A few thoughts from the mountains.

I noticed today as I was climbing that life springs from the most incredible places.   It is never where the rock is smooth and intact that these flowers grow.  It is from the cracks where the rock has been broken, that new life blooms.

The message on the water bottle they gave me when I arrived today:  "If it was only about reaching the top of the mountain, you could take a helicopter.  But then you'd miss the climb, the burn in your thighs, the pounding of your heart, the sweat beading on your forehead.  Leave the copter."

A passage from Jillian's new book:  "A father and his young son are at the circus.  The son sees a huge elephant shackled with flimsy, rusted chains.  Turning to his dad, the boy asks, "Isn't that elephant strong enough to break free from those chains?"
"Of course he is", his dad answers.  "It's just that he's been chained like that since he was too small and weak to break free, and now he doesn't know the difference."

The freedom that comes from losing weight and getting fit comes from the things you learn on the way, not from weighing less.

Now get moving!