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February 2012
I had lost track of how fat I'd become
Tuesday 21st
February, Mail Online
The humiliating moments actress Pauline Quirke knew she had to lose
weight.
Why do so many of the rich and famous destroy their
bodies
Tuesday 21st February, The Daily Telegraph
Online
A Stone's throw away...
Monday 20th February, Bucks Free
Press
The regional paper for Amersham have published an article
following the opening of the new LighterLife business.
Fat Cheque from Slim Mum
Monday 20th February, West
Briton
LighterLife client Dani Yeats lost 3 stone in 3 months to raise
money for Shelterbox.
Amazing Shrinking Celebrities
Sunday 19th February, The
Mail on Sunday (You)
Pauline Quirke has been featured amongst other celebrities who have
lost weight.
I was carrying another whole person's weight of fat. All all
because the lady loves milk tray
Sunday 19th February, The
Mail on Sunday
Pauline Quirke on her weight loss.
A year on 23 stone off
Sunday 19th February, You
Magazine
LighterLife clients Ane-Marie Wallace-Greening and Emma Hogg
featured in this article on weightloss.
Does falling in love mid-life contribute to mid-life weight
gain
Friday 17th February, Fab After Fifty (blog)
Generated from the 'Love Stone' press release.
Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke's weight loss
Friday 17th
February, Dewsbury Weekly Press
Is Love Making Us Fat?
Thursday 16th February, More
Magazine
The 'Love Stone' survey is on More Magazine's website.
Love is in the air, and in the belly
Thursday 16th
February, Female First (website)
The 'Love Stone' survey is on the popular women's website.
Soup-er Slimmer
Thursday 16th February, Nuneaton
Telegraph
Tory Counsellor Heather Johnson's weight loss story.
Britain's fattest woman
The Sun
40 stone Brenda is Britain's fattest woman
The Sun
The truth about our weight loss
Closer
I didn't want to be the fat friend
Best
Does gaining a partner mean gaining weight
AOL UK
Soup - er slimmer
Coventry Telegraph
We lost 12 stone between us
Mail Online
A healthier new year as Romford loses 396 stone!
Romford and Havering Post
Fundraiser goes to great lengths.
Helston Packet
Pauline swamped by her man sized jacket at broadcast awards.
Mail Online
LighterLife and it's unique Counselling element (including a link
to our website).
Healthy Soul
Hertford one of 2011's top towns for weight loss.
Hertfordshire Mercury
Members of town diet group are huge losers!
Buntington and Royston Mercury
Exclusive pictures of Linda's weight loss!
Bella
Pauline's full of her night out
Best
Linda Robson loses weight after co-stars dramatic slimming.
Evening Express
I'm half the mum I used to be
The Echo
Linda Robson showed she has still go willpower
The Sun (Betty Brisk column)
January 2012
I didn't want to be Pauline's fat friend - Linda Robson.
Women
Linda Robson loses 3 stone thanks to Pauline Quirke
AOL Lifestyle
Birds of a feather slim together
Express.co.uk
I used to be a 20 but now Pauline and I are size 12s
Mail Online
Linda Robsons dramatic weight loss
Mirror.co.uk
Linda Robson's as light as a feather
Sun Online
How we totally lost it’ A feature on celebrity weightloss including
Pauline Quirke a LighterLife
Daily Star on Sunday
Suddenly I was the fat one… and I wasn’t standing for it!
Daily Mail (Weekend)
Linda Robson loses weight after seeing Birds of a Feather co-star
Pauline Quirke shed 8st
Mail Online
Which diet plan will work for you?
Evening News
What is Lighterlife?
Around Town
Dr Hilary Jones on loosing weight and maintaining a healthly
lifestyle
Zimbio (web)
Local slimmers shed 544 stone
Wales Online/Glamorgan Gazette
Fab after Fifty
Blog
Recipe for promoting a healthy reaction
The Herald
Loose weight to change your life
Shropshire Star, North and South
Covert Lobby groups for business to be exposed
The independent
Between us we've lost 28st!
Woman's Own Diet Special
Shedding for the wedding!
Absolute Bridal
It's time to live my life
Woman
Diet Dilemmas - Dr Hilary Jones answers your diet questions
Now Magazine
New Television advert with Pauline feature
Best (17th January)
Client Devinya Leader speaks about her phenomenal 10 stone weight
loss
Yahoo UK (10th January)
Minister sheds 11 stones in 11 months
Spalding Guardian
Why are we seeing less of our favourite celebrities?
Daily Express
Pauline Quirke features in Woman & Home.
Woman & Home
LighterLife client loses weight and generates money for Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation
Andover Advertiser
The right diet for you
Good Housekeeping
Celebrity Slimmers and Sinners
Bella
How we totally lost it!
OK! Magazine
Shrinking Stars of 2011
Now Magazine
Pauline explains her weight loss
Best
December 2011
Celebritys who have lost substantial weight loss this year
Reveal
Pauline Quirk's fantastic weight loss and her battle to conquer her
body issues
Woman's Own
Phil Toft's fantastic ten stone weight loss
The Sentinel
I ate huge tubs of ice cream
Bella
Lighterlife helps improve life for Huntingdon folks
Huntingdon & St Ives News and Crier
All I want for Christmas is a size 10 body
Daily Express
I have never been so happy or so scared
Yours Magazine
Lost Christmas
Best
Duckie not turkey
Time Out
Survey shows healthy eating hasn't had desired effect
Sunday Mail
Dieting can control diabetes survey shows healthy eating
hasn't had desired efect
Reveal
Pauline Quirke features in the ‘Shape Up’ section of Closer
magazine
Closer Magazine
Interview with Dr Hilary featuring the LighterLife survey story
Daily Record
All I want for Christmas is a size-10 body
Daily Express,
Express Online
'Lost Christmas' the biggest celebrity dieters of the year
Best
'I've never been so happy - or so scared' Pauline looks forward to
a new chapter in her life.
