Reflections

Hello there faithful followers, i just want to say thank you to all of you because honestly if it weren't for you i think i would have stopped writing at one stage, but i know you are out there and i know you are reading and i know that you are receiving something from my blog and that makes me happy, that makes this all the more worth it and so i am so very thankful to y'all.

A belated happy christmas to you all and i wish you a very blessed new year as well.

So it is sad to see the end of another year and its sad to pack up all the Christmas decorations and the lovely christmas tree, it is sad that we are not getting younger, and it is sad that life is passing by ever too quickly but then on the flip side

it is a very happy time aswell...

I am so glad that we are into a new year with new aspirations, new beginnings, new babies to welcome, new hobbies to look forward to, new goals, new challenges and a newfound energy in my body and new strength in my soul.

I am so very thankful for the birth of Jesus, the reason for this season, i am thankful that i love Him and more so that He loves me and that i have so much to live for because He was born!

Everyday for the rest of the year i aspire to share a reflection of my day with you, maybe just a sentence, maybe a lot more, maybe a photo and a couple of words or a poem or something that i have reflected on in my day all year through, sometimes it may be a scripture or something the kiddies have done, or something that has lifted my soul, it could be a sad one, a happy one, a nostalgic memory or a snippet of what is going on in my mind, or a recipe or whatever, but it will be something.

 I hope that my reflections will enhance your journey through life a little.

I hope they will help you to feel that this life of a momma is not always easy, it is not always rewarding and it is not always grateful, but it is always important because to these kids, our kids

we are their whole world.

 We mean more to them than we will ever know and we are needed, we are loved and we are VIP's to them, so take heart hard working momma's 

YOU ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB

and whilst we may feel like we are continuously going through the fire from this motherhood journey lets remember that out of this fire will come gold.

Keep on keeping on

if you feel like it eat that chocolate, eat that pudding, eat that fruit salad and yoghurt plus you dinner (like i did tonight EEEK) But then do try and be healthy again tomorrow, get out and do that aerobics class, take that walk, do the zumba on the wii, clean the backyard, clean the house do whatever exercise you can and don't beat yourself up because if you fail it is not the end of the world but lets strive to win more than we fail and that way results will be inevitable.

God Bless y'all

Keep on keeping on

So now that my healthy life challenge time is up and it is up to me to do what i need to do to stay in shape i have been trying, i went to sh'bam and Zumba on monday, did body balance on tuesday, then on Christmas day unfortunately didn't do any exercise, boxing day nothing, today nothing eeeeek really i wanted to go today but we had to go and see papa race a v8...

So yeah don't want to make a habit of it though but it seems a bit impossible to get there during this lovely time of year, always a catch up to do.

Apart from missing three days of any exercise I've been eating quite festively to say the least, trifles, ice cream, chocolate balls, food food food and I'm truly grateful for how fortunate i am but i need to get back into the swing of things asap

So all I'm saying is that if like me you have had a rubbish time of exercise and eating during this great time of year then don't panic, just get through this time and get back into exercise and eating well, even if you feel like the weight is not shedding fast enough please keep going because slowly but surely it will go and you will see results and it WILL all be worth it!

God Bless Y'all

Merry Christmas

RESULTS!!!!

Hello faithful readers

So yes the time has come and the healthy life challenge has come to an end, sad times and happy times alike...

Sad because i dont get to see these lovely girls every week some 3 times a week, sad because we wont cook together on a thursday anymore and LAUGH AND LAUGH AND LAUGH, sad because i will miss my AWESOME body balance teacher, sad because i will miss the push to get to the gym and the walking because of the commitment i had made and the incentive of the 6 weeks free that i have received, sad because i am just a very sentimental person who makes attachments easily and who is a bit resistant to change...

Through this experience i have met awesome friends i have found a brilliant new hairdresser who lives like right on my doorstep, i have found a sport i would like to try in the future (Roller Derby), i could find something special about every person i met but that might be too much of a long story, just know that they are all awesome and that we will definitely be catching up at embers in the new year ladies!

I have learnt new ways of cooking, i have learnt that salt really does not need to be in every meal (thanks Alley!) and This experience has totally changed my life for the better!

