying, things like mottled skin, cellulite and thread veins, look to instant tan. The best ones are makeup for your body that is washed off before you go to bed. Try Bondi Sands Glo Matte One Day Tan, £6.99. Enhance deeper skin If you have a dark skin tone that doesn’t need bronzing, self tan can still be useful to enhance…

Woman’s Own S enior Writer Mishaal Khan says: Imagine explaining to your eight-year-old that, because of the colour of their skin, they’ll be treated differently, that they’ll spend their lives looking over their shoulder, work harder than white peers, be conscious of how they walk and talk. We learn early how society works and unconsciously form biases. Black parents have to talk to their children about race, and it should be something white parents do, too. At school, our children are taught about wars, so why not about the brutality of British colonialism and slavery? We cannot blame non-white people for feeling their lives do not matter, because that’s what the message has been – think about Grenfell and Windrush. Racism is deep-rooted within our institutions and needs to be…

PATSY PALMER Holed up in her Malibu home, ex- EastEnders star Patsy has an idyllic sea view which she has admitted she is ‘beyond grateful’ for. ALESHA DIXON Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha’s fans thought she was sunbathing in a public park when she should have been staying home, because the garden in her Hertfordshire home is so huge! MARVIN AND ROCHELLE HUMES Stay with the Humes’ at their £1.7m Essex pad and you’ll think you’re on a family holiday – their garden is complete with a trampoline, playhouse and goalposts. LUISA ZISSMAN Water parks might have been closed, but that didn’t stop ex-Apprentice star Luisa from turning the lawn at her St Albans home into a long water slide for the kids. ROBBIE WILLIAMS AND AYDA FIELD Robbie and…

We’re NOTgoing on a summer holiday But international travel restrictions could make all our dreams come true... So are you beach-body ready? Braced to spend two weeks in three triangles of material while turning a gentle shade of blue from constantly breathing in? Nope, me neither. So thank you, coronavirus, for making the staycation cool. Well, cold actually. Because, let’s be honest, the great British summer is definitely not hot. In any sense. ‘What are the actual joys of air travel?’ But looking on the bright side – OK, mostly grey side – let’s celebrate that flying abroad for a fortnight in the sun is still nigh on impossible unless you have a private jet. And island. No, really, there are some seriously good things to come out of not…

Do I need to practise safe sex? QI am 55 and in a new relationship. Neither of us has been sexually active for years, but we are enjoying the physical side of our relationship. I’m sure I must be way past my fertile days, but I am still having periods. Should we be using contraception? A Your fertility will certainly be reduced, but we recommend that women who have their last period over the age of 50 should continue to use contraception for another year after their last period. As you are still menstruating, you should use contraception.…

I think our sex life is fantastic Q I’ve recently moved in with my new man, and our sex life is fantastic. The problem is that he’s a once-a-day kind of man, and I’d be happy with once a week. I don’t know how to tell him this without making him think I’m not into him. What should I say to him? Name and address withheld A Mismatched libidos are very common, and they won’t become an issue in your relationship as long as you talk about things. Tell him that while you love the sex, and him, you’re not always up for it every night. That said, there are plenty of other things that you can do that will keep both of you happy. Discuss it and find compromises…

Skin Something to hide? Vichy Dermablend SOS Coverstick, £11.25, is a total cover concealer that masks veins, pigmentation or that dodgy old tattoo you regret getting on a girls’ trip in 1998. Nails Complement glowing skin with shimmering polish. New Nails Inc Speedy Gloss in Belgravia With Love, £8, has a beautiful rose gold finish. Toes Treat your feet to Kure Bazaar Natural Pedicure Ritual, £6, lovelula.com, which includes a file, cuticle stick and disposable socks filled with hydrating foot mask. De-fuzzing Magnitone Fuzz Off 3-in-1 Precision Trimmer, £30, magnitone.co.uk, is our new favourite gadget with a trio of heads to neaten bikini line, shape brows and gently remove rogue facial fuzz.…

Marcia Rigg, 56, lives in London and is an activist and co-founder of the Sean Rigg Justice and Change Campaign. My brother, Sean, was charming, boisterous and handsome, and spent his teenage years making us laugh with his jokes. As the eldest of five, I was like his second mother, cooking dinner while our parents were working. When Sean was 20, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. I’d always try to ensure he took his medication because, without it, he could become paranoid and hear voices. I lived in fear that something might happen if he ever had an episode in public and none of us was there. As Sean got older, he started carrying his passport as ID, in case he became ill. Sean was estranged from his son,…

HAVE YOU HEARD? Drivers have been urged not to pay to SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) their vehicles, after a newspaper found a website was charging for this service, which is free for motorists to do themselves. In recent months, there’s been a surge in drivers claiming a SORN, to avoid paying tax and insurance on cars while they’re not being used. IF YOU DO ONE THING THIS WEEK… GET SAVINGS TIPS Check out Snoop, an app that uses open banking to help you to manage your finances. It gives you weekly and monthly spending summaries, as well as personalised tips on how you can save money. It’s free to use, but you can ‘tip’ Snoop if you make a big saving and like the service. For more info, visit…

Aries 21 Mar – 20 Apr Being able to look at the future and paint a bright picture of it in your mind will prove to everyone else that you are a steady force to be reckoned with. Taurus 21 Apr – 20 May Love is in the air when an invitation comes your way and you’d be silly to refuse. Let someone show you attention for a change, and enjoy every minute! Gemini 21 May – 20 Jun Someone may surprise you when they’re prepared to take a chance on you and your ideas. Get it in writing before they change their mind and let you down. Cancer 21 Jun – 22 Jul All for one and one for all this week, when you help out a family member…

MOSTLY As The Obsessive You worry irrationally and obsess that the worst is going to happen. You can’t tolerate uncertainty and your anxiety gets the better of you. When you feel a worry coming on – write it down, and go for a walk to clear your head. You’ll feel refreshed and able to tackle it. MOSTLY Bs The Avoidant Instead of facing up to things, you shove them to the back of your mind and try to distract yourself – but the worries are like the elephant in the room and you can’t concentrate. Unfortunately, you never learn how to deal with worry healthily. You need to accept discomfort, and ‘be’ with your own thoughts. MOSTLY Cs The Background Fretter You know that worrying too much doesn’t make sense,…

No ‘It creates bad habits’ Chloe Stephens, 46, is a personal trainer and nutrition coach. She lives in Brighton and has two grown-up children. I think it’s important to teach kids about eating healthily, but counting calories is a step too far and may create an unhealthy outlook on food. That’s not to say we can’t help kids eat better. We can help them understand that meals should be made up of a mix of different nutrients for ultimate health. For instance, it’s important for them to understand the importance of protein for the building blocks of the body, and that plenty of fruit and vegetables give them a range of vital vitamins. But I believe that the idea of a child assigning a number of calories to each food…