There is no way to prepare for the unknown. When you're getting ready for a long trek or a high climb, the only way to train is to work in uncomfortable conditions. We "prepare" bygoing onlonger hikes and breathing in higher altitudes.Weget comfortable withbeing uncomfortable. Then, by the timethebig challenge approaches,we'reable to cope-- and to persevere.
I was a chubby kid... and a chubby teenager. And a chubby young adult! I was very active with a healthy diet, but I was stuck in a size that didn't reflect it. I hated my body for it. I resented my body. How could I be doing everything "right" without any of it working?
As this decade comes to a close, I can't help but look back and smile at everything that has happened in the past ten years. I've grown in ways I never expected. I've made accomplishments that I'm truly proud of. But it didn't always feel like I was on the right track. You know that "they" say:
