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How Much is Lighter Life?

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 11:56

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Lmccrean · 17/04/2008 11:58

No idea, but theres a freephone number on their website 08002988988.

dizzydixies · 17/04/2008 11:59

its about £60 a week if I remember

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 11:59
Shock
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Berrie · 17/04/2008 12:02

Would I pay £720 to be 3 stone lighter? Mmmmm....yes. Would I pay £720 for no food for 3 months...maybe not. No wonder it works!

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 12:02

Oops dodgy maths!

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dizzydixies · 17/04/2008 12:03

I actually didn't mind as it worked and there was counselling and no costs on top of it, once you paid that for the week all you had to get was water from a tap

personal choice but I DID gasp at the price in the beginning too

Nbg · 17/04/2008 12:03

I think my MIL paid just under £1000.

But it does work.

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 12:03

I suppose my tesco bill would be a lot less!
How much did you lose?

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 12:05

How many people drop out though?

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 12:05

...and have your MIL and Dizzy kept it off?

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dizzydixies · 17/04/2008 12:06

13lbs in the first week over 2.5 in total and hope to go back once had baby 3 in july and finished breastfeeding!

one of the girls who started at same time as me has gone on to loose about 6 or 7 stone in just under a year

you have to be at least 3stone overweight by BMI to qualify to do it and get permission and checks by your dr too

good luck if you decide to do it

have to pop out but will check back later if you have any questions

dizzydixies · 17/04/2008 12:07

err no because am now knocked up lol

dizzydixies · 17/04/2008 12:08

only one lady from our group dropped out, 13 of us to start but there is normally only 12 and never anyone you know in your group, friends and family not allowed to do it together for sake of confidentiality

I had a really lovely supportive group too

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 12:13

Thanks...I'm tempted. It would be all the money in my ISA that was supposed to make money for my pension but no need for that if we both drop dead early from a heart attack or something.

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Nbg · 17/04/2008 12:57

My MIL has kept it off but she has little hiccups such as Christmas and her birthday where she just ate loads of bad stuff but she allowed for it and then went back onto the satchets for a short period.

I think the key is the water intake isnt it Dizzy?

MegBusset · 17/04/2008 13:01

You might want to have a look at this story on the BBC website.

wannaBe · 17/04/2008 13:02

don't do it. It will screw up your metabolism for ever.

The weight loss is fab, but living on shakes and soups is not a healthy way to live.

And if you put on the weight again you will find it impossible to lose by any other means.

My mum did lighter life a year ago and lost 4 stone. She's put about three stone back on and she just simply can't lose it with ww and can't face doing lighter life again.

Seriously don't do it.

it's not natural, it's not healthy and you will pay the price both financially and health-wise.

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 13:16

Thanks for the alternative view.

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Eve34 · 17/04/2008 13:53

I swear by WW it has always worked for me, but have terrible eating habits and always put the weight back on, I think I ned theraoy, seriously to get me in the mind set of eating health. I am sure this would be more cost effective.

mrspink27 · 17/04/2008 14:02

I am doing it, have tried everything before - I am half way thru my 100 days. I intend to do the maintenance programme afterwards which is a 12 week reintroduction, and then follow a low GI diet teamed with gym and exercise. I have already learned so much about myself 7 weeks in.... and it is worth evry single penny. £66 a week is a lot of money, but I was damn miserable before, and had never stuck to anything.

You have to be in the right frame of mind, and if you dont change your attitude to food and address the issues you have around food and eating you will inevitably regain weight.

wannaBe · 17/04/2008 14:06

my problem with these meal replacement diets is that they're not real.

with diets like ww, and calory counting type diets you're forced to look at what you're eating as you eat it, and therefore develop a far greater sense of the food you're actually putting in your mouth. Whereas with ll/cambridge diets you don't have to think about the food at all, you just eat the supplements you're given and lose the weight. And then when the time comes to eat real food again you have'nt developed that awareness at all, and that is why so many people put the weight straight back on - and the statistics are huge, something like 90% of people doing these diets put the weight back on within two years.

Plus losing weight at that rate really isn't healthy.

oiFoiF · 17/04/2008 14:08

i agree with wannabe and unless you need to lose the weight quickly (ie. for surgery or whatever) I dont see the point either.

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 14:09

It's not healthy to be fat though either...
I know what you mean though. I think I would put it back on in which case what's the point?

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oiFoiF · 17/04/2008 14:09

how much do you have to lose?

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Berrie · 17/04/2008 14:16

Don't know what my ideal weight is anymore but 3 stone sounds about right.

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