It's half a year (26 weeks) until Christmas - and no we're not thinking about our Christmas shopping yet(!) But we are thinking about giving our son James the best Christmas present we can - two fit and healthy parents who can run around and play with him, and keep up with him just as well as any other Mum or Dad. It's obvious that us losing weight will have many benefits for our family, and we're going to do it anyway, whether you sponsor us or not.

But rather than it just being our family that benefits from this, we thought it would be good to try to raise money for Cancer Research, so that other families can benefit too. Cancer stops some children from growing up with two fit and healthy parents, through no fault of their own. Can we raise a bit of money to help Cancer Research ensure that fewer families are affected in the future?

We are aiming to lose a combined total of at least 5 stone between the two of us by Christmas.

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