Stay active!

There is an adage that the more you do -the more you can do. I believe in staying active and occupied. For many of bingers, we eat out of boredom or we get too involved in over thinking about our lives and want we want it to be. I would fantasize about me being at a perfect weight because life would then be perfect. Right, NO. Life still happens to you when you are at the magical weight.
It was often while daydreaming about being slim that I would end up bingeing. WHY?
It was in this state of mind that I would make the age old promise that I would start my diet TOMORROW- my diet from hell and all would be well. This time it would work. Never minded that it hasn't worked a thousand times before. This is how I would get lured into bingeing with the promise that TOMORROW I would be in control.
I have come to know to shut down this thinking IMMEDIATELY!! It is stinking thinking!! As soon as I hear this old familiar voice, I immediately get up and get doing or moving. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS MESSAGE that makes promises in a tomorrow that never comes.
I believe that it is important to makes changes in stages. Exercise is a great way to start this journey to health. A simple walk around the block at 300 pounds lead me to 7 full marathons and several half marathons. So take that simple step forward in your life, ditch the diet mentality, make good choices daily for your health and not to be a size or number.

Sonia Turner on Oprah

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would be a featured guest on the Oprah Winfrey show. How did it happen....well there is a saying that out of small things big things come to pass. I was interviewed by Prevention Magazine and in the magazine article, I was 1 of 52 ways to lose weight-specifically #4. The Oprah show contacted me from the small article=just amazing. I remember the moment she announced my name on the show, I was thinking OMG Oprah Winfrey just said my name. It stills sends goose bumps when I recall the series of events that transpired.
My journey to health too began with the simple goal to walk around the block and eventually saw me completing 7 full marathons and a couple of half marathons.
So go ahead start something small...you will be amazed too!
Check out the link to the Prevention article:



www.fitnesstipsforlife.com/52-ways-to-lose-a-pound-a-week.html

Discover the Power to Move your Mountain


For verily I say on to you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark 11: 23-24

What is your mountain?

A mountain is something that stands in our way of being the best that we can be. It stands between us and what our Heavenly Father knows we are capable of overcoming and becoming. Our mountains can be of a spiritual, physical, emotional or mental nature. Often they impact on all or several of these areas.