General Chit Chat

If you have followed my blogs for a while you will know that back in 2011 I did my first Race for Life and then last year Boo & I ran it together as a Mum/daughter team 🙂  This year I’m doing something a little different…  I am taking part in Race for Life ‘Pretty Muddy’ and I need your help to raise some money for Cancer Research UK.

I don’t confess to being a great runner and running the whole 5K is quite tough for me so adding in a muddy obstacle course is going to be rather difficult although I will be doing some training so I don’t look like a complete arse on the day 😉

Boo is rather unhappy that she isn’t allowed to join in with this one, she really enjoyed it last year but unfortunately you have to be 13 to participate.

As usual every business or blogger that sponsors me will get their badge or link put on my sponsors page over on This Mummy Loves… until the end of the year, so the sooner you sponsor me the longer it will appear :O) Email me at thismummyloves@gmail.com with your badge/link once you have sponsored me and I will add it.

Please sponsor me now, even if it is just £1 – every penny helps xx

Thank you so much xx

It’s been ages since I last posted here, I just feel like i have nothing to say most of the time. I spend all of my time thinking about the kids and family and just put how I feel and look to the back of my mind. I really don’t need to look or feel good whilst I’m running around after the kids all the time, cleaning, cooking etc.

I just feel like there is no point!

But there is a point, isn’t there?

I have to take care of myself in order to be able to take care of everyone else. I need to start putting myself first because otherwise life is just going to keep passing me by!

These last few weeks I’ve let the diet go out of the window again, I’ve hit the self destruct button and Im having trouble finding the will to stop! I know I need to drastically change my current lifestyle but it is so bloody hard!!!

I don’t give myself anytime unless it is on the internet so this week I’m just going to step back and do a few things for me. It won’t be easy as I have the kids at home all week but I need to!

So here are ten things that I am going to do for me this week…

1. Paint my nails
2. Get my legs waxed
3. Finish reading The Husband’s Secret
4. Get outside everyday
5. Start reading up on the Paleo diet
6. Listen to more music
7. Declutter my bedroom
8. Chuck out old clothes
9. Buy a new outfit
10. Meet up with a friend

I’m going to try and keep writing lists for myself as I always function better when I have a list.

I need to remember that I am important and I need to go easy on myself and stop beating myself up!

Let’s see how it goes…

I’ve been neglecting my little blog here for a while now… the truth is I just haven’t had anything positive to say and I just hate being so negative and down all the time. My weight loss wasn’t really going anywhere and I’ve just been feeling like a bloody mess most of the time, I’m so lonely too, I just need to pick myself up out of this stupid place I’ve got myself to and move on! I need to get out with friends and start seeing and meeting more people or I really am going to go crazy!

Weight wise things are looking up, I’ve been following Slimming World since just before Christmas and I’ve now lost 8.5lbs and am feeling much better about the direction I am going in. It’s slow currently and I did gain some weight over Christmas which was to be expected but I’m feeling better and more in control. So hopefully I can shed a couple of stone now my head is in the right place again!

I really need a kick up the arse to start working out again! I haven’t been able to find the time for the past few months as my other half has been working such long hours plus weekends so it’s been really hard, hopefully this will change…

For the last few years my other half has been working 60 miles away but today he has signed a contract for a new job which is just FIVE miles from home! He doesn’t start until June because he has to work three months notice but OMG we have been waiting for this for so long and it could actually change our lives! So we are currently very excited and making some big plans… :O)

So 2014 started of a bit shitty but it’s looking like it really could be our year… *fingers crossed*