At just 25 years old, Rob Gillett, tipped the scales at 41 stone 10lbs, putting his life in danger. With a height of 5ft 3in and a waist measuring 6ft by 6in, he was nicknamed the “human doughnut” by the media. One day he decided to make a change by trying the LighterLife programme, with its VLCDs, intermittent fasting weight loss and more.
He had already lost some weight before joining LighterLife in April 2012, and since joining the programme Rob has lost over 20 stone*. He’s been maintaining his weight with LighterLife since September 2013 and has completely turned his life around. “I look back now, and can’t believe I put my whole life at such risk,” he says.
Rob turned to LighterLife for help. He says, “It really clicked for me. For the first time I was on a diet that helped me understand why I ate the way I did. I realised it wasn’t food that was the issue.” He added “I was battling with underlying problems and I was using food to dull the pain. Rob went from needing a taxi to take him down the road to the bus stop to running a 10k race.
“My health has improved so much it’s unbelievable. I’m quite fit!. A lot of people say I’m an inspiration”. Rob even has a healthier bank balance now. “I used to spend most of my wages on food, like snacking or eating out, but I saved a lot of money by going on LighterLife.”
It is the LighterLife group work that Rob credits with his transformation. “I had really good support from Clare Warren, my LighterLife Counsellor. The biggest thing I learned from LighterLife was that I was a comfort eater and used to eat when I was stressed. Well I don’t do it anymore. I know I’m not going to get back to the way I was before. I know I’ve got the skills to cope with it now.”
Rob featured as the cover star on the Spring/Summer edition of the LighterLife Magazine – you can subscribe here to get your copy of the latest LighterLife magazine.
It wasn’t too late for Rob to change his life. You can too. LighterLife has helped hundreds of thousands of people lose weight, and there’s a programme for everyone.
*Each of our client’s results and stories are unique to them and their experience of LighterLife. Your own results will be personal to you and may vary.
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