Family life: The model mum lives in Bali with the couple's three children - Stella, Rocco and Frankie - and says she has incredible support from family and nannies to help her with the kids 'I don't think I cherished them enough (before) or sort of understood that 'girl power' and 'let's get together' thing, I was sort of like 'whatever', but without them I just don't know what I'd do. The tanned brunette grew up with a single mother who worked two jobs to ensure she had a good life, and Lindy said it's important for her kids to see her do the same. The creative director of her own skincare line, Lindy says she feels people automatically feel bad for you when you're a single mum. Keeping it light! Lindy says while it was a difficult period for her, she focused on having fun with the children and the new family have now gotten into their own groove together 'I don't feel like people need to feel bad for me. To be honest I'm still a mum, still doing stuff and I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me or bad for me or any of that sort of thing. 'You just got to do what you got to do,' she said.
Speaking to the Daily Mail Australia in August, Lindy confessed that following her split from Michael, she feared she'd never find a man who would take on her and her three children. 'I didn't think anybody would want me.I've got three children Stella, Rocco and Frankie and that's a lot to take on'. Lindy spoke out about how people see single mothers and insisted she doesn't want anyone to feel sorry or bad for her But if luck were to have it, Lindy did manage to bag herself a new man – British builder Adam Ellis – just two weeks after announcing her split from the six-time Olympic medallist. 'Adam is amazing and I'm really fortunate that I found him,' she said of her new beau.
'It's been a tough little while for me, but I'm really happy now.' While the romance is still in its early days, Lindy admitted to wanting more children – perhaps some with her new love interest.
'Officially amazing': Ernestine Shepherd was added to the 2012 Guinness World Record book as the oldest female body builder She may be a grandmother, but don't call her old. Ernestine Shepherd, 74, of Baltimore has been crowned by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest competitive female bodybuilder ever. She told the Washington Post: 'Age is nothing but a number'.
Ms Shepherd has impeccably toned 'six-pack' abs that are the marvel of her Baltimore fitness centre. Her husband of 54 years, Collin Shepherd, says he 'has trouble keeping guys away from her'. The Shepherds live in Baltimore with their son, 53, and grandson, 14.
Ms Shepherd does some modelling and teaches fitness classes, and told the Washington Post, 'If you are going to try to motivate people, you have to live that part'. She also trains rigorously with Yohnnie Shambourger, 57,a former Mr Universe who won the gold medal in bodybuilding at the Pan American Games in 1995. Mr Shambourger told the Post: 'The six-pack is her signature. When she walks in a room and you see her six-pack, you say, 'Ohh! 'You are a champion', he told Ms Shepherd during a gruelling session. 'I will train you like what you are'. Over the past 18 years, Ms Shepherd has run nine marathons and won two bodybuilding contests.
But she wasn't always so fit. Ms Shepherd told the Washington Post she was a 'couh potato' until she was 56 years old, when she and her older sister, Mildred, discovered their bodies had started going soft. The sisters, who grew up very close in Baltimore as the children of a carpenter and schoolteacher, started working out together at a local centre. They liked the results, and started pushing themselves, eventually entering some bodybuilding contests.
After Mildred died suddenly of an aneurysm, Ms Shepherd was devastated. Her grief started spiralling out of control, until she remembered a promise and a 'pinkie swear' she had made her older sister. So she trains, and eats a restrictive diet, and it helps her remember Mildred. Their younger sister Bernice, a school principal, told her: 'Every time you feel like you can’t make it, lace up your tennis shoes and get out and go walking'. According to the Washington Post, when people tell Ms Shepherd she is destined to die soon herself, she says 'We are all going to die.
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'But it’s the quality of life while I’m living'. And when Ms Shepherd's cell phone rings, its the theme from the movie 'Rocky'. She says Sylvester Stallone is her idol.
Not exactly your typical grandmother.
. As Lucy Berkley hobbled into her London office one Monday morning in June, her colleagues could clearly see she was struggling with back pain. The 44-year-old company director shuffled over to her desk and waited for questions to be fired in her direction. Had she picked up a large piece of furniture?
Overdone it at the gym? The real answer was slightly more embarrassing. 'I'd just discovered Candy Crush and had been playing it for more than ten hours over the weekend,' says the mother-of-one from Ashford, Kent. Scroll down for gameplay. 'I call it 'crack candy' because I imagine giving up is like trying to break a crack habit' An astonishing 700 million games of Candy Crush are played every day on mobile devices alone, according to AppData, a leading authority on social media trends.
But, unlike so many video games, it appears that instead of teenage boys and men, it's mostly women who are in thrall to Candy Crush. According to the game's creators, King.com, women aged between 25 and 55 are the demographic most loyal to the game. 'Candy Crush is one of those gender-neutral games that has a 'moreish' quality that can fit in flexibly around a woman’s life,' says Professor Mark Griffiths, director of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University.
