:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

When I first started the blog and the Flat Belly Diet, I was posting my food log on their website. I received *three months free* on the Flat Belly Diet website for ordering the book.
That was a good experience for several reasons, primarily because they also have a planner that would recomment gluten and dairy [...]

Slowing down here. It was a really up and down week, food wise. I never did get shopping done for things I needed (like fish, veggies, etc.) and ended up really eating a lot of whatever, fast food, etc. Still, calories averaged out-ish, which means I didn’t eat enough some days, which kinda balanced the [...]

This phrase almost always conjures up an image of whiny little kids (even us, maybe!) bemoaning the length of the trip, sometimes having just started.
And yet, are we any better when we expect instant results on what we know needs to be a long-term effort ?
How many of us set out to lose 20, 50, [...]

A month ago, I was having trouble getting myself to walk a mile. Here is this month’s exercise ticker:

You can see what I’ve been doing by reading the “Track” posts, here…

I’ve been thinking all day about all the changes I’ve made and all the changes I’m just starting to make. And, even looking at a friend’s changes! lol
Suddenly it came to me that the way I used to live (and the way my friend used to live) was normal. At least, for us. It was [...]