Fishy readers;

Some of you may have read about a MarinersTrust initiative to raise money in association with St Andrew's Hospice.

This was announced under the heading of ' Fit for February'

The more observant amongst you will have noted that, at a push, I could do with shedding a few pounds of muscle. ;)

I have therefore committed to losing 2 stone in 3 months commencing 1st Feb. ( losing weight for just February seemed pointless to me-it has to be over a more sustained period in my case)

I need a focus and what better than doing this to raise funds for the Hospice.

Please sponsor me if you can. A couple of quid from a few people soon adds up.

Follow this link to do so: https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/chris-parker

Not wishing to rain on your parade Chris, but that donation site requires too much personal information for my liking. Why do they need my name, address, email and phone number?

Quoted from ginnywings

Not wishing to rain on your parade Chris, but that donation site requires too much personal information for my liking. Why do they need my name, address, email and phone number?

It is the Hospice's chosen site (as costs are much less than 'Just Giving') and you can choose not to have info divulged.

https://everydayhero.com/uk/terms/privacy

If anyone wants to send a donation via paypal they can use the e-mail of chris.g.parker@ntlworld.com and i will then donate whatever is received to the website in a lump sum under my own name if preferred.

Thanks to those who have already supported

Quoted from BIGChris

It is the Hospice's chosen site (as costs are much less than 'Just Giving') and you can choose not to have info divulged.

https://everydayhero.com/uk/terms/privacy

If anyone wants to send a donation via paypal they can use the e-mail of chris.g.parker@ntlworld.com and i will then donate whatever is received to the website in a lump sum under my own name if preferred.

Thanks to those who have already supported

Ok mate. I'm not wishing to be awkward and will donate one way or t'other. Thanks.

Oh! and good luck.

Best of luck Chris and hope you succeed,  I will make a donation later today.

Good cause  respect Chris

Living in Suffolk Chris, I support the local Hospice by buying lottery tickets,

For a few quid every month I have a very faint chance of winning some money, ;D

BUT

That's not the point, the money they take in really helps,

Do St Andrews do a similar lottery ?

If so I urge all posters to agree to a direct debit,

Doing it that way , you do not forget to purchase tickets and you do not miss the money,

Good luck with your weight loss, I need to lose 5 stone . :B

Quoted from grimsby pete

Good luck with your weight loss, I need to lose 5 stone . :B

Best thing to do Pete is find a exercise you like and chances are you stick at it.I went through a period of  inactivity but now Iam quite active and stick to it and I find when your body is in a certain state you dont want to loose that feeling of being  healthy and this in itself is motivation not to slip again.

I lost 7 stone once. That was before I had all my health problems. I weighed 22 stone and managed to get down to 15.

How I did it was simply to stop drinking pints and just eat a bit more sensibly. I'd drink JD and diet coke when I was out and in 7 months I lost 7 stone.I didn't really exercise much at all apart from walking the couple of miles to work every now and then.

I've put a fair bit back on now though but it's quite easy to lose weight, it's keeping it off which is the hard thing.

Fair play Les.I just feel health is everything and you have to look after yourself and don't take it for granted.I had a  friend who suffered in hospital with a  lung problem and sadly is not here no more because of it.Annoys me to be honest when I see people smoking as despite all the warnings they continue to do it  

I'm not that overweight, it is just that i should be about 9ft 8 tall!!

Quoted from BIGChris

I'm not that overweight, it is just that i should be about 9ft 8 tall!!

:)  ;)

One pretty easy way to lose weight is this 5:2 diet - also known as "intermittent fasting".

Eat normally (but sensibly) for 5 days of the week, fast for 2 days a week and I'd say eat as little as you can manage on these two days. The 'official' version of the 5:2 allows men around 600 calories on the fast days but it is easy to get by with much less.

Do this diet along with a little bit of exercise and the weight will drop off you.

Obviously, you need to be careful if you've got any other health issues such as diabetes. Easy to try out, if nothing else!

Big Chris is it true you have provisionally booked in for liposuction at end of April just in case ;)
Good Luck

Quoted from Rick12

Best thing to do Pete is find a exercise you like and chances are you stick at it.I went through a period of  inactivity but now Iam quite active and stick to it and I find when your body is in a certain state you dont want to loose that feeling of being  healthy and this in itself is motivation not to slip again.

My problem  Rick is that I am waiting for a new kneecap,

So exercise is out the question at the moment,

I can not even take the dog for a walk,

BUT

I always eat less when the warm weather comes  :)

My old doctor told me its more important what you eat ,

Once you got that bit right a bit of exercise will help.

I might take up   hopscotch  ;D

Quoted from Rick12

Fair play Les.I just feel health is everything and you have to look after yourself and don't take it for granted.I had a  friend who suffered in hospital with a  lung problem and sadly is not here no more because of it.Annoys me to be honest when I see people smoking as despite all the warnings they continue to do it  

Thankfully, that's one vice I have never had. My Stepdad cured me of that when I was about 14.

He used to smoke cigars and I asked him one day if I could have one. He said I could on the condition that I smoked it all. He watched me smoke it until I turned green and threw up in the kitchen sink. I did try one or two "fags" a couple of years later at school but I hated the taste and haven't touched any form of tobacco since.

Quoted from grimsby pete

My problem  Rick is that I am waiting for a new kneecap,

So exercise is out the question at the moment,

I can not even take the dog for a walk,

Sorry to hear  hope things sort themselves out

Quoted from grimsby pete

My problem  Rick is that I am waiting for a new kneecap,

So exercise is out the question at the moment,

;D

Knees are my downfall.

Total of 8 operations which mean that exercise is a problem and has at least contributed to piling on the pounds.

Just feel I must do something.

Please donate to help the Hospice if you can. Every pound helps.

https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/chris-parker

I start my challenge on Sunday 1st Feb and would like to thank everyone for their support in raising money for the Hospice. With the online and face to face donations I have now reached just over £600.

If possible I would like to push this further so if you can help please follow this link

https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/chris-parker

Quoted from BIGChris

Fishy readers;

Some of you may have read about a MarinersTrust initiative to raise money in association with St Andrew's Hospice.

This was announced under the heading of ' Fit for February'

The more observant amongst you will have noted that, at a push, I could do with shedding a few pounds of muscle. ;)

I have therefore committed to losing 2 stone in 3 months commencing 1st Feb. ( losing weight for just February seemed pointless to me-it has to be over a more sustained period in my case)

I need a focus and what better than doing this to raise funds for the Hospice.

Please sponsor me if you can. A couple of quid from a few people soon adds up.

Follow this link to do so: https://give.everydayhero.com/uk/chris-parker

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who sponsored me and suffice to say i managed to reach my target.

Got a few more directly sponsored (as opposed to those who used the web link) to collect but believe the total amount I have raised (including gift aid) will be between £1400-1500.

If any kind person would like to add a little something it would be very much appreciated by myself, The Trust and the Hospice

Thanks again

BIG butnowslightlysmaller) Chris