The RFMA gratitude project - days 2, 3 and 4

I have been absent due to my husband flying down for Xmas so we have been doing lots of family time and catching up
Due to bloggers app I can't put a description with the pictures so ill do it above

Day 2: grateful for my family we share a whole lot of love

Day 3: grateful for a fridge chockablock full of yummy food ready for the Xmas lunch we are hosting

Day 4: grateful for the amazing opportunities I get being a Partylite consultant

The 365 day RFMA Gratitude project - Day 1

Day 1 - TODAY
I am grateful for today, I am grateful that the sun rose and I got to start this project, if the sun had not risen I wouldn't be changing my life for the better.
I wouldn't have gotten to bake a gingerbread house with my daughters or sit outside in the beautiful Australian sunshine writing this blog.
Thank you universe for another day

The RFMA gratitude project

Goodbye negative energy, hello happiness!

I have taken it upon myself (with help of a friend who has done the same thing) to post a photo a day of something I am grateful for.
Stop whining about the bad stuff and cherish what I have.

Even thinking of the project has a positive buzz flowing through me and I can feel all the bad thoughts, the sadness washing away. I know it won't happen overnight but I really believe this is important to my depression recovery.
So today I start with day 1 out of 365 which I will be posting at nap time
Be back later!

Where is my get up and go?

Something I have always struggled with is motivation, I have always let the I'm too tireds and the I can do it tomorrows win, thats about to change!
No more excuses, no more tomorrows from now on I live for the moment.
A lot of my problems come from not having the energy as I live as a single mum with 4 children (hubby works away for months at a time) and no friends or family around it is quite honestly exhausting but I know that the more I work out the more times I get up and do something the more energy I will naturally have.
It's a big step having to get past the things your mind tells you about being tired and arguing with your tired body that just wants to have a nap instead of mop the floors or mow the lawns!

It is true, yesterday I did say tomorrow and you know what I actually regret it, I wish that yesterday I had've done a lot of the things I have to do today so that I could've gotten different things done today since my husband is coming home in 4 days for xmas and I want everything absolutely perfect and to look smokin' hot too!
So maybe the smokin' hot part won't be happening this visit but he will sure be knocked off his socks next time and that is a promise!
I work a lot better with written plans so today one of my goals is to write a rough daily routine so that the kids get quality time, the housework gets done, exercise, study and work all get accounted for, looking at it now it seems overwhelming with 4 kids on my own how I am possibly going to fit all that in?

This picture below pretty much sums it up!

Working out gives you endorphins making you happy and energised, eating better does the same the saying really is true you are what you eat, eat shit and feel like it too! Going to bed earlier and getting an earlier kick start on my day is going to be a challenge but I WILL DO IT!

No more of this! Say goodbye to the junk, no more burgers no more fast food, no more packaged processed junk! If I want to look good I have to feed myself the good stuff how can my body radiate love and happiness if I fuel it with things that slow it down

LOTS more of this

Doesn't it just make you happy looking at it! So fresh, so colourful, so full of life! This is exactly how my body will feel filling it will foods like this.

Today I am going to get up off the couch and stop making excuses today IS the day to change, not yesterday, not tomorrow but today, NOW!

Logging off and getting up!

What this blog means to me

Hi and welcome!
I'm quite new to the world of blogging, I love to read them but haven't really written my own so here goes! Obviously the main focus here is Running For My Angels a fun run I have set up to raise money for charity to help families who like me have lost a baby.
Now before I got this crazy idea in my head I haven't ran since the dreaded cross country runs forced upon us in school although a smaller build I am far from physically fit - so you ask why then am I choosing to run? Good question!
My reasons are:
It is something that is really going to challenge me so I have to put a lot of effort and dedication in so hopefully more funds raised
I want to be fit
I want to lose my flabby muffin top that has never gone since my c-section
I want to be happy - I suffer from depression, quite badly and I don't take well to the medications prescribed and exersize with all its endorphins can hopefully put me on the road to recovery

That's just a couple of reasons I could go on for hours
I've just signed up for the Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation (12WBT) and will learn to love myself and gain a level of fitness unlike what I have now which for my age and my build is appauling.

So not only is this blog about the charity event side of things it is also a road to self discovery