After having lost 110 pounds I've found that I am much more inclined to attempt new things.
So, I'm in Colorado Springs for work and had some spare time yesterday. I thought, "I should do something adventuresome". So I got online to find somewhere out in the mountains where I could go hiking. There's a place up the road in Manitou Springs called "The Incline". It is .88 miles and there is a 2000 ft elevation change. It is essentially 2760 railroad ties carved into the side of a mountain at grades ranging from 45 to 68 degrees.
So I got out there and it was intimidating just to look at. But I thought,"This is no different than weight loss, just one step at a time, then the next one." AND I DID IT. It took me a little over an hour, but I got to the summit. It was one of the most strenuous workouts I have ever done. (The elevation here makes the air really thin.)
This weight loss journey has been a long and arduous one, and at times it has reminded me of that climb. I kept looking for excuses to bail out of that climb. In fact, there's a point halfway up called the bailout where you can get off the incline and walk down a switchback trail back to the basecamp. I was so tempted. I have been tempted many times to bailout on my weight loss journey. The temptation is always there to just give up. But guys, the view from the summit was spectacular! And it made me think, I've come so far on the weightloss, what's it going to be like when I reach the "summit" and achieve my original goals? If climbing the incline was any indication, arriving at that weightloss summit is just going to make me want to acheive more and bigger things.
Don't give up guys, keep putting one foot in front of the other!
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