Rob Halfon loses pounds to help Harlow Community Chest

I have decided to start a sponsored diet for a wonderful local charity, Harlow Community Chest (HCC).

It may sound strange but the diet began with a monster burger eating competition, at the Maypole Club last Friday night. I took part hoping that if I won, I would give the prize money to the HCC. In the event, none of the entrants (including me!) was able to eat the burger(s). Louise, the star organiser, decided to give the money to HCC anyway, which was great news.

So now for three months I will be on a strict diet ? giving true meaning to ?yo yo dieting?!

A Just Giving Page will be up early this week and my target is to lose two stone. You will be able to sponsor me for every pound I lose. My diet will be low carb, low sugar and no alcohol. I will be weighed on Monday morning at the Enterprise Hub by Erica Bromage, a Trustee of HCC.

You might ask why the HCC? Well, this a remarkable charity that was registered in 1967, and since that time has given funds to those in need. Many thousands of residents have been helped through the years by HCC. I want to support them in raising funds ? so that they can continue to do important work in our community.