The Slimming Clinic Blog
The Importance of Taking Your Weight Loss Medication Correctly
When you’re poorly and you’re given medication from the doctor, what is the most important thing they tell you? To finish your course of medication, or it might not cure whatever is making you ill. So imagine if you didn’t finish your course of medication, you got...
Are You Ready To Lose Weight?
You’ve decided you need to lose weight, give your weight loss diet a boost and you want to feel and look better. That is wonderful news! But are you actually ready and have you got what it takes to lose weight?! It might sound silly - ‘being ready to lose weight’ -...
Over 1 Million Hospital Admissions From Obesity
We know that throughout the UK that obesity is rapidly becoming a pandemic of its own. In shocking statistics released by NHS Digital, during 2019/2020, there were over 1 million admissions to hospitals where obesity was either a primary or secondary factor for...
Can Weight Loss Prevent Diabetes?
Can weight loss prevent diabetes is a common question. Let's start with the stats. Did you know that there is an estimated 4.9 million people in the UK with diabetes, including an undiagnosed 850,000 people who are unaware that they have type 2 diabetes? This is...
Gardening For Weight Loss: Can Gardening Support Your Weight Loss?
The Benefits of Gardening for Weight Loss Gardening for weight loss can really help towards your daily exercise and health... When you were younger, what did you think of gardening? Chances are, you might have thought it was a hobby for the old. You can just imagine...
Is fasting for weight loss good for you?
Earlier in April, our Dietitian, Lesley Reid did a live video about the latest weight loss diet craze, fasting. She spoke about intermittent fasting, the types of fasting for weight loss you can do and if fasting holds any weight loss benefits for you. Here are a few...
Lynn’s Weight Loss Story
Name: Lynn Johnson Age: 68 Occupation: Retired Starting Weight: 18stone Current Weight: 15stone Total Weight Loss to Date: 3 stone Lynne realised she needed to drop some weight when her health started to suffer because she was overweight. Not wanting to miss...
Abigail’s Weight Loss Story
Name: Abigail Kirk Age: 23 Occupation: Nursery Practitioner Starting Date with The Slimming Clinic: March 2020 Starting Weight: 18st 10lbs Current Weight: 12st Starting BMI: 41.1 Current BMI: 26.3 Total Weight Loss to Date: 6st 10lbs When Abigail Kirk decided...
Spring Into Summer Weight Loss Guide
Whilst we think everyone is ‘summer body ready’ in whatever size, shape or form it comes in, we also know that people do get more self-conscious and worried when they know summer is coming and join some extreme weight loss diets! Summer can be tough when you’re low on...
Weight Loss Testimonial – Joanne Kane
Joanne Kane has had an amazing weight loss success of 2 and a half stone with us at The Slimming Clinic in our Transform programme. She sat down with Carol, our Marketing Director, to talk more about her journey and how she has lost weight. You can scroll to the...
Kristiana’s Weight Loss Story
Name: Kristiana Sdobnikovaite Age: 29 Occupation: Health Care Assistant Starting Date with The Slimming Clinic: November 2020 Starting Weight: 98.6kg Current Weight: 83.7kg Starting BMI: 34.8 Current BMI: 29.4 Total Weight Loss to Date: 15kg / 33lbs / 2st 5lbs ...
Ryan’s Weight Loss Story – Month 1 Results
Name: Ryan Herridge Date Started with The Slimming Clinic: 07/01/2021 Starting weight: 27st 6lbs Target Weight: 17st Time on Programme: 1 Month Current Weight Loss: 1st 5lbs We hope that you have read Ryan’s first blog post for us, where he explained his inspiring...