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New Year, new life
73-year-old Sally Hunt, from Liskeard, was rushed to hospital last August with a strangulated bowel. A chronically bad back had made mobility challenging for many years and, as a diabetic weighing nearly 24 stone, her heart and kidneys were failing.
Fast forward five months and Sally is a different person. Her bowel was rebuilt, she’s lost more than four stone and she can even wear high heels.
The dramatic transformation has come about thanks to a combination of diet and working out and Sally couldn’t be happier.
“I always thought of gym as boring but now I exercise every day but Sundays,” she said. “It’s given me a new lease of life and makes me feel wonderful. I’ve found muscles I didn’t know I had, met new people and my clothes size is dropping all the time. My friends say I look years younger, and I’m so much more active.”
Sally joined Liskeard Leisure Centre where she takes part in a regular mix of fitness exercises and swimming that strengthen and tone her body. She also visits other Better leisure centres in Cornwall thanks to GLL’s free Cornwall Card for local residents.
“I can take my six great grandsons swimming near where they live because the Cornwall Card gives me good reductions on admission prices. The centre staff at Liskeard look after me well and I’m keen to do more aerobic activities there this spring.
“I love being called a ‘gym bunny’ and my family are delighted with the new me. I really have got a new lease of life.”
As a not-for-profit social enterprise, GLL is committed to helping improve community health and fitness.
“The Cornwall Card is available free to people with a Cornish postcode,” said James Curry, GLL’s Head of Service in Cornwall. “As Sally is more than proving, getting fitter can literally turn your life around and I heartily congratulate her on all that she’s achieving.”
GLL runs Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall on behalf of Cornwall Council. For more information, visit https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/cornwall