Fit Ladies - a cycling adventure

Being selfish and needing something that is just for me... that is what I am struggling with at the moment.

I get so caught up in what everyone else needs, after all that is my job isn't it? I am mother to three gorgeous kidlets and wife to a wonderful man who is juggling working full time out of the house and running a full time business when he gets home.

An attack of the 'mummy guilt' is never far away from me lately.

I am trying my best to balance all that is this amazing journey for Arthritis and all that brings with it, my work committments (I work once a fortnight out of the house and up to an hour a day other than that, I also coordinate an annual Festival in Coonamble - The MOORAMBILLA FESTIVAL (google it if you have time, it's amazing) & try to help out with a few committee's here and there in town), my beautiful family, our farming business & of course life in general - cleaning, washing, cooking blah blah blah.. we all know the drill. I know I am not Robinson Crusoe, but I seriously take my hat off to those women who manage to do all this (AND MORE) and still look like the cover of VOGUE!!!!

Now I consider myself to be a pretty resourceful character, but I am also just a struggling mother trying to get through each day without losing my 'schnitzel' good and proper. Sometimes I need help, sometimes I need to be left alone and sometimes I NEED to be selfish... so why can't I just do it???

The amazing group of women I am soon going to be cycling around Vietnam and Cambodia with..
(OH MY GOODNESS DID I MENTION WE ARE NOW 5... NOT 4!!!!! A huge welcome to JESS from Canowindra who will be cycling with us... SOOOOO great to have you on board xx)...
These women are my inspiration, they work, they have families, they have full full full lives and they are still managing to fit in cycling, fitness training and yes, mostly they look like the cover of VOGUE (don't be shy ladies.. you do :)). So my focus at the moment is on just getting myself to a point where I can just do what I need and balance my families needs too! Any hints on doing this would be greatly appreciated by the way!
I don't want to give up the things I love doing (the committees, the work etc), I just want to balance it all better, that's all.... not too much to ask really!

I know it's do-able and I know that being a tiny bit selfish sometimes is the key... we are all a little bit selfish at times surely, aren't we?

So how am I going to do it and not just write about it....
I am starting Michelle Bridges 12WBT in a few weeks, and I am super excited about it: fitter, leaner and more energy... sounds like just the ticket for this mumma!!! I think if I can just drop a few kg's, get on my bike more (a static bike trainer sits in wait on my deck.. woot woot) and most importantly practise ALLOWING myself the time I need to balance ALL OF IT.. things will be looking up :)

The end of April brought with it some AWESOME and JAW DROPPING fundraising efforts and a new team member for Jane, Marissa, Sal and I.. I am so excited to see what MAY brings! Coonamble has a very exciting performance of ROCKY HORROR coming up in June.. we set our sights on that now and can't wait for it!

Thank you to all our supporters for getting us to this point in our journey - the support we have all recieved has been super amazing and very humbling! It is what keeps me going even when my mummy guilt is off the radar and I am unable to find the time to ride my bike or hit the gym.

I will succeed though, that much I know (mummy guilt and all)!