It takes up all your cognitive ability because you have to concentrate on it 100 per cent. 'That means you can forget about everything else for a few minutes,' he continues, 'which is appealing to many women - whether you're a stay-at-home mother who has ten minutes to play it in between childcare, or a business executive on her commute.
Appeals to women: Candy Crush is one of those gender-neutral games that has a 'moreish quality' that can fit in flexibly around a woman's life according to one expert 'Unlike so many online games, it doesn't involve killing, fighting or strong male characters or highly-sexualised female characters. What's more, it's deceptively simple and fun.' The rules of Candy Crush are indeed simple.
Players move a variety of brightly coloured sweets - or candies - around a grid and line up at least three of the same sweet in a row. Every time a row is completed, the line explodes, making way for more sweets to drop in. With more than 400 different stages, each more difficult than the last, and more being added all the time, players never need run out of challenges. As a so-called 'freemium' product, basic access to the game is free, but users must pay for 'premium' services.
Players aren't charged to advance through the first 35 levels but after that, it costs 69p for another 20 levels, although it is possible to avoid paying by asking your Facebook friends to send you extra lives. However, the cost can rise as players are encouraged to buy 'boosters' such as virtual 'candy hammers' for around £1. 'I'll have a sneaky game or two at lunchtime. When I get home, I ' ll leave the ironing or the housework and have half an hour - or more - on the iPad' According to ThinkGaming, Candy Crush makes an estimated £400,000 a day for King. That's £146m a year, figures which have prompted the Office of Fair Trading to voice concern that guidelines are needed to stop firms exploiting young users. King claims that 90 per cent of its players are over 21, but maturity doesn't seem to prevent women like Lucy from falling under Candy Crush's spell. 'I call it 'crack candy' because I imagine giving up is like trying to break a crack habit,' says Lucy.
'I hadn’t heard of it until I saw that many friends - all intelligent, creative women - were playing it on Facebook.' She admits: 'I've never played any other game on my phone. But I don't like going a day without my 'fix'.
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I play it whenever I have a free moment. In the morning I play on my commute and when I look around the train, nearly every other person seems to be doing the same. 'I'll have a sneaky game or two at lunchtime. When I get home, I’ll leave the ironing or the housework and have half an hour - or more - on the iPad.' But it's at the weekend that Lucy says her gaming becomes more of a problem. 'Once I’ve got up and read the papers, I'll start playing and that’s me sorted for the next three to four hours.
In fact, I only usually stop when my iPad runs out of battery. My boyfriend thinks I'm mad. 'My son Ben, who is at boarding school, can't understand my obsession. I've been known to meet him off a train and rather than give him a hug I've said: 'Just a minute Ben, I’m just getting on to the next level!'
Sour side: The psychological effect of playing is very similar to gambling 'Over the past four months I've probably spent around £150 playing it. But it's worth it.' Steph Brophy, 37, a bank worker from West Malling, Kent is another Candy Crush addict. She started playing only five weeks ago, but says she’s already losing sleep over it. 'I'm thinking about it all the time,' says mother-of-one Steph, who lives with partner Martin. 'I wake up and the first thing I do is pick up my phone to have a game, then I'll be playing if I get a spare second before work. 'I play it on my walk from the car to the office.
When I come home, I play it while I'm cooking the evening meal or watching TV. Martin thinks I'm bonkers. When the lights go out and we're in bed he'll say: 'I know you’re playing it because I can see the light from your phone' so I have to play it under the covers.
'My son asks: 'Why are you playing that game again Mum?' It's as if our roles have been reversed. It's taking over my life. I don't know if I’ll ever be able to stop.'
'Housework has gone to pot. I've even been late picking my ten-year-old up from school because I've been stuck on a level' So is Candy Crush as benign as it looks? Psychologists say that 'freemium' games can be an insidious route to more serious gambling problems. 'On first look, games like Candy Crush may not seem to have much connection to gambling, but the psychology is very similar,' says Prof Mark Griffiths.
'Even when games do not involve money, they introduce players to the principles and excitement of gambling. Small unpredictable rewards lead to highly engaged, repetitive behaviour. In a minority, this may lead to addiction.' Jenni Weaver, a 40-year-old mum of four from Bridlington, is worried that she's addicted. 'I'm playing it for eight hours a day now and it's become a real problem,’ she says. 'My daughter told me about it. I was hooked straight away.
The longest I've played for is 12 hours with just a few short breaks in between. It's worse than smoking.'
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Jenni says her addiction is beginning to affect family life. 'Housework has gone to pot. I've even been late picking my ten-year-old up from school because I've been stuck on a level. 'I've burnt countless dinners and let vegetables boil dry because I've been engrossed. I'm trying to limit myself, but I can still spend eight hours a day playing it. It's ridiculous.'
It seems that if they're not careful, some players may soon find the sweet taste of Candy Crush turning rather sour.
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