At some point well over a decade ago I decided to choose life and began the most daunting task of my life - the journey to lose half my body weight.

This weekend I had a realization I wanted to share.

My weight loss journey was like climbing a mountain with no guide, no equipment and no map. I only had the knowledge that my life depended on it.

Interestingly, when you are en route the perspective can get skewed. In fact, I don't think I could even pinpoint the moment I reached the summit. There were so many valleys and peaks.

But this weekend I distinctly realized I have been sailing down the other side of the mountain for some time now. I wipe out now and again, but it's just about getting back up again these days and not so much about climbing every step of the way.

My story is only my story, but maybe the thought it gets easier is worth sharing

Visualization has a huge impact on how I get my head around something. That is a great visual metaphor. Thanks for sharing.

I don't know that I've ever told you, but congratulations on your weight loss and making it up the mountain. I slippled and fell back down the mountain back in June, and I'm still trying to crawl back to where I was in June. At least now I can, with some relief, realize that I'm still on the slope and not back and the very bottom.

volleyballsis - I had many, many slips myself. I actually plotted my weight loss over the last decade and it was very interesting. It looked like a darn set of mountains.

High weight was 240, down to 160, back up to 200, down to 150, back up to 180, down to 140, back up to 160, etc. In the midst of it, I mostly felt like a failure. But charted over time I can see I picked up lessons along the way, found some guideposts, and kept going.

Just keep trying...keep learning...and dont give up

Wonderful... that long up hill journey to where you want to go - is worth the trip and effort.

Well done!

you are such an inspiration xty!

I'm usually not into pop music but that Miley Cyrus Mountain song always reminds me of this weight loss journey and makes me tear up.