Hello!

My name is Carole and I have decided to share my experience with you as it has profoundly transformed my life and who knows, it may just help someone out in the ether to do the same.

When it came to diets I had tried them all. At my worst I weighed more than 18 stone and my quality of life was truly affected. I was aware of the health risks of being overweight; diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure, being amongst the most common ailments associated with obesity. It didn't dawn on me that perhaps I could be affected too until I couldn't walk the distance from Sauchiehall street to Argyle street in Glasgow. At that point I knew that I had to do something to reclaim my life.

It was January and I couldn't bear having yet another new year's resolution of 'this year I will try to lose weight' and do nothing about it. I researched the market and found LighterLife and I have never looked back. I have dropped from a size 30 to a size 18 in 8 months and it has changed my life.

The Lighterlife Programme was set up more than a decade ago for people who are one stone or more overweight. I had been told time and time again that I needed to eat less and excercise more. Didn't they think that if it was that easy I would have already done it? In LighterLife I found an organisation that really understood I needed support to help me through the battle to lose weight - and keep it off afterwards too. Counselling is a big part of the programme and it was this that helped to keep me motivated and on track to reach a healthy BMI.

In fact I loved it so much I decided to have a complete career change and trained as a LighteLife counsellor just so I can offer others in the community, with a similiar problem, the chance to lose weight in a fast, safe, simple, sustainable way.

In my next blog I will share with you the challenge it has been to understand how my thoughts affect my feelings which in turn affects my behaviour. I have to say it is fascinating stuff.

In the meantime if you would like to embark on a similiar journey why not give me a ring and I can have a chat with you about it. 0141 772 7988 - I work from Huntershill Village, Bishopbriggs and I would love nothing more to help you reclaim your life.