I couldn’t sleep last night and I think it was because of the pressure I have put upon myself with this diet. There’s no denying that I need to lose weight but 7 months… PHEW! I have also been telling everyone I see about it which makes sure I will stick to it, but also means that I have to do it now – there are far too many people that would know that I failed!

There is an up-side to this though – everyone has been really generous, both with their money, help and advice. To date, I have been pledged over £200, which is great … but there is always room for more! I have been debating getting the local paper involved but maybe that’s taking things a little too far …!

So, I weighted myself this morning and was a little shocked as I am now the heaviest I have ever been – even more of an incentive to get going! For obvious reasons, I don’t feel comfortable sharing the exact weight here, but I will be posting my progress every Monday. Some friends have suggested I take pictures along the challenge so that it can be visualised, so I plan to take some tonight so that I can post them tomorrow.

I have set myself a few targets along the way and will celebrate each of these as they happen; Every 7lbs, 10% lost, 20% lost and a special milestone of 3 Stone 3lbs loss which will mean that I am back to my ‘Post-Uni’ weight before I started sitting down for a living!

Thank you all so much for your friendly words and encouragement and please do come back often!