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New groups starting soon in Tunbridge Wells
Having helped hundreds of people to successful weight-loss over my 13 years of practice as a Nutritional Therapist, I decided to bring these principles to a wider audience. With my husband Chris I have started running highly successful, small weight-loss groups - called SlimmingPals.
What is SlimmingPals?
It is a slimming programme with a difference. Uniquely, it is based on a nutritionally and scientifically sound dietary approach, working in small group workshops with the help and support of a registered and experienced nutritional therapist.
It is an easy-to-do programme I have devised, based on many years’ experience of individual weight-loss programmes. The recipes and menu suggestions are truly delicious and there is plenty of support between meetings.
The aim is to change your approach to eating and to provide an enjoyable, fun way to achieve healthy and permanent weight loss.
Key features:
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Small, exclusive and enjoyable weight loss groups of 8-10 people for successful, permanent weight-loss
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Lifestyle friendly - easy to do at home, at work in restaurants or when entertaining
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No calorie counting or portion control - just nutritionally sound, scientifically based dietary approach to achieve your weight-loss targets
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The programme starts with a one-to-one personal nutritional consultation with me before joining the followed by fortnightly one and a half hour meetings
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Constant support between meetings from like-minded members of the group and from me
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Not a diet, but teaching you the right way to eat for permanent weight loss
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Advice and support on exercise to enhance the benefits of the plan
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Supported by supplements to aid optimum nutrition and energy - NOT - slimming pills!
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No packaged foods, gimmicky replacement bars, shakes, meals or 'miracle' slimming products - JUST enjoyable, healthy easy-to-prepare, delicious food
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A proven successful slimming plan, with the additional benefits of increased energy and fitness, clearer skin and general well-being
You'll never look back - only forward!
How the groups work
Each group is small, just around 8-10 people. Losing weight can be a lonely battle, our exclusive groups are friendly, supportive and enjoyable.
The first session takes the form of a workshop where the principles are explained in detail, realistic weight goals set, questions answered and the support and advice structure established.
Groups then meet fortnightly. Importantly constant support is available between meetings from other group members and me.
Losing weight
Realistic and healthy weight-loss is essential – many diets claim or indeed achieve rapid weight loss. Sadly, this often results in a yo-yo effect with weight coming back on afterwards, or the diet provides poor nutrition and risks malnourishment and consequential health problems. It is far more important to achieve healthy, sustained weight-loss that stays, rather than ‘miracle’ weight-loss that doesn’t!
When you achieve your weight-loss goal, you switch to a maintenance programme - a plan for the rest of your life to help ensure you never get back to your starting weight! Of course you will be able to have an unhealthy indulgence again, but you will be aware of the consequences, less likely to want to and be able to manage your overall diet to ensure you maintain your target weight.
The programme
Food should be a pleasure and the recipes and menu plans are designed to ensure you have a repertoire of delicious, healthy meals for every occasion – from easy-to-prepare week-day food for you (and others) to enjoy, ideas on what to do if you go out for a meal to friends, to a restaurant or have business lunches, to more lavish ideas for entertaining at home.
The proven SlimmingPals programme will include foods to eat, avoid and limit. Initially the diet will be quite strict, but with new foods introduced at the meetings as and when you start to burn fat and lose weight.
To support the Slimming Pals dietary regime, there will be a small supplement programme to aid optimum nutrition, good health and vitality - but this is definitely not a ‘miracle’ slimming pill approach!
There are no packaged, processed, gimmicky or ‘miracle’ slimming products or meal replacements. The key is a nutritious diet based on fresh, natural foods with delicious recipes and menu planning ideas so that you can enjoy eating proper food that is healthy. As you might guess I am not an advocate of processed food or chemical cocktails of ‘slimming’ bars full of artificial additives and flavours, shakes or pills!
Exercise
Exercise is important to stimulate your metabolism. But we will not be demanding strenuous pounding away at a gym – it is remarkable what a few sessions of brisk walking or swimming each week can achieve to raise your metabolism and help keep you fit and trim.
Support
You will get plenty of mutual support at the meetings (hence the ‘Pals’). Group members support each other between meetings either on-line or by meeting or calling each other up. Naturally I will be there to offer personal advice and support between meetings too.
Cost
The cost of the SlimmingPals programme is £80 for the first month (includes the personal briefing session and nutritional consultation), and then just £60 for the following months. This includes fortnightly meetings, all materials including a special folder, diet advice, menu’s and recipe plans, plus group and personal support by telephone and e-mail as appropriate. The supplement programme will cost around £30 per month and is designed to help with optimum nutrition and vitality (but definitely no ‘slimming pills’!)
