5 Stone in 14 weeks!! (Lighter Life)

Member Name: chippy555

Product:	Lighter Life
Date:	04/05/08 (2328 review reads)
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Advantages: Weight falls off! look & feel fantastic in a short timescale

Disadvantages: Tough to be around food, social life shrinks with your waistline!!

I've read the reviews good and bad on this site and thought i'd add my experience too! I've yo-yo dieted for much of my adult life and i can honestly say that the lighterlife programme is the easiest i've ever done and definately the one that gives the best results. I have just finished the 14 week foundation programme and i'm 5 stone & 2lbs lighter than when i started! I'm wearing size 12 clothes and feel fantastic! Intially the first few days are tough as you withdraw from conventional food and you have 4 foodpacks a day and 4 litres of water. The food packs are either soups, shakes or bars (the peanut and cranberry bars are delicious and give you something to munch on!!) The water is difficult to get down and the constant loo breaks can be a nuisence, especially at work but this soon settles down and its amazing how quickly you get used to integrating the foodpacks and water into your every day routine. I've never experienced any of the side effects noted by others e.g bad breath, hair loss, headaches etc and nor have any of the other 11 ladies in my group for that matter. The group support and encouragement is brilliant and really keeps you going the weekly counselling is also beneficial and really makes you think about your past relationship with food and the counsellor is very good at getting you to think about things for yourself instead of lecturing about what they think you should do which has been my experience of other slimming classes i've tried in the past.
I've now started the Developers group were i'll stay until i've lost the last stone and 1/2 that i want to loose and then i will join the 'route to management' class which teaches you to re-introduce food back into your diet over a 12 week period.
All in all this is a great programme, yes you still need a huge amount of comitment and willpower but the results are well worth it! I live alone so don't have kids or partner to cook for and i know from talking to others that they find this difficult as the temptation to cheat is always there! You do feel socially isolated and i have avoided social situations where i know there is going to be alot of food or alcohol (especialy chinese banquets!!) But the way i see it its 4-5 months out of your life to get your life back and that's a very small price to pay!! I started January when not as much is going on socially so i didn't feel like i was missing out!! Don't let the negative comments on here put you off, it really is worth a try...what have you got to loose except pounds? And for you cynics out there NOT just out of your purse!! Yes 66 quid a week may seem expensive but i'd argue that i've never had so much money since starting LL!! I've saved a fortune on food, snacks, take-aways etc! and it's worth every penny to look and feel how i do LL has given me my life back my only regret is that i didn't do it 10 years ago!!
GOOD LUCK!!

Summary: Great programme well worth the money!!