I
am so bored of exercising
I go running everyday for an hour after work. I like to keep
fit as I am a little overweight and would like to loose a few
extra pounds before summer, to get into my swimsuit! At first,
I loved running, but now I find it terribly monotonous. I dread
it everyday. How can I liven it up?
(Susana, 30 years old, Brighton)
If you really want to enjoy yourself,
try doing a team sport instead of going running. Netball, tennis
and hockey are interactive. However, if you really want to carry
on running, then try doing different routes. Try to go running
in the park, in the woods, around the roads. After all, "variety
is the spice of life"!
Nightmares keep
me from sleeping
For the last four months I have been having terrible
dreams. I go to sleep at 11 o'clock and then around 2 o'clock
in the morning I start dreaming absolutely terrible things. I
dreamt that my mum was kidnapped, that I was shot in the leg,
that I was trapped in a fire and many other nasty things. I always
wake up in the middle of my nightmare, boiling hot and covered
in sweat. After that I cannot go back to sleep for fear of dreaming
something similar. What should I do? My sleepless nights are beginning
to affect my work and also my social life. Help me, please.
(Sarah-26 years old, London)
There could be two possible causes
for your lack of sleep, either there is something that has been
upsetting you emotionally for the last four-six months, e.g. that
you are not content with your job or your private life or that
you are eating too late or watching the wrong type of T.V programmes
before you go to bed. What I suggest is that you take some time
to work out the things that you are not happy with in your life
at the moment. Then, decide if any of these reasons are serious
enough to make you not sleep. Try to avoid eating late and watch
light-hearted programmes before going to bed. If the problem continues
I suggest you go and see your local G.P.
School or modelling?
I am 17 years old and am studying French, German and
Spanish at school. For the past two years I have been working
at the weekends for a modelling agency. Last week they told me
that the perfect opportunity had come up for me to do modelling
as a career, as "Elle-Paris" were looking for new young models
to start their careers with them. My agency told me that I would
have to leave school immediately to go to modelling school. What
do I do? Please advice me.
(Lauren - 17 years old - Edinburgh)
