"The Climb" by Melissa Schwab, Gold's Gym Challenge Participant

So I was listening to the Miley Cyrus song The Climb. (I have a 7 year old daughter...it’s a requirement) and couldn’t help but see how it related to the challenge. “I can almost see it, that dream I’m dreaming but there’s a voice inside my head saying you’ll never reach it”. Somedays I feel like I’ll never reach my weightloss goals and the negative self-talk can get in my way. I feel like I’m constantly fighting the “uphill battle” of my weight and a healthy life. But I realized like the song says that “I’ve got to be strong and just keep pushing on”. A healthy life is a journey. It’s about being proud of myself right now in this moment. The fact that I’m even doing the challenge! Maybe it’s as simple as completing a workout, an interval or about resisting that extra cookie because you know it’s worth it in the end. All of us can look back and say “I did the Gold’s Gym Challenge in 2010, look at what I accomplished!” This can be the turning point that we look back to. We're halfway there already! So, in the words of Miley, “Keep on moving, keep climbing, keep the faith, baby. It’s all about the climb!”

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Comments

[Aron]

This is very true Melissa. Take one moment at a time. It is all about the one workout, the one cookie and the one step!! Once you realize this it makes things much easier. Blair McHaney always says collect workouts like medals, one at a time. Don't look at the entire challenge look at the mini challenges within the challenge!! Your're awesome and keep up the great work!