The 40 Day Health Challenge

Day 7: Meet the Challengers: Jim O'Sullivan from Cork

Jim O'Sullivan is a recently retired secondary school principal from Cork. Married to Deirdre O'Sullivan (who is also one of our challengers) and admits he has become more sedentary of late and doesn't want to feel exhausted after a day on the golf course.  
You can view Episode 2 of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on Tuesday at 2pm on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

Day 6: Meet the Challengers: Jeannette Traynor from Dublin

Jeanette Traynor is a mother-of-3 living in Clondalkin, Dublin. She is a shift worker and so her sleep patterns are all over the place. Although she loves to exercise, arthritis in her big toe has slowed her down but she still wants to run the Dublin City Marathon for her 50th birthday this year.
 

Day 5: Expert Clinical Psychologist Dr.Eddie Murphy

Clinical Psychologist Dr.Eddie Murphy joins Trina Mara in studio to talk about the steps taken by the Challengers on "The 40 Day Health Challenge", emotional eating, learning to say "no" and putting herself first and how to navigate grief.
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Day 5: Meet the Challengers: Deirdre O'Sullivan from Cork

Deirdre O'Sullivan is a mother-of-four from Cork, married to Jim (one of our other Challengers) and joined "The 40 Day Health Challenge" to feel better about herself on a daily basis.  Deirdre has worked in hairdressing her whole career and has taken early retirement on medical grounds.  She is living with Stage 4 breast cancer and wants to enjoy life and take up opportunities she may have been too shy for in the past.
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Day 4: Expert Professor Niall Moyna tests Trina's fitness

Professor Niall Moyna (Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at DCU) has come into studio to test Trina on his health related fitness tests. You can find these tests yourself on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie
 
 

Day 4: Meet the Challengers: John Drislane from Cork

It's Day 4 on "The 40 Health Challenge" and Trina meets 32-year-old new dad John Drislane who has lost his confidence to socialize. He wants to improve his asthma and dropping the weight will help this condition.
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Day 3: Ireland Lights Up with GAA and Get Ireland Walking

Jason King from "Get Ireland Walking" chats to Trina Mara about how we can all get out walking to better our health and the "Ireland Lights Up" initiative where you can walk safely in your local GAA club.
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Day 3: Meet the Challengers: Aimee Smart from Dublin/Kildare

Aimee Smart is a 34-year-old mum of two, both under the age of 2, and is currently on maternity leave from her job as cabin crew with Aer Lingus.  She wants her kids to grow up in a household that eat healthy meals and where exercise is part of their daily lives.  Aimee has spoken openly about the grief of losing her mam just weeks before her wedding and how this has affected her emotionally.
You can watch the first episode of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

Day 2: Expert Dietician Sophie Pratt talks food plan

It's Day 2 of the 40 Day Health Challenge and the programme's Registered Dietician Sophie Pratt joins Trina Mara to chat about eating healthily.
You can watch episode 1 of "The 40 Day Health Challenge" on www.40dayhealthchallenge.ie

Day 2: Meet the Challengers: Grainne Walsh from Limerick

Grainne Walsh (54) from Limerick has struggled with her weight ranging from size 14 to 24 and is 5 foot tall!  She started to avoid the scales but knew she was at least 18 stone.  She has lost some of the weight and wants to continue on this health challenge. 
Like so many Irish mammies, she has spent her life looking after every else - ferrying her three children around and not allowing any time for herself.