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LighterLife has been helping men and women lose weight safely and effectively since 1996. Watch some of our LighterLife success stories, and learn more about how losing weight with The Man Plan has transformed lives.

Read more from men who've successfully completed The Man Plan. And find out what they have to say about their experience.

"I didn't want to get my kit off for the swimming pool"

"I've got a timeshare place in Florida but I didn't want to go there because it would mean I'd have to get my kit off for the swimming pool. I was big, I had a big belly, I was sweaty all the time and I wasn’t comfortable in the heat.

"Then I looked at the scales and was really shocked. I hadn't felt overweight like a Billy Bunter, I thought I was just a big bloke.

"LighterLife made sense to me. It wasn't like a diet, it was a change in lifestyle. It couldn't be simpler."
"It's too easy to make silly mistakes with food, and drink too much beer..."

"I played rugby, so having a bit of bulk was considered a vital requirement. I was 40 and weighed 20st when I realised something needed to be done. My holiday snaps finally did the trick. I looked so big, and that's when I signed up to LighterLife.

"The first couple of weeks were a little tough. But then it became habit. It helped being in a group with other blokes. We'd all made the same silly mistakes with food, and we all drank too much beer.

"My life is much easier now that I'm slim."
"I didn't recognise myself in a photo"

"I felt low and empty following my father's death. I was eating on autopilot and ended up over-eating. Things reached breaking point when I did not recognise myself in a photo, and so I joined LighterLife.

"Through LighterLife I learned that I was trying to fill the emotional holes in my life with food. Now that I'm slim, I’m confident about what I want and feel. For the first time I feel at peace with myself."
"My daughter's friends made fun of my fat tummy"

"At more than 20 stone, even playing with my children was an effort. The turning point came when my daughter came home from school in tears because her friends had been making fun of my fat tummy.

"It was the wake-up call I needed to join LighterLife.

"I lost 14 inches off my waist measurement and have been maintaining a healthy weight for over 2 years. I'm now the dad who can, not the dad who can't."
"I'd let myself go"

"I was having a stressful time in my job with the police. Nightshifts can really disrupt your eating patterns, and I hadn't realised how much I’d let things go in terms of my weight and self-respect.

"Joining LighterLife was like being handed a second chance. Every week I felt different, It's a strong word to use but it was miraculous. Now I've lost the weight I realise it was stopping me progressing in my work, and also how much less respect I felt people had for me as a bigger man."