Benefits of the SlimmingPals Programme
There are many potential benefits to SlimmingPals members:
• Successful, permanent weight-loss
• Help and reassurance from a nutritional expert
• Support from friendly, like-minded members
of small, exclusive and enjoyable groups
• Great easy to prepare, delicious, healthy food
• Lifestyle-friendly - easy to eat at home, at
work, in restaurants or when entertaining
• Learn good habits for permanent weight-loss
• No calorie counting, or arduous portion control
• Additional health benefits – skin, joints,
energy, vitality, fitness may all improve
• Become slimmer – wear and look good in clothes that
fit and buy the clothes you want to
Testimonials
What some members have said about this proven, successful programme:
'Life completely changed around':
January 2008 and I was fast approaching not only my 55th birthday but also the birth of my long awaited first grandchild and here I was overweight and very unfit. I wanted to be a "fit granny" not this fat, unhealthy, lethargic woman.
Then I heard about Fleur and Slimming Pals and duly signed up. It was a revelation, here was a healthy eating plan that was so easy to follow and incorporate into my life. With the help of Chris's wonderful recipes I rediscovered my love of cooking, much to my husband's delight. I began to feel better from day one of the diet, no more lethargy or energy dips and I wasn't even missing my daily fix of chocolate! I really looked forward to our fortnightly meetings.
Now it was time to incorporate some exercise into my routine. Having wasted vast sums of money on gym memberships over the years and disliking swimming I decided walking was my best option. Okay when the weather was fine! Then Fleur introduced me to a Power Walking DVD with a one, two or three mile walk option. I had found the perfect exercise for me. I soon built up to the three mile walk and it's now a daily part of my life.
By the time my beautiful granddaughter was born at the end of May, I was well on my way to reaching my target weight and more importantly my extremely high body fat percentage was dropping nicely. I have now reached my target weight, am still enjoying cooking and eating healthily. I feel so fit and well and really enjoying taking my granddaughter for long walks in her buggy. I have even been asked was she my baby!
Oh, and the icing on the cake was when I went up to Bluewater in July and treated myself to a new wardrobe of clothes- all size 12!
Thank you Slimming Pals for completely changing my life around. I'm a different person and now have so much energy. Elaine, Tunbridge Wells
'Size 22 to size 14':
What can I say! I am sitting here – for the first time in my life, comfortably wearing a pair of size 14 trousers. Last year when I started the SlimmingPals’s diet I was wearing a size 22 !
Gone are the floral tent dresses and the general feeling of being unfit and unhealthy. Now with 6 inches off my waistline and 9 inches off my hips (let alone elsewhere!) and 44 pounds lighter, the world is a different place for me.
Everyone comments on how well I look. In fact when I recently went to a formal function I wore clothes I couldn’t have even considered before. Not only that, but there were lots of people at the event who hadn’t seen me for a year – some of them barely recognised me – I felt fantastic.
Not only has it been easy to do (I've a very busy lifestyle), but I’ve really enjoyed the meetings, the advice and all those scrummy recipes.
I steadily lost all the weight I’ve put on through years of eating badly. I feel so much lighter, fitter - my skin and eyes are clearer and people are telling me I look younger. I am immensely proud of myself and would like to thank all of my SlimmingPals group and especially Fleur and Chris for literally changing my life! Fiona, Tunbridge Wells
'Cooking a pleasure again':
Finally here is a diet that is healthy and nutritionally sound. It is easy to follow and the recipes have made cooking a pleasure again. …….I.………. feel more energized with clearer skin and am enjoying wearing more ‘slimline’ clothes again. The support group have helped me stay on track and I should reach my goal in the next couple of months and then intend to stay there! Joy, Cranbrook
'On track with the help of the group':
At last a diet which does not leave you feeling hungry. I’ve lost a stone in eight weeks eating wholesome food and lots of it. The group definitely keeps you on track………Theo, Tunbridge Wells
'Getting used to the compliments':
The ‘diet’ is not a hardship and even eating out can be easily adapted. I have found the encouragement of the leaders and the group very empowering…..
The benefits other than being a lot slimmer, are that I am feeling better, fitter, younger and learning to get used to the compliments. Oh yes, I can use a big section of my wardrobe again, and I've made some new friends too. Would thoroughly recommend this to anyone who wants to loose weight sensibly, healthily and sustainably. MA, Tonbridge
'An easy diet for life':
‘The easiest diet I’ve ever been on………a diet I could follow for the rest of my life’ David, Tunbridge Wells
'Easy to understand and follow':
"I am so grateful to Fleur for helping me to understand why I had previously continued to put on weight on low fat diets. Slimming Pals diet is easy to follow and a way of eating for life. I enjoy feeling lighter and more energetic and I look forward to attaining my desired weight." Susan, Tunbridge Wells
Join Now – or call to discuss - new groups starting in September
The great thing is people love this programme and see results. We have a successful track record of weight loss – and some very happy, slimmer, people who love their food and new found energy. I really hope that you enjoy taking part and it helps you gain long term health benefits.
Fleur Brown 01892 616621
Chris Brown 01892 616633
E-mail info@fleurbrownnutrition.co.uk
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