introducing spring love

welcome to our new range at missy melly

inspired by flowers, mint, navy and the warmth of spring

as always we have delicious clothing that your girls will love to wear as it's practical and comfy

the range can be ordered via our facebook page

enjoy

shan x

MY health kick

So today marks the day I have officially lost 25kg and over a 1/4 of my body! I have had several friends, work colleagues, strangers ask me how I did it. So this is MY story. Of course everyone is different and we all choose our own ways to make things work, but after a lifetime of yo yo diets I've finally found my groove.

I had to stop saying it was baby weight as my babies were were 4.5yrs old!! So I signed up to Michelle Bridges 12WBT but to be honest I didn't use it at all. I had a quick look and didn't really like it so went on my own. Saying that several of my friends have done it religiously and have had amazing results, but I guess I needed to find something for me that was going to be doable for the rest of my life not just 12 weeks.

I decided to calorie count and start moving more. I downloaded the app "myfitnesspal" to my iphone and started adding up everything i ate each day. I put myself on a 1200 cal restriction for the first 6 weeks and then changed it to 1200-1400 as I wanted to be able to do this forever. I also started to move every day. 30 min walks to start with but increasing to an hour 6 days a week. I bought a heart rate monitor and aimed to burn 400-500 cals per day 6 days a week. I did this strictly for 6 weeks to to get going. Several of my friends and work colleagues have used this app and as long as you stick to it they have lost weight. Saying that a few of them use most of their calories on unhealthy foods which in the long run will come back to bite them. It does go to show though that you can lose weight while still being unhealthy.

I then downloaded the app C25K which is the couch to 5km running program and started doing that. I couldn't do week one for several weeks and that was only running 30secs at a time. But I persisted and did each week as many times as i had to and made sure I ran all the sections they asked before going up to the next week. Eventually I ran my first 5km and now am running 10km. I also joined the gym and started doing body pump classes as I knew I had to increase my muscle mass. 

Now I do walking/running/swimming or something cardiovascular twice a week, weights twice a week and yoga or body balance once. So I don't do anything 2 days a week. Some weeks I do more and some I do less, but I stick to my caloric intake most of the time.

I have lost 25kg and have 5 more to go. When I get to that goal I will try and keep the exercise going and increase my calories slowly til I find a balance

So that's it in a nutshell. This has not been easy but it has been doable. I cannot described to you how awesome i feel and how much better life is now. My little girls notice it too and their attitude towards healthy foods and exercise has changed dramatically already. 

Shan x

introducing 2 of my new friends....

i have started a new blog and i would love to invite you over for a visit. this blog will still be going with all things missy melly but for a look at the WHOLE me you might want to add Frank and Mavis to your friends lists

you can find me here... Frank and Mavis

have a lovely day x

taking time for me

the past 2 years has been flat out... my business has gone from strength to strength and i'm not sure if i was ready for it all. this is the last year before my baby girls start school and i am not ready for that. you see i have to drop BOTH of my little girls off on the same day and come back to an empty house. in fact i may be still in the fetal position lying in the carpark at the end of the day or intoxicated in my PJs crying. who knows! but what i do know is that i need to spend more time with them now. real time. being present. being whole. being mumma.

so i have made the decision to close custom orders for missy melly for a while. i'm not sure how long yet but for a while. i need to be a mum again. i already leave my family every second weekend from 7am -7pm to do my intensive care nursing and that is really enough.

i will still be creating, still have items up for sale and missy melly will be back very soon but please understand why i need this time out

any questions can be emailed through to me at missymelly@hotmail.com anytime

have a fabulous day and thank you to all of my amazing supporters and customers for your support. i am truly blessed

mothers day classic and competition winner

so at the beginning of the year i could not run for 10m... i shit you not... i would be panting and huffing and light headed and generally feeling awful... so i started at that... just 10m at a time and walked between

yesterday saw me complete my first fun run at the mothers day classic in melbourne and i couldn't be prouder of what i have achieved

i found the run quite easy as i did the 4km and i have been running up to 6.5-7km in the past few weeks at home

i would never have thought that i would have been able to run the whole distance when i signed up a few weeks ago

my official time was 27 min 35 secs... not near my best time for 4km but when you're running in the masses and up 2 hills you go a bit slower

also i'm so glad to announce the winner of our guess my time competition and am please to announce that

BEC GOODWIN PARRY

guess my time perfectly!!! well done Bec... please email me at missymelly@hotmail.com to claim your prize or one of gorgeous swing dresses!!!

huge thank you to billy mac clothing for supplying our tees

and a huge thanks to everyone who has supported me on this amazing journey so far

i love you all

shan x