Slimming classes in Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, Ferryhill & Heighington

Hello and welcome to the home page of Loraine Pickering. I have been running Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club classes in Prince Bishops since September 2003. I would like to help you become slimmer, trimmer, fitter and healthier in 2010.

Each week I run 11 classes throughout Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, Shildon, Sedgfield and Ferryhill and each week members take part in one of my special slimming and exercise classes.

Why not come along and see what I can do for you?

I am fully qualified to teach exercise to music with special experience to teach the overweight or newcomer to exercise. I have also been highly trained in nutrition, so I know I can help you achieve your weight loss goals.

I have always been a sporty person, 5ft 7 ½ inches, about 11 stone and a size 12. That is until I became pregnant with our first child Graham. Due to complications, I was bed-ridden after his birth and my weight climbed to 14st 10lbs. I felt dreadful.

As I had never had a weight problem before I joined one slimming club, then another, then even tried a liquid diet. Nothing seemed to work and I just couldn’t stick to them.

Then I saw myself on my cousin's wedding video. I wish the earth could have opened up and swallowed me. Surely I didn’t really look like that? But yes I really did. So I rejoined a slimming club, following it to the letter with loads of exercise, and it worked. I was 10st 10lbs and a size 12 again.

I managed to maintain my weight through four further pregnancies for 15 years. Then due to unforeseen health problems including a hysterectomy and appendectomy, as well as family redundancies, my father’s heart attack and the house being hit by lightning, my weight suffered and before I knew it I was back to 13st 8lbs. I was so depressed, I hardly recognised myself.

The turning point was my boss' 40th birthday. I followed Rosemary’s diet at home and lost a stone for the event. I bought a size 16 skirt and top and went off feeling great. That is until I saw a photo of myself. Straight away I joined a Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness class and lost another 2st 3lbs in 4 months. I loved the way I felt and I love the diet, it’s like a whole new way of life.

So here I am, a franchisee running my own classes for Rosemary and life is great. Don’t waste time wishing, do it! Come along and join me. I promise you’ll love it!!

Rosemary’s diet and recipes are so versatile that you can cook low-fat family meals, often without them even noticing. It’s easy-to-follow and you will soon start to see the benefits that eating healthily and regular exercise can do for your body and mind!

Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Clubs have been in operation since 1993, and Rosemary has over thirty nine years' experience of helping people to slim down and shape up. Her winning formula of low-fat eating combined with exercise has helped millions of people to lose weight and keep it off.

As ours is the only national organisation to offer dietary advise AND exercise in the same weekly class, there is no better place for you to lose weight and get fit. Even if you haven't exercised for a long time, I can adapt the exercises to suit all abilities.

Our classes are friendly and welcoming and there’s a great atmosphere in class. No one is made to feel embarrassed and your weigh-in is very discreet, so, apart from myself and my staff no one else will know how much you weigh. If you are thinking of joining on your own, as many of my members do, there's no need to worry: you're soon amongst friends at a Rosemary Conley class. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a little or a large amount of weight to lose. We can help you and we’re with you every step of the way.

If you are happy to, I would love you to take part in the 45-minute exercise to music sessions at each class. If you do, you will soon see the benefits that regular exercise can bring and you will become much fitter too.

I make the toning and aerobic exercises suitable for all levels of ability – so even if you’ve not exercised for a long time, or you have a lot of weight to lose, you can still join in.

The cost of joining a Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Club is just £10 for a membership pack, which includes a copy of Rosemary Conley’s brilliant new Amazing Inch Loss Plan along with a set of Portion Pots®, an Introductory DVD explaining the Amazing Inch Loss Plan and a brand-new Rosemary Conley Magic Measure® which shows dieters how many inches they lose as they progress on the diet.

My classes cost just £5.60. If you are staying for the exercise session, each class lasts for 90 minutes.

Join me, and let me support and encourage you every step of the way – and make some new friends too. Remember, all my members have the same goal – to lose weight and get fitter.

Please feel free to give me a call today on (01325) 318160, or contact me by email lorainepickering@btinternet.com. Or, if you prefer, you can just turn up to your nearest class.

If you do wish to join in the exercise session, please bring with you a bottle of water and wear some loose, comfortable clothing (leggings and a t-shirt is fine) and a pair of training shoes.

I look forward to seeing you soon.