Yours
Survey story featuring LighterLife, including quotes from
Dr.Hilary
Daily Record
Shape Up! Pauline talks body confidence
Closer
Can sitting down for hours result in a larger bum?
Daily Telegraphy,
Daily Star
Pauline talks about her recent shoot in Woman
Metro,
The Sun
Pauline's new book is announced 'Where have I gone?
The Bookseller
November 2011
It's my first Thin Christmas
At Home Magazine,
Metro, The Daily Mail, Daily Express
Slimline Pauline putting on the Glitz
Daily Express
Very Lean Quirke
Daily Mirror
Beat the Bulge
Woman's Way
Stars and their size
Daily Record
Breaking the Mould
Velvet Magazine
October 2011
We Lost 32st and our Love Lives
5th October 2011 thesun.co.uk
Lisa Hardy features in a glamorous line-up of
ladies who have lost weight in Sun Woman
Slimmer and
Sexier
November 2011 Marie Claire
A Swindon couple explain how LighterLife did
wonders for their love life
From Slimmer to
Soprano
7th October 2011 Harrogate
Advertiser
The woman whose weightloss gave her the
confidence to pursue her dream.
We’ve Lost 19st’
18th October 2011 Reveal
Beki Grundy looks amazing in a fabulous photo
shoot for Reveal.
September 2011
Pauline Quirke's now a feather weight
15 September 2011,
dailyexpress.co.uk
Her dramatic weight loss has already caused a stir but Pauline
Quirke tells Day & Night she’s still not happy with her new
slimline figure and will continue to diet until she reaches her
goal of 11 stone.
Slimming shed my sex appeal
15 September 2011,
thesun.co.uk
Super slimmer Pauline Allen shed a massive 19 stone — and lost all
her male admirers.
Diet couple lose over 15 stone between them
5
September 2011, getreading.co.uk
An Emmer Green couple are living proof that diets do work – they’ve
lost a whopping 15-and-a-half stone between them.
July 2011
Where have all the teletubbies gone?
13 July 2011,
dailymail.co.uk
As Pauline Quirke becomes the latest TV star to show off her
dramatic weight loss, we look at other famous television faces who
have slimmed right down
Pauline Quirke loses six stone and drops seven dress
sizes
12 July 2011, aol.co.uk
Do you recognise this slim, glamorous lady confidently posing for a
photo shoot in Woman magazine?
Pauline is light as a feather
12 July 2011,
thesun.co.uk
EMMERDALE actress Pauline Quirke has revealed how she lost more
than six stone after one of her hips wore away under the
strain.
Light as a feather! How Pauline Quirke shed a third of her body
weight
12 July 2011, dailymail.co.uk
It was the shock she needed after her weight hit 19st 6lb. Pauline
Quirke was told she was 'severely obese' and warned that one her
hips had worn away because of the weight on it.
Pauline Quirke drops over 6 stone since Christmas: 'I was just
getting bigger'
12 July 2011, digitalspy.co.uk
Pauline Quirke has revealed a dramatic weight loss by losing nearly
seven stone since Christmas.
Emmerdale star Pauline Quirke's amazing weight loss
12
July 2011, dailymirror.co.uk
EMMERDALE star Pauline Quirke shows off her new slimline figure as
she announces she has lost six and a half stone – in just SIX
months.
SHOCK WEIGHT LOSS! Emmerdale's Pauline Quirke has new slimline
figure after losing more than 6st
12 July 2011,
nowmagazine.co.uk
Pauline Quirke looks like a new woman after losing 6½st in just 6
months.
Pauline Quirke drops more than 6st since Christmas
12 July
2011, whatsontv.co.uk
Pauline Quirke has revealed she's shed more than six stone, after
piling on the pounds in the Emmerdale canteen.
February 2011
X-rays showed my hips had worn away I made excuses...but
it came down to my weight...
23 February 2011, The Sun online
Pauline Quirke talks about her LighterLife weight loss journey so
far.
Why our whole approach to weight loss is wrong
2 February
2011, Manchester Evening News online
Man Tai Tseung used to like a takeaway. In fact he used to like
four a week. “Friday night was curry night,” he says.
Diet regime helped me lose 12 stones
3 February 2011,
Evening Echo online
GOING, going, gone! A diet and fitness programme has left a driving
instructor a whopping 12 stone lighter.
January 2011
Nottingham man loses 16 stone in just six months
12
January 2011, BBC Nottingham online
Simon Reynolds, an IT infrastructure manager in the city, went from
weighing 32 stones to 15st 9lbs.
December 2010
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen: TV designer shows off chunkier body while
on beach with family in Barbados
27 December 2010,
Daily Mail online
His wife may have shed five stone in five months to unveil a
healthy toned figure after years heavily overweight.
