NOVEMBER 2023 GLENFIELD GAZETTE online

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NOVEMBER 2023 GLENFIELD GAZETTE
In 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO)
officially recognised ‘burnout’ as an occupational
phenomenon resulting from “chronic workplace
stress that has not been successfully managed”.
The distinction between work-related stress
and burnout is in the word ‘chronic’. While
stressors come and go, burnout is a state of
complete physical and emotional exhaustion.
The symptoms range from constant fatigue to
self-doubt and procrastination.
Noticing the signs is the first step. Ask yourself:
Have you become irritable or impatient?
Do you lack the energy to be productive?
Do you feel dissatisfied or disillusioned
when you think about your job?
Are you finding it hard to sleep?
Are you overeating for comfort
or not eating at all?
Solutions
• Simply noticing our feelings is the first step
to recovery. Practising mindfulness is a way
of pressing pause and allowing ourselves to
return to a baseline sense of calm.
• Support from your manager or guidance
from colleagues or friends can help you
cope. Many workplaces offer access to an
Employee Assistance Programme, which you
can use for free, confidential support.
• Saying ‘no’ to requests or meetings you don’t
have the time or energy for could be the
difference between a packed schedule and
an open one, or between working long hours
and hitting deadlines without stress.
Setting more personal boundaries can free up
both your work and personal life and reduce
feelings of burnout.
Santa’s Route
Around Glenfield
NEW REVISED Route 1
Fri 1st December 2023
starts 5.30 pm
Start at Park House - left onto
Stamford Street – right onto Station
Road – right onto slip road – right
onto Sandown Road – left onto
Dorset Avenue – left onto Loxley
Road – left onto Glenfield Frith
Drive – left onto Faire Road – right
onto Fairfield Crescent – right onto
Glenfield Frith Drive – left onto
Clovelly Road leading into Salcombe
Drive – left onto Glenfield Frith
Drive leading into Chestnut Road –
right onto Stamford Street - return
to Park House.
Route 2
Wed 6th December 2023 starts 5.30 pm
Start at the Shell Garage – Left on to Groby Road – Left on to Overdale Avenue – Continue on
to Branting Hill Avenue – Turn right to the road traffic island and right on the A50 – Left on to
Gynsill Lane – Right on to Nursery Rise – return to Park House via Station Road.
NEW REVISED Route 3
Fri 8th December 2023 starts 5.30 pm
Start at Park House – right onto Stamford Street – across roundabout onto Dominion Road
– right onto Unity Road – right onto Glenfield Crescent – left onto Alliance Road leading onto
Jubilee Road – right onto Prince Albert Drive and across to Treaty Road – left onto Liberty
Road – left onto Triumph Road – right onto Tournament Road – right onto Dominion Road –
left onto Liberty Road – left onto Sports Road – left onto Unity Road – right onto Dominion
Road leading onto Stamford Street - return to Park House.
NEW REVISED Route 4
Wed 13th December 2023 starts 5.30 pm
Start at Park House - right onto Stamford Street – right onto Park Drive - left on to Somerset
Drive - left onto Elm Tree Avenue - left onto Kirby Road - left onto Birch Lane - left onto Slate
Walk Way and proceed all the way up – right onto Goldworkings Close – dogleg onto Stanley
Avenue- right onto Birch Lane - right onto Kirby Road into Main Street and The Square –
return to Park House.
Please help us by keeping the routes as clear as possible of
parked vehicles – thank you
The best time to exercise, if you
want to lose weight
THE TWO-HOUR window between 7am and 9am is the
best time to go running or ‘work out’, if you want to lose
weight.
A recent study by scientists at Franklin Pierce University has found that
early morning exercise can help you lose weight more easily, reduce your
BMI, and slim down your waist. It is thought that the ‘fasted state’ after
you wake up could be the reason for this weight loss edge.
As one assistant professor of exercise physiology explains: “Exercise can
burn fat and glucose,” Dr Ma said. “After an overnight fast, the glucose
stored in our body is low. Therefore, when we exercise our muscles are
likely to burn more fat.” He recommends 40 minutes of aerobic exercise
before breakfast, such as running or biking.
The findings have been published in Obesity, The Obesity Society’s (TOS) journal.
Christmas Lights Switch On
light up at 7.00 pm
FRIDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2023
PARK HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LE3 8DL
Meet Santa and MRS CLAUS
REFRESHMENTS IN THE MEMORIAL HALL FROM 6.30 PM and CAROLS WITH THE RATBY BAND
The quickest way to make a red light turn green is to try to find something in the glove compartment.