Motivation

  • Motivation

    Too Scary for the Beginners

    Attitude can be a really big deal when you’re trying to make changes and set goals. Sometimes it’s one of the only things you can actually change in your world. You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations — Zig Ziglar You can approach life with a positive or negative outlook. A lot of people who are just beginning their road to better health and fitness have become burdened down by the negatives in their lives. Negative emotions, self-image, job, housing, health. Sometimes you can fix these things, sometimes not, but the one thing you can always fix is…

  • Motivation

    My Fat Headshot from 2005

    Was digging around and found this from August 2005 on the trail of Castle Peak, a Fourteener in Colorado. I’m obviously very fat here, though this is not my maximum weight. As I recall this is around 220 lb. In December of 2006 I peaked at 235 lb. I’ve been approximately 185 lb since June of 2010. Not bad. Pretty fun comparing this to what I look like today. Hard work, training, proper nutrition, discipline. When I became a mountaineer these are the things that came along with it and made me what I am today.