Slimmer Ian's charity bike ride plan
22 December 2010,
Yorkshire Post
A FEW months ago Ian Franks would never have considered getting on
a bike, let alone attempting a coast to coast cycle ride for
charity.
Beer bellies leave British men losing sight of their
manhood
13 December 2010, Manchester Evening
News
British men are losing sight of their manhood as they pile on the
pounds, a survey showed today.
November 2010
I'm half the woman I used to be
7
November 2010, Wales online
WHEN super-slimmer Sharon White decided to have gastric bypass
surgery she knew she could die on the operating table.
Imelda's story of
LighterLife
5 November 2010, Galway
Advertiser
I started to gain weight soon after I got married in 1978. I was
about 9st when I married. I had four babies and had difficulty
losing weight after each one.
October 2010
Ashamed woman loses 10 stone in 10 months after being told 'you
need a seatbelt extension to fly on this plane'
25 October 2010, Daily Mail online
A woman lost 10 stone in 10 months after she was told she needed a
seatbelt extension on an aeroplane.
Bangor nurse tells how she lost 10 stone in a year for her
wedding
21 October 2010, Daily Post online
SUPER slimmer Sue Stubbs is a new woman after shedding more than 10
stone – just in time for her wedding day.
Super slimmer drops pounds for chance at having children
6 October 2010, Walesonline
Nurse Tracy Meredith had been trying to lose weight for years, but
the stones fell off when she was told it was her only chance of
trying for a baby
Kathryn is to run for animal cause
3 October 2010, Keighley News online
A Keighley woman will run to raise money for animals in need this
winter. Kathryn Hyde, of Prospect Mount, will take part in the
Liverpool Santa Dash.
September 2010
The lighter side of life
22 September 2010, Whitehaven News online
Over the past eight months, four local women have proved that
determination and willpower can not only change body shapes, it can
also change lives.
Super-slimmer lost eight-and-a-half stone in just four
months
17 September 2010, thisisgrimsby.co.uk
A GRIMSBY super-slimmer is hoping her success in battling the bulge
will inspire others to follow in her footsteps – after losing a
whopping eight-and-a-half stone in just four months.
Larger lovers better in bed says study
3 September 2010, Daily Express online
Women may swoon over lean, fit hunks but if they want satisfaction
when they get their man into the bedroom they might be better going
for a larger lover.
2.5 million British men too fat to see their own penis
2 September 2010, Metro online
One in ten British men are unable to see their own penis because
their protruding bellies are in the way, new research has
found.
August 2010
Why the table manners we learnt from our parents are making us
fat
12 August 2010, Daily Mail online
Most of us grew up being told to always finish what was put on our
plates. But as far as our ever-expanding waistlines are concerned,
it is probably time to ditch that advice.
Hungry Brits eye 'Super Size' meals
12 August 2010, Independent online
Britons find it hard to resist "super sizing" meals to extra large
portions, according to a survey published today.
Brits tempted by 'super size' meals
12 August 2010, aol.co.uk
Britons find it hard to resist "super sizing" meals to extra large
portions, according to a new survey.
Brits tempted by 'super size' meals
12 August 2010, virginmedia.com
Britons find it hard to resist "super sizing" meals to extra large
portions, according to a new survey.
July 2010
How and why we each lost 10 stone in weight
30 July 2010, Wales online
NOT being able to go on any of the thrill-seeking rides on a
trip to Florida because of her weight was the final straw for
Claire Lamputt.
MAKEOVER: A glamorous new look to suit my new shape
26 July 2010, Norwich Evening News online
Lorraine Smith from Norwich was faced with this ultimatum, but her
determination and commitment to shed the excess pounds enabled her
to live the life she has always wanted.
Don’t binge on junk food - eat office fruit
15 July 2010, Fruitfil Office online
Chances are you head to the office fruit delivery because you want
to eat a healthy snack while you’re ‘in the zone’ at work.
Junk food tempting Brits towards obesity?
14 July 2010, Private Healthcare UK
Britons are giving into temptation and spending a large proportion
of their weekly shopping bill on junk food.
Dieticians 'may want to consider psychological aspects of
eating'
13 July 2010, mediplacements.com
People with dietician jobs may benefit from taking into account the
mental aspects of food consumption.
16st under for golfing grandfather who shed half his body weight in
five months
10 July 2010, Daily Mail
A keen golfer who became so fat he could not climb out of a bunker
has told of his joy after losing a massive 16 stone in just five
months.
June 2010
Over 25 per cent of Brit diet
is junk food
21 June 2010, Merchant News online
A recent survey analysing weekly shopping in Britain has discovered
that over one-quarter of all purchases are junk food.
Survey highlights junk food in weekly supermarket shop
17
June 2010, Yorkshire Evening Post online
We spend more than a quarter of our weekly supermarket shop on junk
food, a survey suggested today. Shoppers spend £17.22 or 26% of the
average £65 weekly grocery bill on food such as chocolate, alcohol,
biscuits, crisps and soft drinks, according to the study for weight
loss company LighterLife.
Losing 16 stone on crash diet saves Phil from diabetes
14
June 2010, Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Phil Griffin, from Far Cotton, weighed 30 stone in 2008 and had
been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity.
Keen golfer Phil tried to lose weight so he could keep up with
friends on the course on an upcoming holiday but doctors believe it
ended up curing his diabetes.
