Lose Weight Feel Great Nhs Wigan

September and received some unusual awards. The fashion show was organised by Lose Weight Feel Great. The annual event included real models from the programme and saw them strutting their stuff down the catwalk whilst the men from Trim Down Shape Up received awards for their impressive achievements!

Ivor Morgan won the accolade of ‘Mr Commitment’. Ivor regularly attended the Trim Down Shape Up sessions and lost 6% of his bodyweight. After completing the programme Ivor has become a volunteer assisting the fitness coaches at sessions and motivating guys to complete the course. He always wears his Trim Down Shape Up t-shirt around the town centre and has helped out at promotions to sign up more men to the programme.  Although Ivor has completed all his sessions he continues to attend the Wigan Soccer Dome completer sessions and a very rarely misses a week which is why he won the award for Mr Commitment.

David Morgan won the award for being ‘Mr Weight Loss’. David attended all 12 Trim Down Shape Up sessions and lost a massive 12% of his bodyweight. When he joined the programme David weighed 108kg and he now weighs a much healthier 95kg. He also continues to attend the Wigan Soccer Dome completer sessions. He managed to fit in the session around his shift pattern at Sainsbury’s bakery and has now become a volunteer to help the Lifestyle coach in sessions.

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Finally, Andy Bond won the ‘Mr Bring a Friend’ award. Andy is always encouraging others to join the programme and has brought more friends along to the sessions than anyone else. Andy joined Trim Down Shape Up after his Practice Nurse gave him the ultimatum of losing weight or going on Statins for his cholesterol. This gave Andy the jolt he needed and he soon became a committed member of the fitness programme and has never missed a week even when ill. Andy lost 9% of his bodyweight over the twelve weeks of the programme.  He has carried on the good work and has now lost a total of 12% of body weight. Andy would encourage all Wigan men who need to get fit and lose some weight to join the programme, he comments:

“What I most like about the sessions is the camaraderie with the other guys on the programme. We motivate each other, exchange some friendly banter and have a lot of fun. It’s great to talk and swap tips with people who are in the same situation as me.

Trim Down Shape Up encourages men to take charge of their health and fitness and shift excess pounds by signing up to free fitness and nutrition sessions. It provides a 12 week programme of activity and advice at a variety of venues around the Wigan Borough including Wigan Soccer Dome and Leigh Sports Village. Men take part in activities such as circuits, football, dodge ball, boxing etc.  The coaches also provide nutritional advice on how to fuel a fitness plan.

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Around 1, 000 men have accessed the service and the results have been impressive! To date 60% of the men who attended the 12 sessions lost 5% of their body weight.

Men can Join these free fitness sessions in Wigan and shift some excess pounds by texting FIT and their NAME to 60777, calling 01942 496496 or registering online at www..co.uk/men.

Phil Peacock, a 54 year old graphic designer, has lost an amazing 6% of his body weight over 12 weeks on Trim Down Shape Up, Wigan Council’s men only weight loss and fitness programme. As a graphic designer he has made himself the wonderful t-shirt pictured below to celebrate his weight loss and to ask the programme leaders what he should do now to retain his fitness and weight loss.

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Phil joined the free 12 week programme of nutrition advice and exercise as he felt he was much too heavy and was breathless when going up and down stairs. He was desperate to have more stamina to be able to walk and get about more easily. He was also attending Wigan hospital’s sleep apnoea clinic due to difficulties with sleeping at night and the clinic recommended that he joined the Trim Down Shape Up programme.

The 12 sessions taught him to make small changes to his diet and these have had a major impact on his weight. Previously he would skip breakfast and lunch and then eat a huge meal around 6.00pm followed by more food around 9.00pm. His lifestyle coach on Trim Down Shape Up taught him the importance of eating three meals spaced our during the day starting with breakfast and then lunch and thus eating a small and more sensible evening meal. He taught him about portion size and sensible foods to eat. Phil has now started cooking for himself and has made a number of the recipes out of the MANual recipe book that he was given. It even spurred him on to buy the Hairy Biker’s cookery book, the only recipe book he has ever purchased! This healthy eating coupled with the circuit training and sports he undertook at the sessions meant he managed to lose weight and feel much healthier and fitter.

“The breathlessness has now gone and I can run up stairs, walk 4 -6 miles easily and get around much quicker than previously. I would urge other men to do it now! Don’t wait until tomorrow join Trim Down Shape Up and change your life like I have. The great thing about the programme is that it is aimed just at men, there are no ladies to impress and everyone gets on really well together and motivates each other. You also make some great new friends”.

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“I am delighted to hear Phil’s success story and would urge other men in Wigan borough to follow his example. With the help and support of Trim Down Shape Up and other men in the sessions everyone can succeed, lose weight and get fitter and healthier. You will be amazed at how the quality of your day to day life can be improved by becoming fitter and trimmer. Let’s see how many more men can say ‘I have trimmed down, I have shaped up!”

So what is next for Phil and other successful men like him? Trim Down Shape Up has risen to the challenge and started completer sessions for the guys who really don’t want to leave the programme. After the 12 weeks of free sessions are over the guys can pay a small charge and come to a special completer’s session to help maintain their fitness and weight loss.

The fitness sessions are held at a variety of venues around the Wigan borough including Wigan Soccer Dome, Central Park, Highfield Cricket Club, Leigh sports village, etc. The sessions involve advice on how to fuel your fitness plans as well activities such as circuit training, football, boxing, resistance bands and much more. If you want to join Phil take charge of your health, get fitter and shift excess pounds call 01942 496496 or text FIT and YOUR NAME to 60777 or visit .co.uk/men and do it now! What have you got to lose?

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We all know that making small changes to our lifestyle can help us to stay healthy, but did you also know it can be loads of fun? Husband and wife Kieran and Shirley Lloyd have been attending Lose Weight Feel Great and have done so well that we thought everyone should know about it!

Shirley (left) had previously attended Slimming world and after leaving the group, Shirley had found the support to be essential. “Around 2 years ago I managed to lose 4st 3lb to get to my target weight but after a while I was confident I could continue without the support of the group and stopped attending. Sure enough, I slowly gained some weight and ended up putting 1st 9lb back on.”

“I attended my local Slimming World once again determined to shed the weight. I was informed of Lose Weight Feel Great and I qualified for the 12 week program. I even managed to bring my partner along with me as he wanted to lose weight. 11 weeks later and I am only 3lb off my target weight, a target weight that is actually 4lb less than last time thanks to the effectiveness of the classes we have been doing before the Slimming World group every week. My partner has also lost over 3st in that time period and we are that pleased with our progress we will still be attending the classes after the 12 week program ends.”

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Shirley’s partner Kieran admits to being nervous about attending but decided to join with his wife when it was becoming more difficult to do everyday activities. “If I am being honest, the force that persuaded me to take up ‘Lose Weight Feel Great’ was my partner who had previously signed up, add in I was losing breath walking up the stairs and I was getting pretty sick of none of my clothes lasting before they were too small.”

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