The Last Twenty

Join Kathy Creaner in her quest to lost "The Last Twenty: kg's and, at the same time, raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Here's what Kathy has to say:

Hi there

I'm after your help. I've decided that I'm going to lose "The Last Twenty" kgs by May next year. I've been going to do this for some time and I just haven't been able to get motivated. I've done some thinking about why this is happening and that's when I realised that I needed help to get there.

What sort of help am I after?

Sponsorship - I'm going to ask people to sponsor me to lose weight. My target date is Mother's Day next year, and all money raised will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation via the Mother's Day Classic. I'll keep track of all pledges, bank the money, and make sure you get tax receipts if you want one. (The MDC has a way for me to do that provided that you get your money to me by the end of May.) My thinking is that having sponsorship will help keep me motivated - as you know, I'm competitive and I'll enjoy trying to raise as much money as I can for the cause. Hey, you can even ask your friends to sponsor me!

I'm going to set health and fitness goals for myself every 5 kgs. Once I've lost the weight, I'm going to aim for the goal. This also enables people to sponsor me per goal reached or by kg's lost each month.

5 kgs - run the Ben Donohoe Fun Run. It's in November, it's a cause I support, some of my running friends in Canberra have done it before, it's a fun run walk, and it would be a good one to gather together the support team and have some fun. This one wouldn't be a fund raiser for my cause, as the Ben Donohoe fund is a good cause in its own right.

10 kgs - go indoor rock climbing. I did this during the Biggest Loser challenge at Fernwood a few years ago, when I first met Krissi and the running girls. I was hopeless at it. I'd like to see if I was any better. The idea is to invite people along and hit them up for a gold coin donation to the cause.

15 kgs - run up Mt Ainslie. This is the one I was hesitating to say out loud. I've run part of it before and I've often thought "hey, wouldn't it be great if I could run the whole way". The first time I walked up the mountain, I climbed it with my friend Alex. Her offer of non-financial support for the challenge has been to walk it with me regularly. I wonder how she'll feel when she hears I'm planning to run up it. I'm going to invite people along to this one too, to celebrate with me at the top after I've hit them up for a gold coin donation.

20 kgs - run the 10km Mother's Day Classic. Run the Canberra half marathon a week later, without stopping this year.

Encouragement - Encouraging comments, anecdotes about what's worked for you, interesting recipes, tips and tricks, motivational stories. It's all good. Drop me a line via emait or chat to me on Facebook.  I'm keeping a blog as well, where I'll post updates about my progress - weight loss and money raised.

Supervision - If you see me reaching for that second chocolate biscuit, feel free to ask me how I'm going with "The Last Twenty". Keeping me on the straight and narrow will help me immensely.
Join me - If you have a weight loss or fitness goal and would like to join me with the MDC sponsorship / target date idea, feel free to sign up. I'm going to lean heavily on friends and family who are also looking after their health.

Run with me - I'll be doing the Canberra Half marathon next year, hopefully 20 kgs lighter. If you'd like to join me on training runs, that would be great. If you'd like me to join you on other fun runs, let me know.

Run the MDC with me - As this is my goal date for the weight loss target, I'd love it if you were able to come along and participate. I'm even thinking of organising t-shirts!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Hugs

Kathy