Lighter Life Reviews

Hi I started Lighterlife at the end of June 2007 when I was 22 stone 4 pounds. By the end of Jan 2008 I was 11 stone 11 pounds and felt great. I would point out that Lighterlife does not suit everyone and there are times where you will need to stick with it. In my view there are five stages. 1) - For most of the first week you will not ...  Read the complete review

Lighterlife, VLC diet plan.

Hey guys. I'm going for my into meeting on Sunday and have booked to see my Gp on Monday so they can fill out the forms.
What i want to know is how soon can i start?? I am so keen to get going!
Do they also give the strips to test your urien or do you have to buy them?? if someone could let me know that would be fab.

I cannot give my full review of this product yet, as i have not started yet, but i am hopeful after reading everyone elses that it will be good for me.

hi all, I am on day 3, I find it okay, except I felt extremely dizzy out yesterday whilst shopping....i dont reccommend doing that on the 1st few days, unless you remember to take your packs with you....I drank and drank, but going to the toilet every 5 minutes was frustrating....never the less....I think these few side effects outway all the ...  Read the complete review

I've just started the programme & am really fed up of hearing other people's opinions of it when all they've heard is the negative reports from those people who've not stuck to it and have put weight back on. From now on I tell no-one else!
The group support is really essential in my opinion along with the CBT. My only concern is maintaining what I've already started to lose at the end of the programme!

I originally did lighterlife for 6 weeks in 2004 and lost just over 2stones on the diet. I remember my skin being radient...i was possitively glowing, I dropped 2 dress sizes from an 18 to a 14 and I had boundless amounts of energy. There was no point buying new clothes as the weight dropped off so fast you'd be a smaller size two or three weeks later. I felt like a new person! Due to external issues at the time, I had to cut my course short. I managed to keep the weight off for a good two years afterwards (that might have been helped by the fact that I kept up the water for a long time afterwards.
I started back on the programme 6 days ago and i must admit....im struggling. But im sticking to it purely because I know the rewards will be worth it!

hi there, If you don't change the way you think from how a fat person thinks to how a thin person thinks then all the weight loss efforts won't keep you thin. I've committed from day one to changing the way I think and I focussed not so much on the weight loss as on using the time to explore my attitude and behaviour towards food. If you do ...  Read the complete review

Im am now on wk 8 and have lost 33 pounds, the weight of a concrete cinder block!!!! I have been reading all the reviews and thought i would give my input. Having told everyone about the diet to make my life easier, I ha\ve had my fair share of positivity and negativity! Bottom line is we are proactive and determined people who are making an ...  Read the complete review

Well guys and Gals I am a 52 year old guy. I love pints of lager , wine, a little whisky and food and snacks and crisps & chips (chips & french fries for our american cousins) and everything else that is anti diet. I can go out at the weekend and have 12 pints and a curry I think they call it binge drinking now. I am 19 stone and am ...  Read the complete review

I have always been overweight however even though l am used to the barrage of fat jokes and wow "we'll need more room comments" my recent bad back has forced me to lose weight. Three years ago, l had lost 4 stone and went from 20st down to 16st only to eat and drink my way back up to 19st. I had seen a colleague who had lost over 6 ...  Read the complete review

Starting weight 16stone 8lb DAY 4 on LL Well, I didn't want to face failing at another diet, but have tried everything else! I am on day 4 of the lighter life programme and this is the first time I have read any of the reviews by others. It just reinforces that everyone is individual and your response ...  Read the complete review

I have just celebrated my year anniversary of losing 5 st with Lighter Life. It was the best thing I've ever done for myself. I would advise: 1.Hair falls out when one enters management, but if one eats as one should to support a new body, hair grows back more beautifully than ever (look at a large proportion of obese people-how healthy does their ...  Read the complete review

I have just finished my 4th week on the programme. It has been hard at times, mostly in the evenings when I used to snack all the time and that is when I appreciate having a savory drink and that really fills me up and satisfies any cravings. I only want to lose the 3st but 4 would be okay as well..... I have stuck to it and because I do not have a huge amount to lose, I think that is why I am losing it more slowly than some of my mates. I have lost 16lbs but more important I have lost INCHES, 2 from chest, 3 from waist and 3 from hips. I am active so hope the kick start to a new eating habit will stay with me. I love it!!!

I am in my second week of lighterlife and I can honestly say I havnt felt hungry at all, which has really suprised me, it has shown me how much I was overeating. Its hard getting used to not having anything substantial. but after losing 10lbs in my firts week I have the motivation to continue. It can be hard around social events, but Ive managed and still not cheated.

I did Lighterlife in January 2006 and have never looked back, best thing I ever did in my whole life. The weight (16stone 2pounds) went on at uni when I couldnt cook good meals for myself and ate rubbish for years. But I was always a big girl. Over 6 and a half months on lighterlife I got down to 9stone 5pounds and a size 10-12. Because I stuck to ...  Read the complete review

I lost nearly 5 stone doing lighterlife for 3 months BUT I was miserable for much of the time and the weight went back on just as quickly.

The carrot of quick weight loss is so tempting but I would strongly discourage any friend from following the programme. I am trying to accept the gradual weight loss that comes from healthy eating and exercise. I'd love a quick fix but I feel I lost more from doing lighterlife than I gained.

I have been looking at lighter life and wondering if anyone out there has successfully kept the weight off for, say seven years or so .
I have read nearly all the reviews and am now in two minds.
What I would like is the counselling to help me lose and maintain the weight loss. But to have a more moderate calorie level of say 1000 cals a day.
It is the cbt (cognitive behavioral therapy) while my eating habits are being overseen appeals, but having watched a daughter with anorexia have all the side effects on her body, and read the similar side effects with this diet, I find frightening.

I have been reading the reviews for Lighter Life - and i am joining tonight - I have been to the meeting and it sounds fab
I am really nervous as i am such a fussy eater
Can anyone tell me if they constantly feel hungry on this diet

Hi I am new to this site, and stumbled on lighter life a few wks ago after seeing an advert on tv. Since then I have been reading many reviews and have visited the LL site. I have finally decided after weighing up everything I have read, to go to one of the information sessions.... so I rang up and have been invited to a ...  Read the complete review

how much does this cost?????? i would love to lose weight but am on a very low income and can't afford weight watchers etc

Hi Everyone i did ll back in 2004 and lost 14 st in 13 months (15LB in my first week) I have just joined the returners group tonight for suppot in loosing weight after having my 1st child which I have to say woud not be here today if it had not been for joining the ll programme in 2004. I have tried weight watchers, cambridge diet, scottish diet and sliming world but non of them offer the support and expertise of the ll councilors. The councillors and the group encourage you to focus on your self and find the reasons for your over eating. I know without this support i could not have achieved such a fantastic weight loss which has changed my life. I could see no end to my misery, the thought of all that weight to loose was imposible untill i found ll.