LightenUp: Every mind, every body.

The Program

"If diets worked, you'd only have to do it once."
Sara Redman
Co-founder of LightenUp and expert in the psychology of weight loss

It's not a diet, it's not an exercise program, there are no shakes, no pills, no meal replacements, no weigh-ins.  LightenUp is all about the psychology of weight loss, what's going on in your head and your heart and achieving the results that you've always wanted - long term, sustainable results.  Many of our customers comment on the fact that they lose weight without even noticing because of the shift in their mindset.

By addressing the psychology of weight loss, LightenUp will open your eyes to the things you've been doing that stop you achieving your best body.  It gives you strategies you can immediately apply to your life to get the results you want.

When you join LightenUp, you receive the comprehensive LightenUp workbook.

Working through the complete LightenUp workbook can take up to 12 weeks with a commitment of at least 2 hours per week.   

The LightenUp workbook consists of 5 sections and will show you how to:

• Uncover the real issue in relation to your body-related concern/s;
• Establish your most important body-related goal based on what you really want;
• Set up the best mental foundation to achieve your body-related goal/s and help you learn more about your mind;
• Create the best emotional state to achieve your body-related goal/s and help you learn more about your emotions;
• Ensure your priorities and body-related goal/s are working together and help you learn more about your spirit.

The sections are structured in the following way:

• information to expand your understanding and learning;
• exercises to apply to your own life;
• a summary of what you have learnt and tested; and
• access to further resources available on our website.

Download a sample of the program

The words 'lighten up' as well as the program LightenUp are all about becoming lighter mentally, feeling lighter emotionally, and being lighter spiritually which will inevitably lead to you becoming lighter physically.

Self-assessment Questions

Which of the following scenarios apply to you?

• I have tried countless diets and most of them/all of them failed.
• I have been on a diet, lost the weight I wanted and then down the track gained it all back.
• I keep feeling like I should go on a diet and lose a few kilos but I don’t really want to.
• I have a habit of craving fatty/sugary/junk food when I am feeling down or bored.
• I have a habit of eating much larger portions of food than I think I need and then feeling so full and regretting it afterwards.
• If a favourite food of mine (chocolate, chips etc) is the in the house or in front of me I can’t help but eat it even if I am not hungry.
• When I look in the mirror I don’t like what I see.
• I don’t feel good about myself and secretly feel that if I was thinner/more muscly/more toned then life would be better.
• I don’t pay any attention to what I’m eating and often don’t remember what I’ve had.

If you answered Yes to 3 or more of these statements then LightenUp may be the answer for you.

Reference

1. Hulse, Dean (Ed.) "Fad Diets Popular but Have Major-League Failure Rate" NEWS for North Dakotans 8 July 1999 http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/newsrelease/1999/070899/04faddie.htm