**** LONG POST ALERT*** If youve read the latest New Idea magazine youll know what Im talking about. If not, then I think youll be able to read between the lines anyway. Heres a few important points: 1. I choose to look a certain way and Im happy with that - I dont care if youre not happy with that, thats your issue not mine. 2. It is none of my business what anybody else chooses to look like either - thats YOUR CHOICE and I dont have a problem with that. However if youre NOT happy, theres no reason why you cant do something about it. 3. I am trying to promote a healthy, happy and balanced lifestyle and that includes looking after your own health first. 4. Exercising and looking after your family DO NOT have to be mutually exclusive. You can have both - now theres a novel concept! 5. I do not train for 2 hrs every day. The MOST I would train in a day is 2 hours and that includes a 1 hr stretching session. Most of my training is short and high intensity (as is the case with our SBF Challenge workouts) 6. When my daughter was undergoing ABA therapy (which was up to 30 hrs a week) these sessions were at my house and I was there for ALL of them. I did not choose training over my daughters therapy .... And you know what, even if I did, maybe I needed a break for an hour! Maybe the stress of life had gotten to me and I allowed myself an hour to get away and deal with this stress rather than taking it out on the kids at a later time. 7. I accept people thinking that they hate me and being so frustrated and angry with what Im saying. This is what Id ask you to do before you reply with your abusive messages .... Imagine you are 8 years old and you cant talk. You constantly have 10 different voices in your head continually having conversations over the top of each other. One morning when your mum is dressing you (as you dont have the gross motor skills to dress yourself) she chooses a shirt that makes you feel as though you have pins and needles. You hate that shirt because it hurts your skin, but you cant tell your mum because you dont know how to. You get frustrated because she doesnt understand you. You get angry because no one ever understands and life is confusing. The only thing you can do is scream and bite and kick to try and let your frustration out. You know the anger and frustration youre feeling towards me? Times that by a hundred and you may have a glimmer of understanding for what ASD feels like for some people - every single minute of every single day. So heres what I propose: Before you comment your negativity toward me, use it in a positive way first and donate to Blue Sky Foundation. This money goes directly to service providers helping families affected by ASD. Then feel free to hurl the abuse - or alternatively you could comment that you donated :) sallybrouwerfitness.au #changetheworld #ihatewearingmakeup
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:29:50 +0000