Halesowen woman gives a red card to unhealthy snacks
6
June 2010, Halesowen News
A WEIGHT loss expert has warned Halesowen footy fans that they
could pay the penalty for a month in front of the telly watching
the World Cup.
Great success at Winchester Weight loss
group
3 June 2010, Daily Echo
A Winchester weight loss group has toasted success in one of its
toughest tusks – collectively losing the weight of a baby
elephant!
May 2010
Diet pills ruined my life
15 May 2010,
independent.ie
With the sun coming out and holidays on the horizon, women will be
sizing up their winter flab and wanting to lose excess pounds right
now. Drastic weight-loss measures are called for, but you've tried
all the diets and ultimately failed. You need help. And help can be
pill-shaped.
Caring Oliver joins Alice's race for
life
7 May 2010, Lancashire Evening Post
online
A young cancer sufferer has inspired his family to help another
youngster battling the same disease. Nicola Gornall, from
Grimsargh, near Preston, said hearing her 12-year-old son, Oliver,
tell of his fears of needing a bone marrow transplant had driven
her to help the Pyne family from Ulverston, Cumbria.
Secret scoffers
revealed
7 May 2010, Mayo Advertiser
online
A recent survey conducted by weight-loss and weight-management
specialists LighterLife in the UK and Ireland, has revealed that
more than a third of women currently on a diet are secret
scoffers.
Franchisor of the Year Awards finalists
announced
5 May 2010, The Franchise Magazine
online
The finalists for the bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards 2010
have been announced. The finalists for the awards, which is
supported by Express Newspapers, are: Auditel; Countrywide Grounds
Maintenance; Cook; Autosmart; Monkey Music; LighterLife; Bluebird
Care; Revive!; Smallprint; Domino's Pizza; X-Press Legal Services;
Driver Hire; McDonald's; TaxAssist Accounants; Wiltshire Farm
Foods.
Run fatboy run! Bridgnorth man celebrates weight loss with London
Marathon run
25 April 2010, SundayMercury.net
SUPER heavy George Tsiappourdhi has turned super fit – after
shedding a whopping THIRTEEN stone. The trim supermarket worker
will run the London Marathon today to celebrate his weight
loss.
Ellesmere Port slimmer loses nine stone in under nine
months
21 April 2010, ellesmereportpioneer.co.uk
A WOMAN has lost almost half her body weight in nine
months.Joan May, of Great Sutton, has shed nine stone in nine
months in time to celebrate her 30th anniversary with husband Terry
on a Caribbean cruise.
Wedding flight fear scares the weight off Jayne
19 April 2010, Wales online
A FAMILY wedding invite is usually a reason for celebration. But
for 24st mum Jayne Somerset it led to nightmare visions of not
being able to fit in an aircraft toilet.
Matchborough weight loss woman takes on impressive
challenges
18 April 2010, Redditch Advertiser online
A MATCHBOROUGH woman has lost an amazing six stone, enabling her to
take on some weighty challenges.
March 2010
Newbury
residents don't want to be seen on Facebook
27 March 2010, Newbury today online
THOUSANDS of people from Newbury are unwilling to upload their
pictures to social networking sites - because they are too
embarrassed by the way they look. The statistics were revealed by
weight loss programme, Lighterlife, after a recent poll carried out
by OnePoll.
LOUGHTON: Cycling slimmer to take on Vietnam
26 March
2010, Guardian Series online
A CONSTRUCTION company worker who lost eight stone in just five
months is to take part in a mammoth 400-mile charity bike ride
across Vietnam as part of his efforts to make sure he keeps
trim.
Facebook: millions feel 'too unattractive' for social networking
site
18 March 2010, Daily Telegraph online
Millions of Facebook users say they avoid uploading photos and
remove their name from all pictures of them on the site because
they feel too fat, old or ugly.
Super slimmer loses five stone in weeks
13 March 2010, thisisgrimsby.co.uk
Sandra Hoskins, 54, of Waltham, is now a size eight, and has dumped
the size 24 wardrobe she used to hide away in.
Leeds: Fashion show raises £2,000 for cancer charity
12 March 2010, Yorkshire Evening Post online
A fashion show held in Leeds has been hailed as a major success
after it raised £2,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
February 2010
Super slimmer Tracey's on the right track
25 February 2010, Birmingham Mail online
BATTLING with her weight since childhood, Midland mum Tracey
Middleton tried every diet available and was beginning to lose hope
of ever being able to slim down to her ideal size.
LighterLife investigates why February has become the new January
for dieting
20 February 2010, EPR Healthcare News online
LighterLife, weight loss and weight management specialists,
investigates why February has become the new January when it comes
to starting new diet plans and weight loss regimes.
Extent of secret eating revealed
15 February
2010, healthandage.com
Secret eating is part of the complex psychology around food and
diet. Other elements of an unhealthy relationshsip with food
include comfort eating, yo-yo dieting, lying about eating and even
food ‘addiction’.
Weight-loss leads to wedding joy for Stourbridge
sweethearts
11 February 2010, Stourbridge News online
TWO Stourbridge sweethearts are set to walk down the aisle after
shedding a whopping ten stone between them.
After 10 years of diets I was still overweight, so what’s the
secret of my great new body?
3 February 2010, Belfast Telegraph online
With 1,000 people going under the knife every year in Northern
Ireland, cosmetic surgery can be a controversial issue.
A shadow of my former self - thanks to mum!
