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The Importance of You
Happy Sunday purples! I hope you have had a lovely weekend. I have had a busy one, but it has been productive so that is great. Sorry I didn’t have a “Pearl of Wisdom” for you last week. I plain ran out of time and I know you missed it dreadfully…..didn’t you?!! ...
How to get motivated to exercise
Happy Sunday purples! Today I want to talk about a subject that my friend talked to me about yesterday. It is something that I know a lot of us struggle with, and that is motivation. In particular, motivation to exercise. There are 2 types of people in this world...
Mid Year Slump!
Happy Sunday purples!! I hope you have all had a great week! I have had a busy week. I have a lot to catch up on due to basically downing tools for the last 4 weeks to concentrate on all my events. It was necessary, but now I need to get cracking again and I am...
WOW! What a ride!
Hi purples! Well what a ride the last 6 months has been! Back in November last year I made a decision to participate in 2 major events this year. The first one was the Gold Coast Marathon and the other was the Kokoda Challenge. When I looked up the dates of the...
The importance of a strong support network
Hi Purples!! Happy Sunday to you all! I am having a wonderful Sunday, as it is my daughter’s 21st birthday today. I am so proud of the person that she has become and I know how blessed I am to have such a loving, supportive daughter. Today’s blog post is not about...
We can do anything we tell ourselves we can!!
Today is Sunday the 3rd of July 2016. It is a day that will be forever imprinted upon my memory. Around 6 years ago, I couldn't get out of bed and put my feet on the floor first thing in the morning without crying from the pain because I was so overweight. Today my...
What’s holding you back?
Hi purples!! Here is my weekly "pearl of wisdom"!! There are a lot of things that hold us back in life. Five years ago I would never have wanted to do so many of the things that I enjoy now, simply because I was so big that I didn't want to go out in public. I...
The lesson I learned this week about marathon nutrition!!
Hey purples!! I hope you are having a great weekend and a relaxing Sunday. I learnt another big lesson this week. The journey I am travelling whilst training for my events is teaching me some hard lessons, but I know that they will benefit me greatly in many ways...
Rest is not necessarily a bad thing!
Hi puples!! Welcome to my first weekly blog post. Each Sunday I will write a blog about something relevant to either mindset, weightloss, health or wellness. A lot of the time, it will be something from my own personal experience that I feel may be important enough...
My first blog post!!
Hi everyone! This is my very first blog post on my website. I have done a little blogging previously on a page that one of my family members created a while ago, but I have decided that it is time for me to have my own. I have been on my journey for a long time now,...