With the Festive Season and all of its temptations upon us, Isle of Wight residents may be able to benefit in the New Year from the few remaining funded places on a digital weight loss programme.
Gloij is a 12-week course that gives users access to personalised coaching through specially trained health mentors, who are on hand to support by phone as needed.
There are only 45 spaces remaining on the course and as the deadline to register is 31st December 2022, make sure you sign up today to avoid missing out.
Tackling obesity
Access to the programme is being made available for free by Isle of Wight council as part of the government’s adult weight management services grant.
To date, gloji has helped over 5,000 residents around the UK lose a total of 6,187kg (over 900 stone) between them, with another 939 people either on the programme or about to start.
Real-world story
Rachael Brown, a 51-year-old grandmother from Lincoln has already completed the programme and is urging others to sign up.
Rachael, who needs a liver transplant, said being referred to the gloji programme by her GP has not only led to her losing almost three stone in weight but has enabled her to reduce the amount of insulin she needs to manage her diabetes from 60 units per meal to just 16, putting her in a more positive position for the transplant she needs.
Reduction of insulin intake
Now, in addition to her reduced daytime insulin, she has also been able to reduce her night-time slow-release insulin from 160 units to just 60. Rachael said,
“I’ve been overweight all my adult life. I’ve tried free sessions at Weight Watchers and Slimming World. You name it, I’ve tried it, and nothing worked for me. I’d lose a couple of pounds and that would be it.
“I had got to the end of my tether. I didn’t even want my partner to know how much I weighed because I was so ashamed. But in the first week on gloji I lost 12 pounds and across the whole of the programme it’s now two stone and 12 pounds in total. I can’t tell you how happy I am. It really has changed my life.”
“Seeing different recipes on gloji and different ways of cooking things was brilliant.”
Bennett: A by-product of improving our healthy lifestyle habits
Rachel’s experience proves the effectiveness of a digital approach to healthy living and weight loss, said Jack Bennett, operations Lead at gloji.
Jack said,
“Rachel is living proof that digital content can work just as effectively as others and that the content available through gloji is powerful and flexible enough to fit around your busy schedule.
“It also shows that this is not purely about dieting or weight loss necessarily, but these come as a by-product of improving our healthy lifestyle habits.”
For more information, visit the gloji Website.
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