" I joined ShapeUp4Life due to being overweight and having high cholesterol. I believed I had a reasonably healthy diet and exercised enough (2-3 squash matches a week). However, ShapeUp4Life showed me the uncomfortable truth that bad habits had crept into my diet which I didn’t recognise and that the exercise I was doing was woefully inadequate. After completing the course and having removed some (but not all) bad habits and increased my exercise I have lost 1 stone and my total cholesterol has gone from 6.0 to 4.3. Certainly given me the motivating to continue. "

" I have tried diets before and have piled on the pounds as soon as I have stopped. I have found being educated about food has been enormously helpful. Not being on a diet but a lifestyle change! I would thoroughly recommend the course to others. "

" I joined ShapeUp4Life as I was very overweight, and it made me quite unwell mentally. Now I have lost weight I am so much happier and healthier, and I have now felt comfortable enough to come off my medication. In the past I have been unsuccessful when trying to lose weight but now I feel different and I am so determined. I enjoyed the course and now I am really checking my foods, I am very happy I reached my 5% goal. "

" I joined ShapeUp4Life because I needed to lose weight and needed support to do so. I have tried other weight loss programmes in the past which would normally begin well but they never really taught me to change and do exercise they just told me what to eat and what not to eat but not why. I eat more fruit and vegetables and am more aware of my calorie intake and the need for physical activity. My blood pressure has lowered along with my BMI. I would recommend this service to others to make changes for life not just a few months. "