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Just walk to the end of the block. Trust me!

“Just walk to the end of the block, Lor,” my friend Jim urged enthusiastically. “Then see if the next day you can walk a little further and eventually you’ll make it all the way around the block.”

Jim is a great friend. One that has known me for 20+ years, watching me balloon to my all-time high weight of 381 lbs by my late 40’s.

As my close friend and confidant, he was also witness to my internal sadness, increasing complaints of health problems, and my shrinking life as I played victim to the weight. And, when I finally got serious and embarked on a successful transformation journey to drop 200+ lbs, he was without question one of my biggest cheerleaders.

There was a time when walking to the end of my block seemed impossible — and I live in the middle of the block, so the distance was more like 1/2 block. I had every excuse in the book. But it was really only impossible because I made it so in my head. I was absolutely capable of walking that half a block and then some, but my mind was stopping me and I didn’t even try. Perhaps some of you reading this can relate.

Well, little did I know at the time, I would go on to walk that block and then some on a journey to put myself in the equation of my own life and take care of me. Read more

What gives you inspiration and hope?

Superior National Gofl Course at LutsenThis, right here, does it for me! The unbelievably gorgeous beauty of nature in my favorite season and in a place I have grown to love and to refer to as my “happy place.”

This photo was taken this week by my friends and clients at Superior National Golf Course in the foothills of Lutsen Mountains, located in Cook County, MN. Fall in all her glory on the shores of Lake Superior. Breathtaking. Stunning. Inspiring. What inspires you?

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