LEEDS, UK -- Did you know that podcasting can change your life and your weight? Two dieters, Anna Farmery and Heather Gorringe had never even met in person when they launched their website www.middleageshed.co.uk in January of this year but they had built a friendship by chatting online and found they shared a new year's resolution for 2007 – to get fit and lose weight.
Heather, an award-winning horticulturalist www.wigglywigglers.co.uk and one half of the Middleagedshed team explains: "I am one of those people who is always "on a diet!" In the past, I have successfully followed several conventional diet club programmes but I found it was not always practical for me to attend class every week on a certain evening. Anna and I had met online, and were both keen podcasters. We got to talking about weight issues (as most women do) and we came up with this idea to produce a diet podcast."
The two women thought that it could be just what they both needed to shed those stubborn pounds: they could diet together, and use the web for their very public weekly weigh-in to help keep themselves motivated. Heather and Anna post a daily blog entry, detailing their progress and sharing links to useful sites for fellow dieters. Each Saturday they upload a podcast of their weekly weigh-in. So far, the two women have lost over 4 stone (56lbs) and – inspired by her own success – Heather is now training to run a half- marathon!
The site is now attracting visits from across the globe, with visitors encouraged to come on the show to tell their inspiring stories and reviews of the podcasts starting to appear on iTunes. As well as cataloguing the story of their weight-loss through the Middle Age Shed site, Heather and Anna are also keen to share their enthusiasm for the opportunities blogging and podcasting has to offer other women.
Anna - a respected Motivational Speaker and founder of The Engaging Brand - www.theengagingbrand.com - explains: "What I love about podcasting and blogging is that you don't have to be a techno-geek to do it. Hosting your own podcast is cheap and easy. It is a safe place to meet like-minded people and is ideal for women who want to expand their social circle. If you think about it, it's the perfect domain for women because we just love to chat."
Their online diet continues and Anna and Heather's goal to lose 6 stone (84lbs) is in sight.
Contact Anna Farmery to find out more about this story at anna@theengagingbrand.com or by phone at +44 7914 381864 or Heather Gorringe at heather@wigglywigglers.co.uk
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