So summer is winding down and I’m sitting here looking in the rear view mirror. It seems like just yesterday that I was all gung ho and starting my 100 days to summer challenge. Increased strength, consistency, stamina, speed and agility were my main goals. Weight loss wasn’t a priority, but I really thought there would be some. I hopped on the scale this morning and I am the heaviest I’ve been in 10 years. A long way off from my comfort zone.
I went away for the long weekend to visit a friend and I overpacked.. that “confident feeling” of knowing anything I grabbed out of my draw would fit well and look good was missing. So I needed reinforcements. Now I assure you, I had an amazing time, my weight did not impede the fun, adventure and love that was experienced at all. It did however cast the slightest shadow.
So how did I get here? One might think I lost focus, that I wasn’t paying attention, that it snuck up on me… but they’d be wrong. I was paying attention, I saw it happening, I actually led the charge.
I live my healthy lifestyle, rather than reside in a diet mentality. I work the puzzle pieces together to form the picture I am after. I don’t want to use the words “bad choices” as individual choices will not make or break you. I’m a firm believer in having my steak and eating it too. Good, delicious food is what I desire, but I did make deliberate questionable choices over and over again from a selection of mediocre offerings. And that is what has left me hanging here.
Overall, I’m looking at a picture that is pretty spectacular, but the potential for change is there. If I continue on my present path, the colors could fade, the scenery can become blurred and I may lose sight of what is in the distance, or worse yet, I won’t be able to get to the viewpoint at all. As fun as hanging around was, it’s time for me to start my climb again.
Wherever My Heart Lead Me 
Well I hope you get the ” Climbing ” that you have done so well at attaining over so many of your blog posts . You do so well with your self imposed challenges , I think you should just do one more , then another …….. Because they seem to have been successful for you over a long period of time . Wishing you success .
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