A Little Bit Mummy

Having goals is something we are passionate about at Lose Baby Weight – we believe that having a set of goals is one of the key ingredients in creating the future that you want. So despite the busyness of motherhood and pregnancy weight loss, taking time to be inspired, to be encouraged, and to contemplate the future, is really important.

If you want to create changes for yourself, be it following a healthy eating plan to lose stomach fat, or making more time for yourself, tidying the house, not rushing so much, then we think you’ll really enjoy reading this personal collection of Siobhan’s thoughts for her future.

This is a beautiful narrative, with a simple honesty, and we really appreciate Siobhan allowing us to share this with you –  we hope you’ll find it motivating, inspirational and enlightening – we did.

Why Did I Decide to Blog

There are so many other blogs out there about mummies and their lives etc, so in the end I decided to write it not for ‘public attention’ (like I’d always wanted to do before), but to help me live with purpose, do something every day worth saying something about. And then if I haven’t done anything worth reporting on, what have I thought or pondered or discovered?

Also to practice ‘integrity’, that is, every so often to record an intention I have and then attempt to fulfill it a few days later and report on that. And if I don’t, that goes in there too.

That idea makes me feel good, I’m really bad at following thru with things! Losing weight was something I need to do to help me with that, I’m determined to not fall back on the “it’s too hard” excuse, because that was my story of 2011.

Siobhan’s Blog

It has been a whole week and one day since the year began.  I should have done this sooner but part of me didn’t want to feel like I was living this year with a set of rules. I hate living by rules, least of all my own.

There are a few things I’d like to get done so here goes:

Lose 20kg

I’ve already started and its going really well!  ♥

Eat Healthy

I’ve given up most diary, will cut down red meat and bread.

Exercise

I got Zumba Exhilerate for Xmas and I love it! Did some this morning. We also went for a huge walk after breakfast, I was carrying Chico in a front pack so that added an extra 11kg to the weight I was walking with.

Clean the Kitchen Every Night Before Bed

I got this idea off another blog. The kitchen is a constant damper to my day and most days I just avoid it. I can’t anymore! It’s such a huge job, especially when I can’t get it done in one go with the kids around. We lived for about two years in a little flat in another suburb and we didn’t have a dishwasher – we have one now.

The amount of times we’d leave the dirty dishes on the benchtop for days and days before finally washing them, and then having a mammoth cleanup effort one weekend morning were too many to count on one hand! We’re classic I tell you. Hubby spent most of the holidays attacking the kitchen, bless him, but now its up to me, and I’m determined to deal with it every night before bed. I honestly don’t know how to keep up otherwise!

Meditate

This is possibly more to do with the above resolution. I have found the last year to be quite stressful, at home with a toddler and an infant (who are now a pre-schooler and a toddler respectively).

I had a few… lets say, health issues late last year (including piling on the weight) and I’d like to think I handled it to the best of my ability, I’m sure I did, but I’m aware of the kaleidoscope of meaning one can put to ones ailments.

I’d like to think also, that meditation would cure it all, but I’m skeptical, and rightly so! But then, it was meditation that pulled me out of a dark chasm of depression which I am forever grateful for. It doesn’t have to be dogmatic, just 30 minutes of peace and quiet. You will not BELIEVE how difficult that is to schedule into my day at the moment! Have I managed it even once since Jan 1st yet? No.

Stop Caring About What Other’s Think and Do

It’s a very heavy mindset to have. I hate regretting things and I dislike thinking about things people have done to me in the past and wondering why. It’s time to let go, you know?

Other mums have this habit of judging you on how you parent, what you do and don’t do and all that, and it really doesn’t matter!! I will blog about that one day, I have a few stories to tell. And most of all, the people in my family I no longer wish to associate with, I need to stop giving them importance or making the excuse that they deserve my respect.

My space is sacred and no one is allowed into it that I have not given permission. Or something like that.

Create a Photo and Video Treasure Chest

I don’t know how else to explain this, but to say that I want to put all the videos and photos of the last four years in a place where myself and my family can enjoy them. This of course takes time, I wish it didn’t take so much, but it just has to be done.

But first of all I need a new laptop as the one I have can’t cope with it all. And I am so afraid of losing everything… technology can be so unreliable!

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