Diabetes UK

Dear friends...
I find myself in dire need to lose weight.
It's taken me 12 years to put on the weight I lost when I got to target back in 1999.
So 2012 is going to be the year that the lbs are shed and my shape regained.
As a lot of my slimming chums will know, its hard to keep motivated and in the groove so I have been looking at ways in which to challenge myself and keep my motivation high.
Unlike the 1st time round I am not going to a class but I am doing 'online' slimming and I'm finding this just the ticket for me as most of you will know I love my lap top and I am online most days. Its great having everything at my finger tips.
However I want to make a bigger commitment. I want to put something down in black and white and 'out there' to say I am going to do this!!!
So how do I do that??? Well here it is...my lbs for your pounds!!
As a great many of you will know my dear friend Linda lost her most beloved daughter Claire in November 2011.
Claire was a fun loving 21year old girl in her last year at Uni where she was studying Forensic Phsychobiology.
Claire suffered from type 1 Diabetes.
She was a lovely girl to know and had a great zest for life. It's a great tragedy that her life was cut so short.
So I am going to commit myself to losing weight in order to gain pounds for Diabetes uk.
Claire would have graduated from Uni on the 5th July 2012 and that date is how long this Challenge will go on for.
That's 5 months give or take, so I'm setting myself a target of 2.5 st off by that time and a target of £500 pounds in money to be raised.
I know times are hard so any donation of any amount will gratefully received.
So there it is my lbs for your pounds, wish me luck!!