The "Weight Loss Failure Stamp!" Ever felt like you've been branded, marked or scarred with a "weight loss failure stamp?" It's right there on your forehead for everyone to see....you have failed! Obviously, you assume it shows all over your body as well! It seeps out of your size 20 jeans....I've been there! I had tried every diet possible! Pre made and frozen foods, meal plans,  weekly meetings and group weigh ins! If I could get the weight off, it wouldn't stay off! I never saw my goal....

One thing I have loved so much about the Grace and Strength lifestyle is the accountability that is available. Something that I have thought a lot about throughout my G&S journey is how I could have made the choice to lie and not wrote everything down in my food logs. I could have lied and made up a weight loss instead of a gain. I could have hidden everything I was ashamed of and made it look like I had everything under control, when really on the inside I was a mess.

As many of you know I'm in training for a Ironman competition in mid 2013. This morning when I woke up at 6am I thought it's dark and cold, knowing I had a 20 mile bike ride on my schedule, today was a great day to say well "Let's think about this." I had some wonderful "Reasons" to skip my work out. Too Cold, Not proper clothing,No gloves,Still Dark, Skipping one day REALLY won't matter, etc. With that many good reasons I could go back to bed? Or, Overcome excuses.

How are you defined? There's nothing more aggravating than being told I can't do something. For the right or wrong of it, those words tend to bring out the rebel child in me and make me strive even harder to accomplish my best, regardless of the final outcome.

So I had an unexpected trip to prepare for, out of the country and for an indefinite amount of time. Oh goodness I thought, I will begin this trip with a 1300 mile road trip to a place where the weather is A LOT cooler, and the dress will be VERY casual... You probably already know how difficult it is to maintain a healthy diet during travel and vacation.