Boot Camp!

Hands up (if you can) anyone who has attempted the exercise craze that is Boot Camp? I recently decided it would be fun to get involved in lunchtime bootcamp through work.

I was a bit scared to begin with, but after I had run until I could run no more, done a Million push-ups, sit-ups, squats, dips etc... I was feeling a little bit less scared and more exhausted beyond belief. And as if this was not enough I then joined a new gym and have attempted to follow a new fitness plan.

Although I was feeling so pumped to be getting back into shape and fit it seems my body is not so agreable! I have spent the last 3 weeks struggling with a sore throat, head cold and cough.... blah! I was so happy to feel as if I was getting fit, but lately I feel a little old - perhaps my body is just ridding itself of toxins?? yeah right..

Tonight I had to go and buy some antihistimines as my skin is super itchy from having to spend lots of time on the grass in boot camp today (sit ups, push ups and these really nasty things that require you to lie chest down on the ground, get up run, lie on the ground get up run and then lie on the ground etc.. etc...) But no - honstly I am enjoying it.. really!!!

So - all that aside I am starting to feel alot better and also feel as if I am on the right track to getting fit and fabulous! I would recommend anyone out there if you have not already done so, look at your diet and your activity levels - could you improve on them? It is not like we all need to be super fit, but we should all be healthy! :-)

Happy Exercising

Happy Mothers Day to Mummys everywhere...

and a special Happy Mothers Day to my lovely Mum Karen (pictured on the right in the photo of the left - my hens day) and my lovely mother-in-law Judy!



I am so lucky to have such a lovely mother who has always supported me and raised me to be the person that I am today. I also would like to mention here my grandmother who was also a great motherly figure in my life, unfortunately my grandmother passed away nearly 5 years ago. This was a sudden and very sad event in our lives and she is someone that I miss on a daily basis. I am very sad about the things in life that she will never see that I know would have made her happy:

1. I am married to a lovely man (she thought that I was getting on in my early 20's when I was unmarried)
2. I own my own home! (if she won lotto this was on her "to do" list)
3. I have a good job and am happy
4. My friends are married to lovely men (I know this also bothered her that they were also in their early 20's and unmarried!!
5. seeing her great granchildren (ok - these are not here yet, but they will be one day & she wont be able to meet them)
6. knowing any of the achievements that I am proud of - I would love to share with her the adult that I have grown into. I feel that at 24.11 years of age I was not yet an adult as yet and I have recently realised that I have since grown up lots more and I would like her to see that person.
   

I think that I would like to believe in a way that she already knows all this stuff..

Anyway back to mothers day - Judy, thanks heaps for raising a wonderful Son for me to marry :-) he is a great person and I feel lucky to have found someone that I enjoy spending so much of my time with.

Mum - I love you and thanks for everything that you have done for me over the years. No matter what anyone has said, remember that I am happy and I am the person that you helped shaped. :-) how could I thank you for giving me such a lovely and perfect gift. xoxox

To everyone out there - make sure you make your mums &/or the mother figures in your life know how important they are in your life and how they have helped you to become the amazing people that you are!

I do love a wedding

The reason I was rececntly in Sydney was for the marriage of my longtime friend Keisha and her lovely partner Justin. I have known Keisha longer then any other friend and I was so happy to be a part of such a wonderful day. Both Keisha and Justin looked stunning (well Keisha was stunning and Justin was Handsome!)



I would have liked to said a few words, but the night was not the place - so I will say my few words here:

Keisha, what can I say? I have known you since I moved to Hervey Bay and you were one of the first people to be nice to me and call me your friend. Our friendship has been through many experiences both good and bad and I know that ours will be a friendship that will last always. You are a true, honest and beautiful person. You dont pull punches and you always say what is on your mind. You are not afraid and you defend those that mean the most to you. Justin you are lucky to have found such a lovely and loyal woman I wish the two of you many many happy years together and a marriage based on much love, but most of all friendship.

Here is to you both - with Love, your friend Bec.

Also I might want to mention I am so jealous of your honeymoon in Europe!!


and here is another quick picture of the night... the beautiful Sammy in a veil :-)