2 February 2010, Worcester News online
A BUSINESSWOMAN from Worcestershire has shed four stones in weight
to raise money for St Richard’s Hospice in memory of her mum.
January 2010
Debbie scoops award for successful new
venture
30 Janaury 2010, Halesowen News
online
A Halesowen businesswoman is celebrating after receiving an award
recognising the success of her new venture.
Ten reasons to lose
weight in 2010
28 Janaury 2010, Galway
Advertiser Online
Have you ever been asked if you were pregnant, refused to go
swimming, or avoided looking in the mirror? These are just some of
the reasons why you should start your weight loss journey in
2010.
I lost 9 stone then dumped my man
24 Janaury
2010, News of the World Online
It's only been a few weeks since ex-EastEnders star Hannah Waterman
revealed she'd split from her husband after losing almost
3st.
Weight loss in memory of mum
23 Janaury
2010, Malvern Gazette Online
A new trial has found that very low calorie diets are far more
effective at tackling obesity than conventional diets, potentially
putting an end to losing battles among drastically overweight
Britons.
New
year-long trial reveals unprecedented weight loss success for obese
Brits
21 Janaury 2010, thedailygoss.com
A new trial has found that very low calorie diets are far more
effective at tackling obesity than conventional diets, potentially
putting an end to losing battles among drastically overweight
Britons.
Are You Cheating On Your Diet?
14 January 2010, diet-blog.com
A survey by LighterLife, less than a few weeks into 2010, revealed
that 36% of women are cheating on their New Year's diet.
Women cheating on New Year
diet
5 January 2010, Bounty.com
Women in the UK are cheating on their new year's diet resolutions,
according to the results of a new survey.
December 2009
Mark bares all for cancer charity calendar
23 December 2009, The Comet Online
Mr Parish, 34, who was living in Coachman's Lane, Baldock, when he
volunteered to strip for charity, had only a watering can stuffed
with a bunch of flowers hiding his modesty in the picture.
Wimblington woman becomes Breakthrough Booby Bird to raise £20,000
with skydive
15 December 2009, cambs24 Online
TWO Black Country businesswomen held a make-over event held to
celebrate their clients success in losing 140 stone between
them.
Weight loss women get make-overs
10 December 2009, Halesowen News Online
TWO Black Country businesswomen held a make-over event held to
celebrate their clients success in losing 140 stone between
them.
Clent woman beats battle of the bulge
3 December 2009, Stourbridge News
AN overweight Clent woman was inspired by her father’s illness to
slim down from a dress size 20 to a shapely 12 in just three
months.
November 2009
Sheila McInnes tells her weight-loss story
22 November 2009, Sunday Sun online
NEWLYWED Sheila McInnes is quite literally half the woman she used
to be after shedding an amazing 12 stones to wow in her wedding
dress.
Her yo-yo dieting tore me apart
22 November 2009, News of the World online
Mark Golding, 45, an IT consultant from Chesterfield, says: "Since
I've been married, I've been to bed with lots of different women.
Fat, thin and everything in between. At least, that's what it feels
like.
Midnight walk raises £126k
11 November 2009, Whitehaven News online
A MAGNIFICENT grand total of £126,000 has been raised by Hospice at
Home West Cumbria’s Midnight Walk.
Coventry mum loses eight stone on controversial ultra-low calorie
diet
11 November 2009, Coventrytelegraph.net
A woman who was so overweight she wheezed when she spoke has lost
an incredible eight stone on a controversial ultra-low diet.
Earlsheaton lad Chris loses six stone in just four months
7 November 2009, Dewsbury Reporter online
A KEEN footballer who piled on the pounds after an injury forced
him to give up the game has now shed six stone.
My extreme makeover: How Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's wife Jackie
lost five stone
6 November 2009, mailonsunday.co.uk
Her flamboyant husband Laurence is famous for transforming people's
homes on TV. Now Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen has made her own changes -
by losing five stone in five months.
October 2009
Loughborough slimmers get the calendar treatment
28 October 2009, Loughboroughecho.net
A GROUP of 11 slimmers who lost 78 stone between them are hoping to
gain pounds - in aid of Rainbows Childrens Hospice.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's 20 years of wedded bliss
17 October 2009, Walesonline
As they celebrate 20 years of wedded bliss, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
and his wife Jackie tell Rin Simpson the secrets of their success
in love, life and business.
Andy makes light work of skydive
16 October 2009, Luton Today online
A list of 20 things to do before hitting 30 gave Houghton Regis man
Andy Conroy a weighty problem.
September 2009
Slimline Andrea ready to run the Belfast Marathon
25 September 2009, Ulster Star online
A LOCAL classroom assistant who dropped five dress sizes after
taking the Lighterlife challenge to lose weight last year now wants
to take on another challenge - to run a marathon.
Here comes the bride (only half as wide)
13 September 2009, The People online
Podgy Vanessa Treagus dreaded it when loving hubby Vivian asked her
to renew their wedding vows - because she had ballooned to
20st.
Transplant mum sheds six stone to save son
9 September 2009, Dumfries and Galloway Standard online
Andrea Macdonald from Dumfries lost 6 stone with Nan-Marie Henry,
LighterLife Counsellor in Newton Stewart, to give her son
Christopher a second gift of Life. View Andrea’s
story
August 2009
Slimmer weighs less at 27 than she did aged 11 after
losing 12st
29 August 2009, Daily Mail online
Tipping the scales at over 21st and fearing for her life, Julia
Smith decided to take drastic action. She has now lost a
staggering 12st - and at just 9st 2lb weighs less than
she did as an 11-year-old schoolgirl.
