A new Blog!!
I so need to loose some unwanted weight - about 3 stone of it! The only way I can think of forcing myself to get started on a healthy eating diet and exercise regime is to publicly shame myself in to persevering. I am a prolific Tweeter so am hoping with the support of some friends who can Mentor me I can get under way with this Challenge. Maybe a weekly Blog update will help and a daily Tweet update.
So far most of my fundraising ventures have been done sitting on my backside at a laptop - hence the weight gain - the flab has spread courtesy of the glass or 3 of wine which goes with my evening's Tweeting sessions - which have not been as regular as they used to, but the flab has still turned in to a few spare tyres which make me feel uncomfortable, out of breath and very unfit.
You know you are unfit when an 8 year old with a 75% lung function can run faster than you and there is absolutely NO WAY you can catch up without fear of keeling over and having a heart attack! Along with the visual embarrassment of various flabby bits bouncing around!
After watching the great John Bishop's Sport Relief Challenge on Friday evening, where I had to pause several times in watch it to blow my nose due to the emotional nature of it all, I was so inspired to get off my own idle ass and do something to change my life. Whether it works is another matter - I have zero willpower.
I am fed up of going shopping and coming home with no new clothes because I just don't think anything will suit me - nothing will cover my flab! I buy big baggy t-shirts and own one pair of size 16 jeans. I bought a size 14 pair last week and could not get my ass in to them! I am determined that I will get in to them so I didn't take them back!
I had to have my eternity and engagement rings cut off my finger when I was pregnant with Joe due to swelling and water retention and have only just had them re-sized this year so I could wear them again. I now find that my wedding ring is so tight on my finger it's starting to hurt - there is NO WAY I want that cutting off my finger spoiling it's shape - so I must loose some flab so it fits nicely.
This is the start of my journey to get fitter and loose the weight.
John Bishop is the same age as me and look what he did for Charity - I can't do his Challenge, but I can do SOMETHING! My aim is to get to the top of Ben Nevis - I've wanted to do that for a few years now but have never been fit enough - I have dodgy hips and knee's! Maybe with regular exercise and loosing the excess weight sitting on these area's it will make things easier for me to achieve my challenge. Not on the agenda for this year ..... September 2013 is my target!
My next Blog will have THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH - i.e. weight, vital statistics and my goals!
I hope my friends will encourage me and help me on this journey - I need the support for it to work - I can't do it on my own.
