Setting goals to help achieve success

Since my last posting, I am pleased to report that I have made some progress towards improving my BMI! This in itself, is significant as the difficulty I have had with exercise in the past is keeping the momentum going. Now that I have set myself goals to reach, I am actually making headway.

Snacking between meals has been my biggest downfall, I don’t eat breakfast (which I know is one of the most important meals of the day), I sometimes eat a lunch late, or miss that too and then by the time I get home, I am really hungry. I then snack until my evening meal and by the time I have eaten, I've made up for lost ground! It’s hard to break out of this habit but with my new goals to reach (and willpower!), I am trying to alter this.

From an exercise perspective, I have implemented small but significant changes. I use the stairs not the lift, I walk to the train station and have recently purchased a hybrid bike. If I am to achieve my goal of entering at least 4 challenges within the Wessex Heartbeat calendar, I must be fit enough to complete them!

The really positive aspect of the Healthy Heart initiative is that I am changing my lifestyle for the better. If you would to request a visit from the Wessex Heartbeat team or for more information, please contact either myself or Melody Carter on 023 8079 5907 or email melody@heartbeat.org.uk.

Healthy Heart goes ‘on air’

The start of the New Year has proved to be a busy one already. The Healthy Heart initiative which has already rolled out in Chichester, Bognor Regis and Southampton is now in Portsmouth. Radio interviews with Darren Gamblen and Rob Davies, radio presenters at the popular Portsmouth Radio Station Express FM 93.7 has ensured that the Healthy Heart message is reaching the local community. The radio station based in Arundel Street, Portsmouth has also agreed to take part in a Healthy Heart session and publicise the event on-air so that listeners will get a practical insight into how you can look after your health and suggestions on how to keep fit and eat well.

If you would like to listen to the radio interviews, click on this soundbite to hear Darren Gamblen on the Morning show or follow this link to hear the series of podcasts http://expressfm.com/tabid/267/Default.aspx from The Volunteering Show on a Wednesday evening with Rob Davies.

Photograph includes Ellie Young, Producer and Rob Davies, presenter of The Volunteering Show