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New Magazine
The Spring 2012 magazine is now in stock with some great success stories plus articles on how to tackle stress head on and achieve inner harmony, how you could be sabotaging your diet, what a calorie actually is and some tricks to help you look 10 years younger!
I'm selling this at the usual discounted price of £3.00 (RRP £3.20), plus I have two back issues now available at £2.50 each. | |
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Healthy News and Advice
Many of my clients comment on how their joints ache less as they lose weight.
Why? because quite simply when they are overweight, the additional pressure that excess weight places on the joints, particularly the knee and hip joints, compresses the cartilage and causes plain, plus, obesity itself causes inflammation in its own right, including the smaller joints such as the hands.
But, did you know that each pound of weight lost will result in a four-fold reduction in the load exerted on the knee for each step taking during daily activities hence, clients very quickly see a reduction in the amount of joint pain they experience.
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Why I Love This Job....
I was thinking about this the other day and it struck me that this would be an interesting little thing to add to this newsletter because every week there is something.
This month though I'm going to reflect on one of my first clients when I initially opened LighterLife in Loughborough. She came to lose weight so that she would be accepted onto an IVF programme because they wouldn't take her whilst she had a BMI of 38 (at that time you had to have a BMI of 30 maximum). However, several stones lighter she successfully conceived without the aid of IVF and now has a beautiful baby girl! | |
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Initial Consultations in April and May
During April and May the timings of my Initial Consultations will differ slightly. They are as follows:
Wednesday 4th April - 7.15pm only
Wednesday 11th April:
3.30pm or 7.15pm
Wednesday 18th April:
3.30pm or 7.15pm
Wednesday 25th April:
7.15pm only
Wednesday 2nd May:
7.15pm only
Wednesday 9th May:
3.30pm and 7.15pm
Wednesday 16th May:
3.30pm and 7.15pm
Wednesday 23rd May:
7.15pm only
Wednesday 30th May:
3.30pm and 7.15pm
To book onto a free, no obligation Initial Consultation, please either email me at debbie.ford@lighterlifecounsellor.com or ring 01509 234433 | |
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MYTH VS FACT
MYTH: Everyone always puts all the weight back on after LighterLife.
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FACT: Only if they choose to.
LighterLife isn't a miracle. If when you have completed the Programme you choose to ignore everything you have learned and go back to eating and drinking exactly as you did before you lost the weight, then I'm afraid every single pound will go back on. It's a very simple calculation; too many calories going into your body will get stored as fat and you will put weight back on.
However, if you choose to use the teaching and guidance from the Programme and change your relationship with food as well as what you eat, when you eat it and what amount you eat, to a way that is suitable for your new slim body, the weight will stay off.
Pretty simple choice really isn't it? Plus, you get continued support from me to help you do this.
To find out more, come to one of my free, no obligation Initial Consulations every Wednesday - see below for times.
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Out of Stock Items
Sometimes, products prove so popular that the manufacturers can't keep up with demand! This has happened with two products at the moment:
Apple and Cinnamon Porridge, and,
The battery powered Mini Mixers.
We should be able to have stocks of these back in for early May according to the manufacturer's predictions.
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Thought for the Month
"Reaching your potential is an ongoing process not an end point"
Pen Haddow | |
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Hi everyone, hope this finds you all well and happy? Lots of great things to report on this month, so without further ado....:
Version one of the LighterLife Weight Tracker App is now launched - I'd be interested in feedback either by email debbie.ford@lighterlifecounsellor.com, or on Twitter: @LighterLLboro or Facebook: LighterLife Loughborough on what those of you who have used it think about it. One comment received already was that a client would have liked to be able to access her weight loss history. I fed this back to LighterLife and they are considering including this in the next version, so, if you want any tweaks or changes, let me know and I'll pass them back.
My Monday night Total Programme Ladies had a fabulous Pamper Evening courtesy of the Elite Beauty Team at Loughborough College. It was so successful I'm offering to set up a second Pamper Evening, so, if you are a client of LighterLife Loughborough and would like to take part, just give me a call 01509 234433 or drop me a line and let me know.
Easter Opening:- Just to confirm, if you are a member of a Monday night group, we will still be open on Easter Monday 9th April
as normal for both the pop in from 5.00-5.30pm and both groups.
I had a great time at the Wedding Fayre at the Charnwood Golf Club on Sunday 25th March (possibly the hottest day this year so far and incredibly unseasonal for March). If you came and chatted to me, lovely to meet you, if you didn't get chance but you would like to find out more about LighterLife, then you are very welcome to come along to a free, no obligation, Initial Consultation on a Wednesday. For specific times and dates during April, please see below.
Also, a new addition to this newsletter is the access to past newsletters. If you are a new reader/member and would like to see what has gone before, just click on the link to see past newsletters for info and inspirational successful slimmers and their stories.
Plus; yet more national press coverage on successful LighterLife clients, see below for details.
And, for the first time I have had a number of enquiries about running a day time group. I've not been successful in the past in finding enough clients to set up a day time group, however, this trend appears to be changing. If you would prefer a day time group can you please let me know either by email or phone so I can gauge whether or not there is enough support for this?
