So, I attended an information meeting with my local Lighter Life councilor on Thursday 19th October. The councilor weighed me and then got me to watch a DVD about lighter life. The DVD contained information about the program and and stories from successful members of lighter life. There were a LOT of people and they had all lost a significant amount of weight.
The DVD was really good and I recognized a lot of what people were saying in me, like how I like stress with food etc.
Anyway, the program looks really good and the counciling is an important part of it. It provides you with strategies and mechanisms to deal with things like stress without turning to food. It uses CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to help remove the dependencies you have on food and how you link food to many situations in life.
Once the DVD was finished I was able to have a chat with the councilor an ask any questions I may have had. It was a really good session and I feel ever more convinced that this program is for me.
I have been given a medical form which I need to get filled in by the doctor and then I get get started. The next intake is on the 12th November, so I'm looking forward to that a lot.
The councilor said that within the first 8 weeks I should loose approx 3 stone :o)
That sounds great to me so I'm looking forward to starting even though I know the program will be tough.
Fingers crossed...
BJ
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