Before I start, let me be the first to admit that sometimes when I’m feeling down in the dumps, I really do not want to make any effort to look after myself. In fact, I can often neglect my health if things are really bad, but all this does is make me feel worse!

You don’t have to look very far to see that there are a whole lot of people out there who aren’t taking good care of themselves. You could be one of those people, and let’s be honest here…

We all know what healthy foods are (for the most part) and we also know that to stay in shape it’s important we exercise regularly. But with a large proportion of the population currently overweight, it’s obvious that we’re not loving ourselves all that much!

Ok ok I know we get busy, but there are ways to eat healthy foods and to exercise regularly without too much trouble. You can buy prepackaged meal replacement shakes that are low in fat and sugar for breakfast (I’ll post some links at some stage for the Aussie and NZ readers!), you can take a piece of fruit with you for snacks, you can make your lunches the night before you go to work, you can do the 12 minute workouts at bodyrock.tv too.

If you’re not making your health a priority, why aren’t you? What would it take for you to make it a priority?

I’ve never struggled with my weight – ever. But I’ve always had pretty good eating habits, and when I ate junk, it was only ever a small portion. I NEVER upsized, and I never will. Ever.

But when my last marriage was in a bit of a funk, I was working from home and burying myself in my work so I wasn’t facing my marriage problems. During that time I did put on a few kilos. Not a lot, but enough for me to notice (mind you, I was still within the healthy weight range for my height). My fat % was going up. And I did not like it!

So I did something about it. I purposely chose to live where I live so that I would have a decent walk every morning to my train. I also eat a LOT of vegetables, preferably steamed or raw, and with a small serving of lean meat, chicken or fish, and “cheat meals” are limited to once or twice a week. And finally I go to the gym at least three times a week too.

And you know what? I feel better now than I have EVER felt in my life! I feel better than I did in my 20′s!!!

So when you do look after yourself you do feel better. And I think a part of that probably comes down to the fact that you also LOOK better too, not to mention having all of that extra energy to burn!

So…. what are you doing to look after yourself? Or what are you about to START doing??

I am probably one of those people that many others hate who has never really struggled with my weight.

In fact, even while pregnant, my weight never went above the ideal weight for somebody of my height who wasn’t even pregnant!

I have maintained my figure for many reasons, including the fact that while I don’t always eat the best foods for me, my portion sizes are on the smaller size. I never upsize – EVER.

Also, I’m quite active (even when not following specific workout routines), so my level of activity combined with my eating habits allows me to maintain my weight.

But I do get a bit “soft” and floppy sometimes, and that’s when I decide it’s time to partake in a workout program to tone the little bit of excess flab I have.

I have tried many programs and when I apply myself, they all work great. But I do get bored after a while – I need variety from the same old thing every week.

So when a friend of mine posted something on Facebook about a program she was following, I was curious! So I took a look and liked what I saw.

Now, beware that some of the pictures on this site and even some of the video titles are a little “sexual”, but the program itself is tough and from what I’ve read, it works too. And best of all, it’s FREE!

So pop on over to http://www.bodyrock.tv and take a look for yourself.

You will notice that during her workouts she uses an Interval timer. You can get one of those HERE.

What do you think? Are you up to the challenge?? If cost was your excuse before, then you no longer have an excuse!

As I’ve talked about before, I really believe the Fit Yummy Mummy fat loss program is the best program around.

The latest 12 Week Transformation Challenge has recently finished, with some amazing results!

If you have ever struggled to lose weight and you’re in need of some weight loss now, then visit http://www.fityummymummy.com/contest/09/challenge and see the top finalists in this challenge and what they have achieved.

They all made the decision to lose weight, committed to doing so, and WOW! Look at them now!!!

With the economic crisis upon us, it is little wonder that people cannot afford to join a gym or pay a personal trainer to help them lose weight.

Losing weight is never easy. It takes time and of course it requires a strong commitment if you have any hope of achieving your goal, and now for many it seems so much harder.

There is however, an alternative. No, you won’t be paying monthly gym memberships and you won’t be paying out hundreds and hundreds of dollars to a personal trainer.

All you need is a simple to follow ebook that takes you through the various exercises you need to do, the food you should eat and of course you MUST get results and fast!

Carrying a little extra fat myself, I plan on getting back into my fat loss routine in the next couple of weeks when my extremely busy schedule finally eases up somewhat.

While I don’t need to lose “weight” as such, I do need to lose fat and I know I will feel better (both physically and mentally) when I do!

For information on the program I follow, click HERE.

I was at the gym this morning, which I do from time to time (I usually work out at home, but the gym is a nice change!) when I noticed a couple of women who were quite obese. 

They were on the treadmills when I arrived, and were still on the treadmill when I left, half an hour later. Both were walking quite slowly, not varying their pace at all.  In fact, neither of them looked as though they were working very hard at all.  There was no huffing and puffing, they definitely weren’t sweating.

 I just felt like grabbing my copy of Fit Yummy Mummy and giving it to them to read!  If only they knew that if they just changed the way they were exercising, that the pounds would just start to fall off so much quicker like they have for so many others!  They would no longer be left walking on a treadmill for hours on end.  They’d be in and out of the gym within half an hour – and they’d only have to go three times a week!  ARGH!  I feel so frustrated!

I’m in week 4 (I think?) of the Fit Yummy Mummy 12 Week Transformation Challenge right now and I have definitely noticed a huge improvement to how I feel.  I am stronger, I am fitter and I am even starting to look better!

I’m not the salesy type, but soon enough I’ll be looking fantastic and when people ask me how I got to look so good, I’ll tell them it was the Fit Yummy Mummy that did it!