article_snippet: you want me to climb up Stone Mountain -- that is over 1,500 feet straight up.
article_snippet: But climbing mountains on Sunday morning -- you got to be kidding me," I exclaimed.
article_snippet: I knew it was going to be a difficult task, especially for someone like me heavily involved in civic affairs and community service.
article_snippet: Tackling nutrition and calorie intake can also be exactly how I viewed the climb up Stone Mountain.
article_snippet: It was pretty much like looking at the mountain that I was about to climb that morning -- where do I start, where do I begin?
article_snippet: -- and telling me that it was going to be an arduous task.
article_snippet: However, as life pressures got in the way, I saw me withering off.
article_snippet: Uphill battles are hard to see when you are in the middle of Uphill battles.
article_snippet: It's just another uphill mountain to climb.