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are you?
- intimidated by gyms?
- disheartened with faddy diets or diet clubs?
- not sure how to take the first step to make positive changes in your life?
 
we will help you:
- feel more positive about yourself
- get your figure back
- be happier and feel sexier
- have more focus and become more motivated
- feel more energised and to be less stressed
- feel more confident, inspired and creative

We help women of all ages, shapes and sizes feel more confident about themselves both mentally and physically.  This is achieved through fitness, diet, health education and life coaching to suit your budget.
 
Absolutely Fabulous is based in the Reading area and works one to one with clients in their own homes, offices, back gardens, local parks or in small classes in various locations.

meet Rachel

 

Rachel McGuinness who founded absolutely fabulous originally worked in the events industry, and has worked in health and fitness for the past five years inspiring women of all ages to live better lives through fitness, healthy eating and lifestyle mentoring. 
 
fat & unfit to health & fitness expert
She has not always been fit and healthy herself.  "In my early thirties,  I smoked, drank far too much, ate everything in sight, lived on ready meals with little or no exercise.   Did I want to be fat and forty or fit and forty?  So I quit the fags, cut down on the booze, started to eat sensibly and did the scary thing and joined a gym.  I soon reaped the benefits with fantastic weight loss and change in body shape just with healthier eating and simple exercise.”
 
“I know how intimidating it is to go to the gym when you feel fat and lack confidence in what you are doing, which is one of the reasons I started this company to reach those women who want to make changes in their life, but don’t want to do it in front of others”.
 
Rachel is qualified as a personal fitness trainer, a trained Pilates teacher, a nutritional advisor, NLP practitioner, a lifestyle mentor and stress management coach.

In her spare time Rachel loves to travel, chill out, read and listen to music.  She also loves cooking with her husband Andy and eating fantastic food.

                                       

Rachel in the press...
Rachel's articles on health, fitness and well being have appeared in the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Korean Herald, the NHS magazine Prime, and the following magazines: Chat, Closer, Woman, Holland & Barratt's "Healthy" magazine as well as local media.   She has also done work with BBC Radio Berkshire. She has also contributed to a celebrity cook book which raised money for the Tsunami appeal called East Meets West in 2005.  She also wrote "The Why do you overeat? Diet Cookbook" with Zoe Harcombe in 2005, which has been republished as the  "Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight Recipe Book".

                      
 

1. How did you get started in the fitness/wellness industry?
    By complete accident!  I had one of those “Eureka” moments when chatting to a friend about how I was
    helping all my colleagues at work with their health and fitness issues.  So I have knee and bowel
    problems to thank for the inspiration for Absolutely Fabulous and The Life Spa!
 
 2. What do you love about your job?
     Helping people change their lives in a positive way either physically or mentally.
 
 3. What pearls of wisdom can you offer to others that you hope will make a
     difference?
     Life is for a limited period only – make the most of it and enjoy it!  Look back on your life with a smile
     on your face, not filled with regret at all things you didn't do.
 
 4. What’s the secret to balance in your life?
     Being grateful for what I have instead of what I haven’t, eating healthily, exercising and making time for
     myself and my relationship.
 
 5. Healthy living is great – do you have any vices?
     Pork crackling, whipped cream and really expensive chocolate (not together though!)
 
 6. How would you describe yourself?
     Passionate about life, curvy, vivacious, inspired, compassionate, intuitive, wicked sense of humour!
 
 7. What is your favourite food and drink?
     I love good food, and it is really difficult to choose; however a steak with Caesar's salad is my favourite
     at the moment. I don’t do junk food!  Drink would be Australian sparkling wine, or a mojito. 
 
 8. What is your favourite saying or motto?
     If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got!
 
 9. What are your pet hates?
     - Sticky labels on fruit
     - Rice cakes – I’d rather eat a coaster
     - Icecream van tunes – gggggrrrrrrrrr!
 
 10. What is the most bizarre thing you have ever done?
       I did a fire walk on hot coals last year, and it was the amazing thing I have ever done; the power of
       the mind is incredible.

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