Does the nasty, blustery, cold, rainy weather make you just want to stay in your house by a warm fire and munch?  It does for me still.

I wish I could say that those old tendencies to soothe myself were a thing of the past and had left with the almost 50 pounds I let go of, but that just isn’t the case.  The thinking, the beliefs, the habitual tendencies to eat are still there and something I have to contend with every day and it’s still better than battling the self deprecating self talk that went along with being fat!

Now I have to work through the feelings and find more appropriate ways to satisfy my feelings and keep myself on the track of feeling good, looking good and enjoying my body.

Hope the sun is lifting your spirits today also!  Get out there and enjoy it.  It’ll do you worlds of good.

Have a fantastic day!

As I watch the amazing athletes go through Sausalito in the rain this morning I am thinking to myself, “what strength and physical agility it takes to not only ride so many miles and for so long, but to withstand this type of weather doing it!”. I realize that what they have in them is sheer determination to be, do or have anything they put their mind to!

We all have that ability to decide to do something and we all have the determination to do it somewhere deep inside us… all we need to do is find that determination. Find that determination and never let it out of your sight again.

Finding it involves some soul searching to locate it at first. You have to be really honest with yourself about how you got to this point and take full responsibility for getting here so you can change it.

I bet there are a few athletes riding in this race today who have stories of complete transformation from either injury or lack of health to being fit and strong and able to do this amazing physical endurance race.

We all have a story and the happy ending depends on you.

What is the story you are writing for the next chapter of your life?