You know I have always said this is a journey and sometimes it feels like it is all up hill and you wonder if you will ever make it to the top.

Persistance and belief in yourself and the fact that YOU deserve this just as much as anyone else. Take it, it IS yours ... just waiting. I wish there were easy answers to the times that we struggle but if that were the case we would not have an issue with our weight and health in the first place.

I TRULY believe with all of my heart that each and every one of us has what it takes to make it to the goals we set out for ourselves. I also know that there is not a single person that won't run into periods of time that make us doubt ourselves and our abilities.Sometimes we will feel like warriors ready to take on any fight and bypass any temptation ... feeling invincable, with our goal solidly in sight. Knowing there is not a single thing that can make us stray from what we want so bad.

Other times we wonder who we were ... thinking the goal we set out was an impossible fairytale and that we should just resign ourselves to the fact that our visions were too lofty and we were crazy to think it was ever within our grasp.THAT is BULL!!!! Do you know the thousands of times I questioned myself in 2008 as I worked toward my goals .... I had doubts and almost didn't enter the monthly contest because I thought "Audrey, who do you think you are?" I thought there was too much competition.

After winning the monthly, it brought on a whole new set of doubts and fears. I knew that to even become a contender I would have to push myself beyond what I ever thought possible. I would have to keep shoving those thoughts to the back of my head and replace it with "Why not me?" "Why not?" I knew the very worst that would happen is I would get in the greatest shape of my life and learn a whole new level of what I was made of.

BUT, my biggest motivator was the disappointment I would feel by leaving less than what I was capable of in the workout room. Knowing that I was worth every ounce of sweat I left on the floor. That I was worth every aching muscle. I totally deserved and still do deserve that feeling of pride and the gratification of a job well done every time I walk out of that workout room or come back from a run or ride ...... all drenched in sweat knowing that I can NEVER get a moment back. Each and every moment wasted is one you cannot get back.

Do it NOW!!!

Wow!! I really need to get off this soap box before I fall and hurt myself! I just want all of you reap the rewards you so greatly deserve!!!