Crash diet saved me from killer breast cancer lump
26
August 2009, The MIrror online
A mum-of-two believes she owes her life to a drastic diet. In just
100 days, Rachel Drago lost nearly four stone and slimmed from a
hefty 12st 6lbs to trim 8st 10lbs. View Rachel's
interview on tv.
Sue all set to leap for charity
20 August 2009, Newmarket Journal online
RED Lodge nursery owner Sue Stock is to put aside her fear of
heights as she prepares to take part in a 10,000ft sky dive for
charity.
July 2009
Fenwick mum loses five stone
July 24 2009, kilmarnockstandard.co.uk
SLIMMING mum Laura Brown didn’t want five stone of flab to stop her
from playing with her daughter. Laura shed the weight so she could
run about the garden with four-year-old Emma without being in
pain.
Dieters help hospice
July 23 2009, readingchronicle.co.uk
Dieters from the LighterLife weight loss programme took part in a
fashion show at Reading town hall to collect funds for The Duchess
of Kent House hospice in Liebenrood Road, Southcote.
Bromyard butcher sheds the pounds
July 11 2009, herefordtimes.co.uk
LOSING five stone in three months seems impossible. But Bromyard
butcher Anthony Legge has done it.
New slim Sue!
July 7 2009, bbc.co.uk/berkshire
A nurse at Royal Berkshire Hospital has managed to drop six stone
in six months on a diet of just 500 calories a day. Sue Carruthers
told BBC Berkshire's Sarah Walker about how how she ended up
following the Lighter Life programme.
Wake-up call saved me from an early grave
July 7 2009, thisisstaffordshire.co.uk
Die early or diet – these were the options which spurred married
father-of-two Steve Parker into action. Losing five stone in as
many months on the LighterLife diet, he tells Tamzin Hindmarch his
success story.
Pensioner on her way to a healthier lifestyle
July 3 2009, ayrshirepost.net
YOU’RE never too old to lose weight – just ask Vida Cotton. At 72
she’s just lost four stones and is looking forward to a healthy new
future.
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Fenwick
mum loses five stone
July 24 2009, kilmarnockstandard.co.uk
SLIMMING mum Laura Brown didn’t want five stone of flab to stop her
from playing with her daughter. Laura shed the weight so she could
run about the garden with four-year-old Emma without being in
pain.
Dieters help hospice
July 23 2009, readingchronicle.co.uk
Dieters from the LighterLife weight loss programme took part in a
fashion show at Reading town hall to collect funds for The Duchess
of Kent House hospice in Liebenrood Road, Southcote.
Bromyard butcher sheds the pounds
July 11 2009, herefordtimes.co.uk
LOSING five stone in three months seems impossible. But Bromyard
butcher Anthony Legge has done it.
New slim Sue!
July 7 2009, bbc.co.uk/berkshire
A nurse at Royal Berkshire Hospital has managed to drop six stone
in six months on a diet of just 500 calories a day. Sue Carruthers
told BBC Berkshire's Sarah Walker about how how she ended up
following the Lighter Life programme.
Wake-up call saved me from an early grave
July 7 2009, thisisstaffordshire.co.uk
Die early or diet – these were the options which spurred married
father-of-two Steve Parker into action. Losing five stone in as
many months on the LighterLife diet, he tells Tamzin Hindmarch his
success story.
Pensioner on her way to a healthier lifestyle
July 3 2009, ayrshirepost.net
YOU’RE never too old to lose weight – just ask Vida Cotton. At 72
she’s just lost four stones and is looking forward to a healthy new
future.
Butcher loses some flesh of his own
June 24
2009, ledburyreporter.co.uk
WELL-known Bromyard butcher Anthony Legge managed to resist the
smell of his own sizzling bacon to lose an incredible five-stones
in just a few months.
Replacement shakes diet makes a comeback
June 24 2009, dailyrecord.co.uk
IT was the ultimate diet of the Nineties and now the meal
replacement shakes are back. Slim Fast style dieting, the most
popular and talked about weight loss system of 10 years ago, has
returned to the fore this summer as more and more women take up the
new Lighter Life and Exante Diet schemes.
Slimming banished my comfort food blues for good
June 16 2009, thisisstaffordshire.co.uk
Diane Hunt has spent her life trying to lose weight, and now that
she's successfully lost more than six stone, she's dropped five
dress sizes – and she's fitter and happier too, writes Colette
Warbrook.
Dieter loses half her body weight in six
months
June 12 2009, Northern
Echo online
A WEIGHT loss programme that makes followers totally rethink their
relationship with food has helped a Northallerton woman to shed
almost half her body weight in just six months.
Just a throng at twilight...
June 10 2009, Whitehaven News online
Among those who took part in the walk were four women from Mayfield
School, in Whitehaven. They were doing it in memory of a former
teacher at the school.
Former 'fat slob' golfer's back on course after losing amazing
139lbs
June 10 2009, Northampton Chronicle online
A Northampton man whose weight stopped him from enjoying a round of
golf is now back on course after losing an incredible third of his
body weight.
May 2009
I lost 5½ stone and became a catwalk queen
May 27, 2009, Getreading
It’s often assumed women want to lose weight for a slimmer figure.