Do you want to be part of the LighterLife Success Story and make 2012 the year you shed your unwanted weight for ever? You can come along to one of my free, no obligation Initial Consultations on a Wednesday at either 3.30pm or 7.15pm (see below for which times on which dates) and find out more in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
Debbie Ford
LighterLife Award Winning Counsellor for Loughborough
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Campbell's Success Story
Campbell on his first night Campbell 10.5 stones lighter
Yes it is the same man - honestly!!
It took Campbell a speedy 28 weeks to shed 10.5 stones starting back in September 2007 and he has maintained that weight within a one stone margin - proof that if you make the necessary changes to your relationship with food the weight does stay off!
Here is what is means to Campbell to be slim and fit in his own words:
"It is just over 4 years since I joined the LighterLife Total Programme in Loughborough. My weight problems started when I was 7 and was overfed by 2 part time carers whilst my Mother was in hospital. My brother had lost weight on LL and this is what lead me to it.
On making contact with Debbie and going to an Initial Consultation I liked the aspect of it being not just a diet but a fully encompassing life style management Programme. I started with a BMI of 42.2 which is morbidly obese and I weighed 24 stone 9lbs. I found the counselling a real inight into why I had not been able to maintain a stable weight before.
The drive for me committing to this was health and family mainly to start with, but, looking back I can now clearly see that I was using food as a coping mechanism and with the help from Debbie I have been able to understand me, what makes me tick and what I needed to change in my lifestyle to get the best out the new me and to keep an even BMI.
From being too overweight to go out and play with my kids or when at work not able to talk to anyone when going up a flight of steps, I now can take steps two at a time and keep up with the kids and run after them.
Some of the benefits of my new lifestyle are; all-round better mood, happy confident and getting on with the things that are more important to me and the role model that I am for my 4 kids.
Now with this new lease of life I have the get up and go to set some new goals and have the ambition to do something like the Dakka rally! Meanwhile, I can now fit into a vintage roadster that I will be driving from Lands End to John o'Groats!
If you want to "start living again", come along for a free, no obligation Initial Consultation on a Wednesday. Just give us a call to book a place on 01509 234433 or email debbie.ford@lighterlifecounsellor.com.
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National Publicity
We've seen a lot more great national publicity for yet another month running, namely:
Linda Robson featured in The Sunday Mirror talking about being a Grandma for the first time, plus her amazing four stone weight loss with LighterLife:
Linda Obena was included in The Sun in a feature about women who are tee total. Linda is currently in her last month on the Total Programme and having lost almost three stones she looks and feels fantastic.
Stella magazine included a case study of client GemmaTodd in a "Super Slimmers" feature.
Bella magazine featured Michelle Arthur talking about her incredible 12 stone weight loss.
Coming up - Take A Break magazine will feature client Pauline Allen in their 12th April edition telling all about her amazing 19 stones weight loss.
If you are a successful LighterLife client and would like to take part in national publicity like these ladies, just let me know and I'll pass your details on to our Publicity Agents.
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Group Availability
If you like the sound of LighterLife and want to join, firstly book into a free, no obligation Initial Consultation (every Wednesday at 3.30pm or 7.15pm), to find out more, then choose the best date and time below for you to start. You may need to visit your GP, Practice Nurse or Private GP for a short health assessment before you can join: LADIES TOTAL PROGRAMME GROUPS: Monday 7.15pm:- 5 places available. Next start date: 23rd April Tuesday 7.00pm:- 3 places available. Next start date: 3rd April, then 1st May. Thursday 7.30pm:- 8 places available. Next start date: 12th April LADIES LITE PROGRAMME GROUP: Wednesday 5.30pm:- 6 places available. Next start date: 25th April MENS GROUP: (Incorporates both Total and Lite Programme) Tuesday 5.30pm. 8 places available. Next start date:10th April LADIES REFRESHERS GROUP: (For those who left the Programme before completion and want to return. Those with a BMI of 30+ can return on the Lite Programme providing they completed a full 8 weeks in the Total Programme before leaving) Monday 5.30pm:- 7 places available. Next start date: 9th April. |
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Clients Sought for a BBC3 Documentary
Firecracker Films is making a documentary for BBC3 called "I Want To Change My body". They are looking for 16-25 year olds who are planning to lose weight for cosmetic or health reasons in the next 3-6 months and would be interested in including a LighterLife case study as part of the documentary. If you fit the description above and would like to be put forward for possibly being included in this film, then please contact me on 01509 234433. |
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About Us
LighterLife is much, much more than just a diet. It's a fantastic opportunity to learn about your relationship with food and why you choose to eat and drink more than your body needs. Couple this with techniques to keep the weight off and you not only lose weight quickly and simply during the Programme, but, you also are given the opportunity to keep it off!
I'd love the chance to tell you all about it, just drop us a line or give us a call and book onto a free, no obligation Initial Consultation today.
Best wishes Debbie Ford LighterLife Award Winning Counsellor
Mountfields House, off Squirrel Way, Epinal Way,
Loughborough, LE11 3GE 01509 234433 Debbie.Ford@lighterlifecounsellor.com www.lighterlife.com/debbieford Twitter: @LighterLLboro Facebook: LighterLife Loughborough |
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