Seen as though it's a new year, it's going to be a new and improved me. The latter part of 2012 was amazing, not only did things start to fall into place with work, pay and travel, but I have found what I would call, my kindred spirit. 2013 is a year for making a change, making things better and living a happier lifestyle.
At work we run a £ for lb challenge, which is where the company donates £1 for every pound in weight lost by each participant. The scheme runs for 11 weeks and you are able to weigh-in as little and often as you like. The minimum is the start weigh-in and the final weigh-in which is around Good Friday.
The charity our company has chosen this year, is Parkinsons UK, so I am looking forward to raising money for such a valuable charity. Parkinsons is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-generating cells in a specific region of the brain. People that suffer with Parkinson's have movement-related symptoms such as shaking, rigity, slowness of movement, difficulty with walking and later on cognitive problems may arise with dementia being a common occurrence. Currently scientists and medics are researching ways to combat symptoms of Parkinson's, and the money we raise will hopefully contribute to this and make Parkinson's disease sufferers and their loved ones more comfortable and give them the quality of life that they deserve.
So, what am I going to do? Well, after weighing in this morning, it has been confirmed that Christmas does indeed add a few pounds to your waistline, BUT the more weight I carry now, the more I can lose and the more money can go to charity in the end (at least that's what I tell myself!). My current BMI is sitting at 25, which, for my height is considered as healthy on the scale, but it's right at the higher end. So, I will aim to get somewhere in the middle of the healthy weight scale.
My plan is to lose between a stone and a stone & a half. I will try and weigh-in every fortnight to see progress, and if progress is high, I may change my weigh-ins to weekly up until the end. I'm cutting my carb intake and increasing the amount of water I am drinking, to try and help speed things along. I've stocked up my fridge with grapes, bananas, lettuce, carrots, plum tomatoes, peppers and chicken for dinners. I have placed them all in front of the goodies that remain from the festive period, to remove temptation from immediate view. I am going back to Netball League after the Christmas break, and I am also back to swimming at least 2 tiimes a week. I will also do simple things such as walk the dog (my mum currently does it, so she will get double the walks and spoilt!), a few sit-ups in the morning/before bed and steadily increase them, and I will also go to bed 30mins earlier, and eventually rise 30mins later, a well rested person is less likely to crave junk food, so that's a simple starter.
Until next time;
xoxo
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