But Heather Ashby-Kinge, from Woodley, tells City Woman how
battling the bulge changed her entire lifestyle for the better.
Read about
LighterLife in the Daily Mail - newspaper
24 May 2009, The Daily Mail
With the NHS struggling to cope with a range of weight-related
conditions from diabetes to high blood pressure and heart disease,
LighterLife has been hailed as a lifeline by some doctors who see
it as an alternative to costly weight loss (bariatric) operations
such as gastric bands...
THEYDON BOIS: Office worker in marathon slimming session
May 21, 2009, Guardian
Series
After joining the LighterLife
program of dieting, Jim changed his unhealthy old life for a new
fitness regime with the effects proving particularly dramatic
...
A slimmer new life begins at 60 for margaret
May 21, 2009, Sheffield Telegraph
Her case was
highlighted by the magazine LighterLife after she
lost over seven stone. Margaret, who lives in Sothall, Sheffield,
had been big since ...
Is it ok to diet with
shakes?
18 May 2009, The Times
My mum has yo-yo dieted ever since I can remember. She is in
her mid-forties and wants to go on a very low calorie,
meal-replacement plan. What do you think?
How Laurence's wife
lost five stone on just 500 calories a day
17 May
2009, The Mail on Sunday
It takes a lot to upstage flamboyant interior designer Laurence
Llewelyn-Bowen. But when he stepped out onto the red carpet
last week it wasn't his dapper outfit that turned heads
but his wife Jackie's dramatic weight loss.
Slimmers' fashion show today
May 16,
2009, Reading
Chronicle
The seven women and one
man who lost weight through diet programme LighterLife will be
modelling Debenhams clothes at Reading Town Hall in Blagrave
Street...
We banished our middle
aged spread
11 May 2009, Daily
Express
Three women tell Bonnie Estridge how they put paid to their
age-related wobbles, droops and bulges...
My name is Jane and I'm a food
addict...
5 May 2009, Bella
Weighing 12 stone at the age of 12 was tough - I just didn't fit in
at school. The jokes would always be at my expense...
April 2009
Laurence and Jackie
Llewelyn-Bowen
21 April 2009, Hello!
Jackie is featured together with her interior designer husband and
they both discuss her weight loss journey. There is three full
pages on the interview and some lovely pictures showing her
fabulous new figure after going on the LighterLife Programme.
I'm ready to meet Mr
Wondeful!
13 April 2009, Woman
Melanie O'Hare talks of how she lost the extra weight she
carried around for ten years and how she coped.
I lost five
stone by wife of TV's Llewelyn-Bowen Front Page
Punishing diet
changed my life P3
9 April 2009, Daily Express
Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen features in the Daily Express detailing her
LighterLife journey and how the programme changed her life. Also
features 'a day in the life on LighterLife'.
Love made me lose 10st
7 April 2009, Best
Alison Morris describes how she found the love of her life after
losing 10st on the LighterLife Programme.
Losing 16 stone has
given us the chance to live life to the full
2 April 2009, Daily Express
Sisters Susanne Laws and Michelle Robinson talk of why they made
their decisions to go on LighterLife and their experience on the
programme.
March 2009
The woman who sniffed herself
thin
3 March 2009, Bella
Leigh Richardson-Hill explains how sniffing food throughout her
LighterLife journey helped her keep motivated.
'I decided to change my
look'
1 March 2009, Sainsburys Magazine
Claire Breaker-Finch tells her reason why she started LighterLife
and how she feels now.
The best new ways to
slim
1 March 2009, Sweet
Along with four other weight loss programmes, LighterLife is
featured in this article.
February 2009
Ultimate guide to losing
weight
16 February 2009, Daily Express
LighterLife featured amongst other ways to lose weight.
Hospice gains pounds from
weight loss firm
12 February 2009, Harlow Star
LighterLife featured in the local newspaper telling
how Central Office raised money for Little Havens.
Laurence's lighter wife
2 February 2009, Woman
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's wife, Jackie, is featured in Woman on how
she lost weight with LighterLife.
January 2009
Video: Watch Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen
on GMTV
Video: Watch Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen
on LKToday.
Going
for a LighterLife
23 January 2009,
Brentford and Chiswick Informer
Article featuring new Counsellor Manisha Bhakoo setting up her own
local LighterLife Counselling sessions..
Jackie: When I look in the mirror I
still see a fat person
20 January
2009, Bella
Interview with Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen explaining what it's like to
be 'thin' and what her famous husband thinks too.
Slimmer of the
week
13 January 2009, Best
Christina Teles featured as Slimmer of the Week.
My brutal
makeover (Page1) (Page
2)
11 January 2009, Daily Mail
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's wife, Jackie, talks of how she lost 5st
on the LighterLife Programme with the help of Tanya Patricot in
Cirencester. She talks very positively of her experience overall,
and is very balanced and credible!
One in 10 obese people go over
a year without sex
6 January 2009,
Herald AM
Sex survey results are featured in a local newspaper.
My HEART always rules my
HIPS
3 January 2009, Fabulous
Maxine Williams shows how different stages of her relationship
altered her weight.
I lost 10 stone in a
year
3 January 2009, Daily Mail
Alicia Blaney explains how joining LighterLife has changed her life
for the better.
December 2008
Welcome to Bella's Slimmer of the
Year
30 December 2008, Bella
Zoe Best is featured as one of Bella's Slimmer of the Year
finalists.
