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Lighten up for 2003
2 January 2003
The passing from one year to another brings with it the tradition of New Year's resolutions and one of yours might be to lose weight and get fit. If you are like everyone else at this time of year the chances are you've been overindulging this festive season. Help is at hand however with the new Lighten Up Four-Week Weight Loss Plan book, supported by Bupa. This easy to follow programme 'in a book' outlines exactly what you need to do every day for four weeks to become the slimmer, fitter and more motivated person you resolve to be every New Year!
The new four-week weight loss plan is written by the co-authors of the original Lighten Up book Pete Cohen, of GMTV's Inch Loss Island fame and personal trainer and motivator; with Judith Verity, freelance health writer and personal development consultant. It offers a definitive solution for sensible long-term weight management so that in just one month you'll learn everything you need to know to lose weight gradually and healthily once and for all.
By reading the book you'll find out how to choose the foods your body really needs and, more importantly, how to eat when you are hungry rather than just tired or stressed. You'll also pick up tips on how to enjoy a more active lifestyle by introducing easy exercise into every day life and become empowered to make your own food and lifestyle choices thanks to the unique Lighten Up motivation skills.
Dr Paula Franklin, managing director of Lighten Up supported by Bupa says: "The Lighten Up Four-Week Weight Loss Programme provides a realistic means to breaking the endless cycle of dieting and putting on weight again which is so often the case for people following conventional diets. Lighten Up is not a diet but a new way of life and once learnt, the skills will enable people to make healthy life changes and stick to them. Following the four-week programme book is one way in which to learn this unique approach to weight management."
Pete Cohen, co-author of the Lighten Up Four-Week Weight Loss Plan adds: "Going on a diet is ineffective in the long term and can be unhealthy - traditionally slimming is about dieting and denial and failure. Above all Lighten Up is not about deprivation but helping people to tackle their motivation around eating healthily and taking exercise. This new four-week weight loss programme gives step by step advice for each of the 28 days making it much easier to map your progress, motivate yourself to complete the course and make permanent changes. What better time to do this than the start of 2003?"
For more information see www.lightenup.co.uk.
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