This is a fantastic letter that I have received from one of our GetKidsActive members, and it was so great that I just had to put it on here for everyone to see just how amazing the simplest things in life can be. Here's an amazing story if I have ever heard one .......

My story no doubt will sound quite familiar to some people. My understanding of a "good" mother was having a tidy house, happy children who were always well groomed and the best kept garden in the town! Boy was I so wrong.

Looking back now I was unhappy, overweight and under pressure, and my children did not have the motivating, active mother they deserved. Our meals consisted of greasy fried food and countless hours in front of the T.V (maybe that is why the house stayed so tidy).

Our children were lethargic and very unhappy at the constant demands of "Don't mess up this room" and "go outside and play mum doesn't want to today".

My 30^th birthday was coming up and I was overweight, unhappy, unmotivated, and my kids were angry and very reluctant to do anything. They were starting to gain weight, and complain at the drop of a hat. Something had to be done.

After searching through site after site on the web I came across GetKidsActive.com.

What an amazing motivational tool! GetKidsActive made me realise that my children were missing out on so much and I began to see that my eating habits and attitude to life was being ingrained into my children.

The site is very informative and well structured. The staff are friendly and more than willing to help, this is what struck me. At first I was very scared I could see our kids being a statistic and I could see myself being a statistic already! I knew that I needed guidance with my own issues and got them sorted out first with the help of Craig at GKA (Get Kids Active).

After entering in very informative correspondence with the GKA staff I changed my routines and habits. I started going out and playing with the kids; kicking the ball around playing in the sandpit, and not so long ago I actually went down the waterslide and ended up in the garden, but hey I feel fantastic!

I can now see a dramatic change in myself and our kids. The more information I read off the site, the more my perception for a healthy active life was changing. The articles and chat sections really motivated me. I bought some products from the GKA shop and my kids just love them and now a day doesn't go by without us putting on the Peter Combes CD and dancing around the lounge to the beat of this fantastic music. In addition to this our diet started to change from fatty fried chips and roast spuds to boiled spuds and lean meat.

Our children's morning tea for play centre went from 4-5 packets of food to yogurts sandwiches and fruit. The kids didn't seem to mind that they had a different morning tea to most. This got me thinking and because I jump at the opportunity of new ideas I got our play centre joined up for the healthy heart award and at the end of last year we received it.

It is a long journey to try and change 30 years of habits but I have done it successfully with the help of the team at GetKidsActive. My change has benefited my kids and in years to come our children will have the right tools to teach their children about being healthy and happy.

Since I have seen the GetKidsActive web site it has increased my awareness of child obesity and the importance of teaching our children good healthy routines.

I have lost 10kgs and still got a long way to go to get to my ideal weight. Our children are fit active healthy boys thanks to GKA and we are all happier, feeling better, and we can do much more than we ever could in the past. I could only imagine what our lives what be like if we had stayed on the same path.

So now our house is clean, but not too tidy. The kids are happy on the inside and always playing outside and having a great time. My garden is great, apart from having to work around cricket sets, waterslides and bikes, and the thing that strikes me is our T.V. Now is just sits in the cabinet and gathers dust. The kids have been introduced to things they didn't even know they could do, and now they have more important things to do than sit down and watch television.

Thank you GetKidsActive.com you have changed my family's life for the better.

WOW – Thank you Kylie for that amazing feedback. We are so happy to see that our information and help is leading to increase the existence of healthy, happy, active families. We strive every minute of every day for this exact purpose.

If you would like to learn more about how you to can change the way your family lives, visit GetKidsActive.com and look around. You will be amazed at what you see. Sign up it is free and easy with many fantastic benefits. You can alternatively email me for more information on this topic.