Water, water everywhere … nor any drop to ‘drink’ – not for 10 days at least!
I don’t have the knees or stamina for a marathon. I don’t have the hair for a dying pink or shaving. I already have the facial hair before Movember. I’ve been very poor at taking action for charity.
Then one day I saw the perfect challenge for ME (whilst, predictably, sitting in relative comfort on the Tube).
Anyone who knows me probably knows I live on two things: wine, and tea. Lots of wine, and even more tea (strong, very strong, white, 1-and-a-half sugars, please). I’m not called ‘thirstforwine’ for nothing but I also have a 6-or-more-mugs-of-tea-a-day habit.
Both are indulgences that, combined with an overly-sedentary lifestyle, are leading to an increasing waistline and poor blood-pressure. Neither would be a problem if I were to also exercise more. But I’m the kind of person that needs a kickstart to do some physical exercise!
THIS is the kickstart I need. Reset the system. Stop old habits. Build new ones. Feel good. DO good.
I pledge to drink NOTHING but water – no tea, no wine, no juice, no beer, no coffee, … for 10 days.
Most importantly, I can do this for myself AND for others. The RNLI is an absolute ESSENTIAL service for everyone in this country, and as I am now more regularly travelling across the water myself, I recognise this even more.
So, I need your help.
If I am going to break the habits of a lifetime, I want to make it for a worthwhile amount of money. I know, I know, there have been many charity donations recently and there’s only so much we can afford.
I’m not asking for a big donation (though you are welcome to). I’m really hoping for many small donations – donate just a few quid, but then please share that page and encourage your friends to do the same. I will be personally matching the first 10 donations that come in out of my “wine fund”.
I am also going to encourage my UK friends to do the same, and join my crew. Are you up to it? Fancy getting healthy for a good cause?
Thanks so much for helping me, for supporting the RNLI, and also for putting up with my likely grumpiness from caffeine withdrawals and lack of wine.
cheers
thirstfor…water
May 12, 2015
Love the charity. Love the idea of discipline driving change. Building a solid beverage business based on liquids as a way to fill your body with nutrients. Understand personally the importance of drinking water and the issues that will arise if you don’t.
As a amateur nutrition geek i question changing what you drink without examining also what you eat.
But in spirit I’m there with you and wish you the fortitude to succeed.
May 12, 2015
Thanks Arnold. I’m mainly doing this for the charity, and the fact that for ONCE, it is a challenge that I can physically do (no running for my knees!) and will hopefully be the start of exactly what you say, a healthier life in more aspects – better eating and more exercise (having cleared my head, literally and figuratively, of some of my bad habits holding me back). I eat pretty healthily thanks to gluten issues at home, but am hoping to cut the sugar + caffeine vs alcohol self-medication of daily uppers/downers. Will probably still be a grumpy b*st*rd for 10 days though. Thanks for your moral support
May 13, 2015
Good luck – sounds like quite a hard challenge for a fellow wino! Cheers, Louise @ WillungaWino