{"id":547853,"date":"2026-03-27T05:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547853\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:29:21","slug":"nurses-nine-minute-daily-trick-helps-her-shed-loses-five-stone-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547853\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse’s nine minute daily trick helps her shed loses five stone in six months"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHS nurse Laura-Beth Ives from Tameside dropped from 15.5 stone to 10.5 stone using a nine-minute daily app alongside healthy eating and exercise<\/p>\n

Amanda Killelea and Jane Lavender<\/p>\n

07:00, 25 Mar 2026<\/p>\n

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Laura-Beth Ives with her old uniform(Image: Slimpod)<\/p>\n

Yo-yo dieter Laura-Beth Ives shed an impressive five stone in just six months, requiring just nine minutes of daily commitment.<\/p>\n

Nurse Laura-Beth, from Tameside, Greater Manchester, put on weight during maternity leave after welcoming her son five years ago.<\/p>\n

She’d attempted numerous diets to lose the extra pounds and keep them off, but repeatedly found herself returning to square one.<\/p>\n

Now, however, she managed to achieve a remarkable five stone weight loss in half a year, thanks to an innovative weight loss initiative being trialled at the hospital where she works.<\/p>\n

Laura-Beth gave the Slimpod app a go, which employs neuroscience methods for just nine minutes each day to alter people’s mindset and relationship with food, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Laura-Beth shed five stone in just six months(Image: Slimpod)<\/p>\n

The app supposedly enables users to naturally opt for healthier choices and boost their physical activity, ultimately leading to enhanced willpower and subsequent weight reduction.<\/p>\n

The mum-of-one was amazed by the results.<\/p>\n

She’s since dropped from a size 18 to a size 10, slimming down from 15 and a half stone to just 10 and a half stone.<\/p>\n

Laura-Beth explained: “Several times I’ve lost weight but put it all back on, and more.<\/p>\n

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Laura-Beth says she knows she will keep the weight off(Image: Slimpod)<\/p>\n

“I managed to get to a size 12 a few years ago but was such an emotional eater that the weight just went back on – I could easily eat a full big bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk and would snack on sweet stuff non-stop at work to keep me going.<\/p>\n

“Since I started the Slimpod programme it’s all changed – it was like a switch flicking in my head.<\/p>\n

“I no longer reach for sugary food for comfort, my shopping basket is full of healthy food and I take healthy food into work too.”<\/p>\n

Laura-Beth featured on How to Lose Weight Well on Channel 4, where Dr Xand Van Tulleken explores whether unconscious persuasion could hold the key to the future of weight loss.<\/p>\n

Slimpod founder Sandra Roycroft-Davis has been using the method with hundreds of NHS staff across the nation.<\/p>\n

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Laura-Beth Ives dropped five stone(Image: Slimpod)<\/p>\n

The system combines video coaching with a unique audio recording requiring just nine minutes of listening each day.<\/p>\n

It works by gently reprogramming the mind to transform your relationship with food and self-perception.<\/p>\n

Sandra Roycroft-Davis, a Harley Street weight loss expert, says: “Where you used to get pleasure from unhealthy food and sugary snacks, your brain starts learning how to feel good when you eat healthy food and take exercise instead.<\/p>\n

“Slimpod helps you lose weight without depriving yourself and does what diets can’t.<\/p>\n

“The focus is on changing your behaviour towards food and importantly, taking the emotion out of eating.<\/p>\n

“By empowering you to control what you eat and motivating you to be more active, you lose weight without even having to think about it.”<\/p>\n

Laura-Beth added: “I’m feeling great – far more positive, confident and healthier. I don’t get out of breath any more and don’t worry about not fitting in my uniform.<\/p>\n

“I also exercise three times a week and love it – I’d prefer to be exercising than eating now!<\/p>\n

“I know the weight will stay off, because my new eating and exercise habits are here to stay – they’ve become automatic.”<\/p>\n

The scheme Laura-Beth took part in saw 100 hospital staff members from Tameside Hospital embark on a 12-week challenge, designed to help them shed pounds.<\/p>\n

Alongside the Slimpod programme, staff could choose from nutritious menu options available in the hospital restaurant.<\/p>\n

The initiative proved to be a tremendous success.<\/p>\n

An impressive 87% of participants lost weight whilst using the Slimpod throughout the three-month project, and 90% reported changes in behaviour, noting they had cut down on snacking, with most losing their appetite for sugar altogether.<\/p>\n

Before using Slimpod this is what Laura-Beth used to eat on a typical day:Breakfast – cereal or toast with jamLunch – would be starving and just grab a sandwich or some breadDinner – usually pizza or spaghetti bolognaiseSugar consumption – a big chocolate bar every day and hidden sugars in the food. Chocolate was a huge problem.This is what Laura-Beth eats on a typical day now:Breakfast – scambled egg\/banana and fruitLunch – tuna, chicken, salon or cottage cheese salad.Dinner – homemade pizza but made from a wrap. Puts loads of veg and tuna etc on it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHS nurse Laura-Beth Ives from Tameside dropped from 15.5 stone to 10.5 stone using a nine-minute daily app…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97,3458],"class_list":{"0":"post-547853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-weight-loss"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}