I haven’t updated my weight loss posts for a while because I have not been doing too well with the weight loss so I decided to search for inspiration elsewhere. I found the incentive I was looking for with The British Heart Foundation Dechox challenge.
The idea behind the BHF dechox is that you give up chocolate for the 31 days of March. You can also pledge to give up cakes and biscuits too so I have gone for the triple whammy. It is only 31 days and then I can go back to eating chocolates, cakes and biscuits in moderation and not overeating them as I have been lately.
It is day six and I am doing well. I haven’t had any chocolate, cakes or biscuits and haven’t replaced them with anything else. I had a headache on day 4 and low blood sugar today, but I am doing ok.
I do believe that my intake of sugar needs to be kept to a minimum but my brain doesn’t always agree. I always think I will just have one piece of cake, bar of chocolate or biscuit but it always escalates and I eat too much. The Paul McKenner books and CD’s do help me but I need to listen more often and do the techniques shown when I get cravings.
This challenge is easy to stick to because I want to raise the money and I don’t want to let anyone down. I also need to think seriously about my health and that is more important than weight loss or looking good. If I have weight loss as a result of this then that can only be a positive step.
The Facebook Dechox group is amazing, motivating and full of lovely people supporting each other and understanding how each other. This is really important for motivation because it’s easy to slip up when you are trying to be healthy; motivation is a powerful tool and will help keep me on track for 31 days.
Dechox is a fund raiser and I understand that this is a really hard time for people financially and that a lot of people are, quite rightly, giving what they can to the Ukraine. I only put £50 as my target so that if I didn’t get all the sponsors then I could make it up myself. So far I have put £11 in myself and friends and family have started donating too. My total is currently £41 so I am hoping to go over target. Some people are waiting to the end of the 31 days in case I decide to stuff my face with tasty, sugary treats. If I make the 31 days I will pay a bit more in myself. A big thank you to anyone who has donated or does donate.
My Just Giving link if anyone is feeling able to donate is:
www.justgiving.com/Sara-Williams40
British Heart Foundation work constantly to find ways to improve the heart health of Britain and it’s worth looking them up online www..BHF.org.uk (I have no affiliation with BHF, I just think they are a good charity.)
I will do a quick update post on the 31st March 😊❤️
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