Cheryl McGinley

United Kingdom

Journalist at My LighterLife

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I’ve tried many diets multiple times but nothing compares to LighterLife

Jun 25, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

My Doctor told me my life expectancy had been reduced due to my being obese. Both my sons were married, and I wanted to still be here for any grandchildren who might appear. I’d tried a number of other diet programmes, very unsuccessfully and then a work colleague recommended LighterLife, and I’ve never looked back. Mainly due to the advice of my colleague and also, importantly for me, the success of my first fortnight on plan.
I’m no longer sweating all day and all night, I’m sleeping better, I’ve reduced my meds, and I really am in a great place.

Jun 16, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

My parents 50th wedding anniversary party was on 1 June and, after seeing the family pictures at Christmas, I did not want pictures of this event to be the same. I thought I looked horrific. Enough was enough. 2020 through to 2022 had been pretty stressful for lots of reasons, and in 2023 I ate and drank what I wanted, not considering the cause and effect, just thinking I’d deal with it later.
My Type 2 diabetes is in remission after losing 9 stone on TotalFast

May 24, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

When I was younger, I lost weight through exercise and became very fit, managing to maintain that until my late 30s. Then I started focusing more on work than on my fitness, and began putting weight on. Eventually, things became more difficult due to health issues, and I realised I need to do something about my weight. I initially joined the NHS Tier 3 programme which gave three options for diet plans to use, LighterLife being one of them.
Jennifer lost over 12 stone on TotalFast and reversed her Type 2 diabetes

May 20, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

I wanted to change for a lot of reasons, I was embarrassed about my size, and I’ve struggled with my weight for over 20 years. My 8-year old daughter was subject to a lot of negativity from her peers at school and stopped eating bread because someone told her she’d “end up fat like her Mum.”Relatives I didn’t see often looked at me with pity. People used to tut at me on trains because I took up more than one seat. And whilst on holiday I felt really uncomfortable on a family photoshoot.
I feel I can look at myself in the mirror and in photographs, and see a happy person!

May 17, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

My clothes were groaning when I took them out to get dressed! Then they no longer fitted. Then I was having to buy another size up, and even that was tight. I kept telling myself I would lose weight “my way”, by being sensible about food types and portions, and thus keep most of my size 10 clothes for when I would get there. Even though I’d already given up on myself once and given loads of lovely clothes to charity.
Mandy lost 6 stone 5lbs on TotalFast and dropped 5 dress sizes!

May 13, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

After having my son in 1988, I kept putting on weight until I’d reached 19 stone 13 pounds and was a size 24. My family were worried about how big I’d become. And I knew I needed to lose weight for my health – I had high blood pressure, I was having bad asthma attacks, and ached in all my joints. I would get out of breath on the shortest of walks. On holiday in Tenerife in 2023, we would walk to a nearby town but I would have to stop frequently to get my breath back and use my inhaler.
I've been maintaining my LighterLife weight loss for 26 years!

Apr 9, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

Growing up in Glasgow in the early 1950s, I always felt like the odd one out in our family. I was probably on the thin side as a child but I didn’t look “right,” I was pale, with straight red hair, whereas most girls had blond or brown curly hair and rosy cheeks. During my teenage years in the early 1960s, my weight started to go up, and I got a lot of negativity from my mum, aunt, and sister.
Now I have an entire dressing room to house all my clothes!

Mar 11, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

After an accident at work I was struggling with pain in my knee, and I was also at my heaviest. With a big family holiday abroad coming up, I wanted to feel better about myself and to be able to go swimming with my grandkids. I was 14 years old when I started my first diet and had yo-yo dieted ever since. Having had 6 children, I found I was heavier with each pregnancy.
I feel so much fitter, I can run upstairs and feel in control of my life.

Mar 4, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

I’ve been a yo yo dieter since my 20s but when I turned 64 I decided it was time to finally break that cycle. Having tried so many diets that were hopelessly hard to follow, and made so many mistakes counting calories, I found any pounds I lost, I then regained very quickly. Rather than go on any more diets, I wanted to adopt a healthier relationship with food and lose weight to look better and feel healthier. I always felt frumpy and couldn’t buy nice clothes.
I feel so much more confident in how I look. I’m not embarrassed or ashamed by my size anymore.

Feb 14, 2024 | lighterlife.com | Cheryl McGinley

Whenever I attended weddings, parties and other social events, I always felt like I was wearing a tent rather than a nice dress and that I looked horrible. I’d try to hide behind others in group photos and wouldn’t let anyone take photos of me other than of my head and shoulders because I hated seeing pictures of myself. I was very ashamed and embarrassed by my appearance.