Tim gets fit and healthy

My name is Tim and since moving to Bradbury House, I have been trying new activities and have lost weight through healthy eating.

I used to live at home with my parents, but now I live at Bradbury House with other young people . Because of moving here I have been given the choice to try lots of new activities that I might like to do.

I have a visual impairment and wear glasses to help me see and I have autism, so I have help to do some things from the staff each day, but not everything.

One thing that is important to me is to lose weight. I have set myself a goal of losing one stone. I have joined a local Weight Watchers class and through the healthy eating I learn there and being able to plan my own meals I have lost 8lbs.

I enjoy going to the classes and meeting other members. I plan my meals on a Sunday night for the week, so I know what I am having and can choose what I want from the plan. I enjoy all the food, and feel proud to have lost the weight.

As well as eating more healthy foods, I have joined the local gym in the town, where I jog on the treadmill and use the rowing machine. I like to be able to go out of the house and do things locally.

I also attend Redhill College and I am studying a course in horticulture. In the classes we learn about how to grow plants. I plant up hanging baskets with flowers, I enjoy them because of the colours you can put in them. I then bring them back and we have then in the garden at the house for everyone to enjoy.

We are just about to learn about growing fruit and vegetables which I can cook with and I will be growing my own at Bradbury House,. It is very exciting and I hope that with my own meal planning, still going out to exercise and eating my own home grown food that I will keep on losing the weight and reach my goal of losing one stone.