So anyway yes yes i know you are waiting and here it comes, so the HAPPY Time, the happy time is the results that i have achieved, and here they are

A Bit small to read but i lost 1.2 kilos which is not that super duper awesome but what is SUPER DUPER AWESOME is that i have lost 41cm All round weight loss a whopping 16cm from my waist alone, 11cm off my shoulders and then small losses in other areas but i am so proud of what i have achieved and it just shows that when you ACT, BELONG and COMMIT

YOU WILL DEFINITELY ACHIEVE

So please GO FOR IT

God Bless Y'all

Love it Live it!

Hello there faithful followers 

Me after walking on a SUPER hot day session, not sweaty enough i reckon!

Ah cant tell you how much i have appreciated rekindling my love for dance, thank you healthy life challenge and THANK you Sh'bam!!

So after this week we get given a free month of any gym classes we want and i know what im doing, here it is

Sh'bam,

Zumba,

Body Attack and 

cx worx

and all i can say is Goodbye Flab, well some flab at least and HELLO HOTTY!!!! 

Ha ha ha ha yes i do wish it was as easy to lose this silly wobbly stuff... As easy as it was to pile it on but people ITS NOT, its not just gonna fall off while we watch tv and eat ice cream and GIANT dinner portions...

A Hot body will take alot of diligence, motivation and simply finding an exercise you totally LOVE LOVE and then Living it out, adding it to your week and going for it!

When i do classes like Zumba and Sh'bam honestly i feel so alive, i have a smile permanently plastered on my face the whole entire class and its like im just flying without any wings, it is such a feeling of freedom and elation, and the best part is i am dripping with sweat, totally working my butt off (literally) and getting very fit but without feeling like im working at all!

Then there are classes like Body Attack and definitely cx worx that i am not entirely keen on but i will do cause i will semi enjoy them but i will definitely enjoy the results.

So tomorrow is final weigh in WISH ME LUCK, so lets see what happens hey, i will totally be sharing my results before and after so keep posted and lets see what my semi hard work has brought to the table :-)

When i say semi hard work i mean that i worked hard at the exercise but my eating was RUBBISH but now i have finally come to grips with my eating i think, yes right on the brink of a HUGE foodie celebration if Jesus' birthday what timing, but i will still enjoy, but i will enjoy with control and that is definitely a fruit of the spirit i want to see grow in me...

So heres to new beginnings and definitely a very awesome new year and Santa if you are out there and reading this i totally want a 6month aerobics only gym membership for christmas PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!

PS this is my new look what do you reckon??? The shortest ive had my hair since high school EEEEK!!!!

God Bless Y'all

Caramel Much?...?

This was my first attempt at making caramel doesnt it just look so beautiful, each sugary step so rich, so golden so finger licking DELICIOUS!!!!

I was so so so thankful that the kids stayed asleep during this whole process, at first when the sugar and water goes in the pan it just takes super forever to start looking like anything is going on and i was just praying please Lord let me get to the end of this process with no disruptions or else i, going to have to just throw it all in the bin cause once you start you really just cant stop!

Well all i can say is it was a wonderful success, take a look at my cake blog if you are interested in seeing what it went on at 

http://powderedsugarygoodness.blogspot.com.au/

Yummy times, as you will see i am a little cake obsesses, hmm i wonder why this weight loss thing is a tad messed up grrrrr 

God Bless Y'all

The end is Nigh

Hello there faithful readers

So this is my last week of the healthy life challenge, we are getting weighed and measured on thursday and i am not really excited...

Reason im not excited is that i dont think i have lost a whole lot it kilos boo hoo, no ones fault buy my own, but i do reckon that the inches will be good results :-)

So once this is done they give us one month free membership and that will be great, and after that i would like to acutally join up for and aerobics only membership cause i really like that side of things.

How are you all doing out there?

God Bless Y'all

Abandoned...

Hello Faithful followers

I know it feels like i have abandoned you but that is not the case, i am still here, i am still exercising and alas i still have a love affair with food...

I have been loving my sh'bam classes and definitely loving body balance and the walking is lovely and the racquet ball is a good laugh, so all in all my fitness is increasing and im losing inches but i could do so much better if i just didnt love food so much...

How do you guys out there combat the battle with food?

Anyone got some winning strategies, i mean people who are really in love with food?

Talk to me

Help me

God Bless Yall