Sponsored Weight Loss

Hi Everyone,

My name is Matt and I am here to raise money for the British Heart Foundation and my Sunday League club via a sponsored weight loss. 

I have tried to lose weight on many occasion, with varying degrees of success, but there has always been a common element amongst every attempt, failure.

Firstly  I'd like to address that some may find the concept of losing weight via sponsorship slightly strange as I'm fully aware that losing weight is something I should be capable of with willpower alone, but truth be told, I find it incredibly hard. I would say I'm very much a food addict, which is why starting this GoFundMe page will give me some healthy pressure and put me in the spotlight where there is no option to fail. You could say I'm attacking this from a different angle this time.

The reason I want to lose weight, from a personal point of view, is for my own health. About two years ago I was diagnosed with a heart arrhythmia called Atrial Fibrillation. For those of you that aren’t familiar, Atrial Fibrillation occurs when the heart's upper chambers contract randomly and sometimes so fast that the heart muscle cannot relax properly between contractions. This reduces the heart's efficiency and performance. Atrial fibrillation happens when abnormal electrical impulses suddenly start firing in the atria. These impulses override the heart's natural pacemaker, which can no longer control the rhythm of the heart. This causes you to have a highly irregular pulse rate.

I will be going into hospital towards the back end of 2021 for an ablation procedure which should hopefully correct the arrhythmia. Now that I have the condition under control via medication, meaning exercise is do-able, now is the best time to lose the weight I need to increase the chances of the ablation procedure working.

The above is why I would like to donate 50% of the donations to the British Heart Foundation, so they can continue to do the amazing work they do. The other 50% will go towards my Sunday League side, where I will ask them to donate a percentage of the donations to a football related kids charity of their choice. Grassroots football is something close to my heart and it has taken a battering this year and last due to Covid. 

My goal is to lose 4 stone (25kg, 56lb) by September/October time!

I currently weigh 19st 1lb, so my goal weight is 15st. 

This is the first charity fundraiser I have ever done so it would be great if you could support me along the way! 

I will update my journey via social media, checking in and giving updates of my progress!

Thanks to everyone that took the time to read this. 

Matt