Your Space Pontefract launches a weight loss support programme, and it goes beyond the jab

Your Space Pontefract has launched a new programme designed to support people on their weight loss journey, including the growing number using GLP-1 medication such as Mounjaro and Wegovy.

Let’s Get Going! Losing Weight is an 8-week pilot programme combining expert-led fitness sessions, nutritional guidance, body composition analysis and full gym access, giving participants everything they need to feel strong, healthy and supported alongside their weight loss journey.

With GLP-1 weight loss medication now used by hundreds of thousands of people across the UK, healthcare professionals and fitness experts are increasingly highlighting the importance of exercise and nutrition support alongside medication. Research shows that without the right guidance, up to 39% of weight lost on GLP-1 medication can come from muscle rather than fat with significant long-term implications for health, energy and weight maintenance.

Let’s Get Going! Losing Weight has been developed specifically to address this gap, providing the structured, expert-led support that medication alone cannot offer. The programme is open to anyone on a weight loss journey, not just those using medication.

Over eight weeks, participants receive a personalised fitness programme, practical healthy eating advice, access to group exercise classes, a body composition check using professional analysis equipment, and full membership to Your Space Pontefract, with weekly check-ins from the Fitness Team throughout.

Health and delivery manager, Anne Nixon, said:

“We created Let’s Get Going! Losing Weight because we know of so many people in our community who are using weight loss medication and don’t know how to support their bodies alongside it. We’re not here to replace anyone’s medication, we simply want people to have access to the education that must be delivered alongside this weight loss jabs. This programme gives people in Pontefract access to the kind of expert, human support that most people on this journey simply don’t get.”

Facility manager, Simon Potter said:

“Your Space Pontefract is here to serve the local community and were proud to be able to support those local residence with this innovative health care initiative”

The pilot at Your Space Pontefract will inform the potential rollout of the programme across BPL’s wider network of sites across South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire.

For more information visit https://www.letsgetgoing.com/losing-weight/