:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

Last week I was feeling great. This week, I hit the wall. Here is what I think happened and what I’ve done about it.
A couple weeks ago, I increased my calories from 1600 a day to 2000 a day, based on a weight loss plateau of about 17 days. I’ve had this problem before. If [...]

After doing my workout this morning, this is the song I wanted to hear. Mine is by Kenneth Copeland on The Kenneth Copeland Collection, so I know it has to be on at least one more… Very upbeat, and inspiring lyrics. I think it is also on a walking music CD I have.
Title: “I Cannot [...]

This is day one of Delita’s Own Diet and Fitness Challenge.
Starting Statistics:
Height: 68 inches
Weight: 265 pounds
Waist: 47.25 inches
Calculated by ZONE *measure* method:
Lean Body Mass: 115.4 pounds
Total Body Fat: 149.6 pounds
Body Fat Percentage: 56.5%
Body Mass Index: 40.3 (morbidly obese)
Weight loss to date: 35 pounds
Weight loss goal, this month: 5 pounds
Waist loss to date: 10.75 inches
Waist loss [...]

My Food Mini-goal #3 was to continue on the Flat Belly Diet through today, October 1.
Successfully completed! YEAAAA!!!

The Target:
Make excellence in diet and fitness my lifestyle by building habits based on consistent daily effort and results.
How will I do this?
Over the next six months, October 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009:

develop my diet to increase physical capacity and maintain long term weight loss,
follow a workout plan that will improve performance and increase [...]