You know how it is, you’re sat around with so called ‘friends’ talking about nothing much, then you casually say ‘I need to lose a few pounds’…and the first thing you notice is, not a single person disagrees with you.The next you know, somebody says ‘well, it’s the Fringe soon, and with all that running around you’re bound to lose weight’.Then, some bright spark pipes up with ‘You should do it for charity’, and before you know it you’ve agreed to be publically weighed and challenged to lose weight, and there’s no getting out of it.

The truth is that I do need to lose weight and I can think of no better motivation, or cause than The Fountain Centre. As many of you may know, we lost Charlottes mum a couple of months ago and The Fountain Centre were fantastic whilst she was stuck in hospital. Emotional support and company are very important, especially to someone like Sandra who was a real social butterfly!

I promise you many, many photos and videos of my ‘weight loss journey’ over the next month or so, including live weigh-ins, exercises, diets and all sorts of other nasty things, I might even write a blog if I can summon the energy.I hope you enjoy watching me disappear before your very eyes, as I lose weight during the busiest, and hottest part of the year.

Wish me luck! 

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