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GEMMA Collins has turned over a new leaf after almost losing her dad to Covid-19, revealing she has overhauled her lifestyle and is exercising daily in a bid to boost her health. Both Gemma’s parents - Joan and Alan, 74 - contracted the coronavirus, but it was the star’s dad who was left fighting for his life in intensive care. She says: “It was traumatising. I was heartbroken. I’ve never been scared of anything in my life. I’m quite a go-getter, but I was paralysed with fear. “I realised, when my mum and dad got really ill, no money in my bank account was saving them. “It was a big moment where I thought: ‘If you have not got your health, you have not got a chance of surviving.’ “It got me really thinking about lifestyle choices and changes - putting myself first.” The former Towie star’s parents were diagnosed with Covid in December. Gemma believes her mum’s rheumatoid arthritis medication helped prevent her from suffering as much as her dad, who spent six weeks … [Read more...] about I’m desperate to have a baby this year – I want a two-hour labour & to pop her out to Mariah Carey, says Gemma Collins

An obese couple lost a staggering 30 stone between them to become parents after struggling to conceive for seven years. Dustin Hall shed a phenomenal 22 stone and his wife Raquel, 34, lost eight stone after doctors told them that losing weight was their only chance at parenthood. The 37-year-old underwent a gastric bypass in July 2016 and adopted a high-protein, low-carb diet to take him from a massive 38 stone to a svelte 15-and-a-half stone in just two-and-a-half years. Raquel, inspired by his success, had the same operation in December 2018 - and in April 2020 she discovered she was pregnant. The couple, from Lathrop, Northern California, USA, became parents to Presley on December 21, 2020 and insisted that their weight loss journey made parenthood possible. Dustin, who works in insurance, said: "The only reason we can have kids is because we lost a significant amount of weight and we kept it off. "I couldn't be an active father at 38 stone. I couldn't even tie my … [Read more...] about Obese couple shed huge 30st between them in bid to follow dream of becoming parents

It's safe to say that there hadn't been a school year like it. Yet for my daughter and thousands of her peers it was the first experience of full time education. The reception class of 2019/2020 was unique in that as soon as the little ones found their feet and were really getting into school life - in came lockdown. While you could argue that a similar situation happened again to their 2020/2021 successors, there was certainly a period of 'what on Earth are we going to do?' in spring of last year that hasn't exactly been repeated. Home-schooling, classes on tablets and doing PE in your PJs with Joe Wicks. Throw in the havoc of home-working parenthood - it was an odd time. And while our children have been every bit as resilient and adapting as we often give them credit for, I wouldn't be a typical parent if I didn't wonder - even if only fleetingly -as to whether the disruption has affected my daughter's education. For English, particularly in the key foundation years, it's … [Read more...] about I was worried my daughter was behind in maths but an online tool showed she was right on track

THE pandemic has killed women’s libido more than men’s. And Lynsey Hope finds out that it’s not the only difference in the battle of the sexes . WOMEN BRAIN WOMEN FALL IN LOVE AFTER SEX: During sex, our brains release oxytocin, known as the “cuddle hormone”. It lowers defences and makes us trust. Women produce more of it, so are more likely to let their guard down and fall in love after sex. Sex expert Kate Taylor says: “Men release oxytocin during sex but other hormones like testosterone can dampen its effect, leading women to feel up to eight times more bonded after sex than a man.” EYES JUST AS TURNED ON BY PORN: Men watch three times as much porn as women so it is often presumed they get hornier while watching it. But research from Germany suggests this may be a myth. Experts from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics scanned the brains of volunteers while showing them sexual images – and women got just as turned on as men. NECK … [Read more...] about Women’s orgasms can last 51 seconds & men think about doing it 19 times a day – sex drive differences revealed

A FITNESS tyrant dad who made his daughter sign a lifetime contract promising to never get fat has been jailed. Dad-of-three Rachid Khadla, who also weighed Amira almost daily and ruled his family with terrifying discipline, was convicted of child cruelty. His estranged children plucked up the courage to reveal the horrific nature of the abuse they suffered at the hands of their father, who ran a dictatorial regime from the family home in Windsor, Berks. After a trial that lasted five days, a jury convicted the 56-year-old after hearing shocking evidence that depicted Khadla as a "bully". The fitness fanatic father was "very conscious" about fitness and diet and his children's weights were "a constant issue". He even forced his daughter to sign a contract in 2012 promising that: "I, Amira Khadla, will never let myself get fat. I will do lots of exercise to make sure I will never get fat, even until I die." At his sentencing hearing, Khadla's only daughter, Amira, … [Read more...] about Fitness tyrant dad who made daughter sign contract promising she would never get fat and weighed her daily is jailed