Somethin's
different
18 December 2008, The Scottish
Sun
Aileen Hendry's story mentions how her new boyfriend cannot believe
how she looked pre-LighterLife!
I drank my way to 14
stone
9 December 2008, Bella
Joanna explains how the divorce of her parents and a stressful job
caused her to turn to alcohol and therefore gain
weight.
I looked like
a big blue pig!
5 December 2008, Daily Mirror
Zoe Isted tells of how seeing a picture of herself in a blue
tankini made her take the step to losing weight with
LighterLife.
November 2008
LighterLife receives best
score out of 9 diet trials
11 November 2008, Best
LighterLife, along with eight other diets, were trialled for 30
days. See the article for more information on why LighterLife
received 10/10
I didn't want to be a fat bride!
14 November
2008, Daily Mirror
Stephany Harris-Cloake speaks out of her bullying and the reasons
she chose LighterLife.
October 2008
Easy target for a
bully
27 October 2008, Daily Mirror
Bullying survey results featured in the Daily Mirror.
Naked ladies raise £10,000 for
charity
13 ladies from the Coventry
area have raised over £10,000 for Breast Cancer Research UK after
posing for a naked calendar.
Overweight "still called names"
13 October 2008, Nursing in Practice
Mandy Cassidy, of weight loss specialist
LighterLife, which commissioned the survey, said:
"It's sad that adults now find such behaviour acceptable.
...
Fat: the final frontier
when it comes to insulting others
13 October 2008, The Daily Telegraph
Bullying survey results showing name calling.
Overweight people suffer
abuse - and give it too
13 October 2008, The
Guardian
Bullying survery results with Ian Campbell quote.
Fashion expert Gok Wan surprises Wales on Sunday winner
12 October 2008, WalesOnline
- United Kingdom
The 35-year-old, who recently lost 4st on the
LighterLife diet, added: “Since losing weight, I
don’t really know what I should wear. ...
GILLIAN LOSES FIVE STONE IN FOUR MONTHS
11 October 2008, Lisburn Ulster Star - Lisburn,Northern
Ireland,UK
Transport manager Gillian joined Lighterlife in
Lisburn as a birthday treat just 12 weeks before she celebrated her
30th birthday when she weighed 16 stone. ...
Mediaedge:cia wins coveted Fresh Media award
10 October 2008, Brand Republic - London,UK
Feather Brooksbank, last year's winner of agency of the year, won
the award for use of planning and research for the weightloss
programme LighterLife,
...
I weighted 21st at 21!
Daily Mirror, 3
October 2008
Joanne Reilly, one of our Counsellors explains how LighterLife
worked for her.
September 2008
We lost 65st between us...then we
stripped off for a calendar
Sunday Mirror - Celebs on Sunday
21 September 2008
Twelve of Jenny McDonald's clients bare all for charity.
Helping the Stroke
Association to gain pounds
Stroke News
1 September 2008
Article outlining LighterLife's involvement in helping raise money
for Stroke Association with BMI4Life campaign.
August 2008
How I met my future
husband
Healthy - August 2008
Jenny talks of how she lost nearly seven stone with LighterLife and
then met her future husband...
How I recorded an album
Healthy - August 2008
Debs talks of how losing weight on the LighterLife Programme
enabled her to stop using walking sticks and her wheelchair,
amongst other things.
July 2008
Health and Beauty: The light way to lose weight
Halifax Evening Courier, UK - 28 July 2008
At the end of last year he was told about a weight loss programme
called LighterLife by a male work colleague who had tried it and
lost weight. ...
Mum and daugher lose 15 stone - together!
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 15 July 2008
So the pair signed up for LighterLife which replaces food with
milkshakes and soups until you've hit your target weight. Both
women were assigned diet ...
June 2008
How Sian got her shine
back (June 2008)
Sian lost over 3 stone in 3 months to put her health back on
track. Two years later she's still in great shape and looking
forward to her fabulous 50s.
Sweet magazine
A tasty challenge (22/06/08)
LighterLife takes part in Ready, Steady, Cook challenge...
this is hampshire.net, UK
Say I Do to a Lighter Life (21/06/08)
If you're looking to lose weight before the big day,
LighterLife could be your answer...
RedOrbit, TX
I knew I was big but it was a shock when they told me I was
obese (11/06/08)
"I had tried all types of diets and they hadn't worked for me so I
joined LighterLife," she says...
BirminghamMail.net, UK
A life of heartache and despair made me addicted to food
(08/06/08)
Anne had been a secret comfort-eater all her life. But after a
series of tragic miscarriages her bingeing went out of
control...
Mirror.co.uk, UK
I lost 8st and beat my secret snack habit (06/06/08)
A friend told me LighterLife had worked for
her so I made an appointment to see one of their
Counsellors...
Mirror.co.uk, UK
The real
10 years younger (02/06/08)
After a lifetime of being fat and frumpy, Nadine from Lincolnshire
decided to take action.
Woman's Own
May 2008
Weighty problem costs NHS Lothian £60000 each
day (30/06/08)
42 year old Jo lost more than six stone on LighterLife and would
like to see the NHS helping people who comfort eat...
Scotsman, United Kingdom
Dying for another piece of cake? (28/05/08)
Lighterlife's BMI4Life campaign helps people understand how weight
can affect their health...
Nafferton Today, UK
