woman diet special 11 feb 2016 amanda byram

49 WORDS: NATALIA LUBOMIRSKI Total Wipeout host Amanda Byram reveals how she’s fnally ft in her forties… ‘Stressing about being SKINNY is miserable’ Planet celebrity What made you so passionate about ftness? ‘As a teenage model, I starved myself. Then I went into my twenties and I was overexercising, and I went into my thirties doing the same. It was only in my mid- thirties that I thought, ‘This is crazy!’ I was so unhappy – all I thought about was my next meal. So I started to study nutrition and exercise. I’m hugely passionate about it, especially for women who are taking on too much and developing depression.’ And exercise is great for depression… ‘Absolutely. It makes you feel better – when you’ve fnished! People say, ‘You’re lucky you love exercise.’ But I don’t get up in the morning and go, ‘I can’t wait to go to the gym!’ I just know how content it makes me. We need to listen to our bodies.’ Do you exercise in the gym or outside? ‘A bit of both – I weight train because it burns calories for longer. I love climbing, hiking and biking – doing all that kind of stuff. I don’t do long runs any more as that’s bad for my knees.’ How do you stay motivated when the weather’s bad? ‘I lived in California for seven years, then came home and it was depressing. But it’s only a bit of rain, wind and cold – just put on the right gear and you’ll warm up anyway.’ Is your fancé Julian Okines your workout buddy? ‘He loves teaching me to do weights, so we do that together. Sometimes he gets frustrated because I can’t do it properly, so I say to him, ‘I’m just going to go off on my own!’ Do you dread ageing? ‘I had a bit of a meltdown when I turned 40 for a couple of weeks and I thought, ‘This is ridiculous – why am I any different today?’ You have to embrace it – make it the very best you can.’ Amanda and her fancé Julian work out together ‘WE NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR BODIES’ ✱ Amanda is Fitness Expert for brand- new cashback and deals website TBSeen. Find out more at TBSeen.com WORDS: FAYE M SMITH. PHOTOS: REX WOMANMAGAZINE.CO.UK 93WMS16MAR125.pgs 01.02.2016 16:38 BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN

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Total Wipeout host Amanda Byram reveals how she’s finally fit in her forties…

‘Stressing about beingSkinny is miserable’

Planet celebrity

What made you so passionate

about fitness? ‘As a teenage model, I starved myself. Then I went into my twenties and I was overexercising, and I went into my thirties doing the same. It was only in my mid-thirties that I thought, ‘This is crazy!’ I was so unhappy – all I thought about was my next meal. So I started to study nutrition and exercise. I’m hugely passionate about it, especially for women who are taking on too much and developing depression.’

And exercise is great for depression… ‘Absolutely. It makes you feel better – when you’ve finished! People say, ‘You’re lucky you love exercise.’ But I don’t get up in the morning and go, ‘I can’t wait to go to the gym!’ I just know how content it makes me. We need to listen to our bodies.’

Do you exercise in the gym or

outside? ‘A bit of both – I weight train because it burns calories for longer. I love climbing, hiking and biking – doing all that kind of stuff. I don’t do long runs any more as that’s bad for my knees.’

How do you stay motivated when the

weather’s bad? ‘I lived in California for seven years, then came home and it was depressing. But it’s only a bit of rain,

wind and cold – just put on the right gear and you’ll warm up anyway.’

Is your fiancé Julian Okines your

workout buddy? ‘He loves teaching me to do weights, so we do that together. Sometimes he gets frustrated because I can’t do it properly, so I say to him, ‘I’m just going to go off on my own!’

Do you dread ageing? ‘I had a bit of a meltdown when I turned 40 for a couple of weeks and I thought, ‘This is ridiculous – why am I any different today?’ You have to embrace it – make it the very best you can.’

Amanda and her

fiancé Julian work

out together

‘WE NEED TO LISTEN TO OUR BODIES’

✱ Amanda is Fitness Expert for brand-

new cashback and deals website

TBSeen. Find out more at TBSeen.com

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