Hello lovelies!! Well, where do I start 😊 I’m so excited to let you all know that I have been very lucky and honoured to have been chosen to represent Slimming world and there three chosen charities in the London 2024 Marathon.

To run the London Marathon is a dream come true, and i am so excited and looking forward to being a part of it.

Slimming World is very close to my heart and has literally changed my life. My story is one of always having problems with my weight for many years, and I have always struggled to lose weight, but approx. 6 years that all changed when I joined Slimming world with my wife, Claire, and my journey then started.

Fast forward to today, and after losing over 9 stone in weight, I am so excited to say that I am a very proud target member. I attend my group every week, and we all support each other. It’s that love and support from everyone, especially my wife Claire and our wonderful consultant Bonnie, that has helped me to change my life totally and to keep the weight off.

That’s not the end of my story. With all this love and support from everyone, 2 years ago I feel in love with running, and when you add that into your slimming world journey, wow everything gets so much more exciting. I run at least 2-3 times a week, and I joined a very special running group, who have helped me to be the runner that I am today and have become close special friends. On top of this I am now heavily involved with my local gym as well.

Now every Charity is special, but I do feel very humbled and honoured to have been selected to run the TCS 2024 London Marathon on Sunday 21st April, with this incredibly inspiring and dedicated team of not just me but other Slimming World members, Consultants, and staff. We will celebrate our weight loss achievements as well as raise awareness and money for these three incredible charities, which are very very close and special to me, as they have affected me and my family before and are affecting our family again ☹

The 3 incredible charities we will be raising awareness and money for are - Cancer Research UK, the Irish Cancer Society and Alzheimer's Research UK – and this will be done through Slimming World's own charity SMILES, (Slimmer’s Making It a Little Easier for Someone) and I will be raising money for the charity, Alzheimer's Research UK.

So please, please could I ask you all, if you would be so so kind and to Dig Deep and help with whatever you can afford and help me to try and change even more people’s lives.

Extra big hugs and love as always xxxx