:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

There are some things that rob us of our life.
Laziness. Fear. Bad habits like procrastination and problems with punctuality. Being undisciplined. Being fat is one of them.
I choose to lose the overweight. Any weight I carry over what I need to be happy and healthy is a burden, is slowing me down, robbing me.
Not only [...]

Down .8 this week, to 248.0, a number that is looking good to me. This is where my weight was in 1998, 10 years ago. I believe I got back down to it once in maybe 2001, but never since then, except when sick.
That is a 52 pound loss from my top weight, and, [...]

Getupnow has set up a great little Christmas Challenge over on The Last Straw. Perfect for me. I highly recommend it… See you Monday! =)

BMI is a wake-up call for many but has fallen from grace as a marker. Mainly, because it doesn’t take into account the weight of muscle or make allowance for “large bones.” For example, weight lifters are sometimes categorized by BMI as overweight even though their body fat percentage is low.
You probably don’t hear much [...]

I really hadn’t expected it this week, in fact, I deserved to gain. I’ve been really slack on eating the right things while eating candy (3 days) drinking hot chocolate (3 days) and eating a lot of fatty meats (my DDIL went back on Atkins), and really skimping on green veggies.
But now. Ho ho ho! [...]

After that last weigh in, I realized I don’t have any solid interim goals between here and the last 100 pounds. I work better if the goal I am working on is in sight, seeing distance so to speak. So, drumroll…
My new goal is 225 pounds. That still sounds like a lot (and is), but [...]

Weigh in today at 249.2! This marks so many milestones.

Over 30 pounds lost since beginning again, 17 weeks ago.
Over 50 pounds lost since my top weight 4 years, 5 months ago.
Down 2.4 pounds this week.
1/3 of weight loss goal - GONE!
Less than 100 pounds to go to GOAL! WooHoooooo!

It is shocking to me to see [...]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Good advice.
Why? Because we often don’t succeed at first. We often need to work up to success. And, things go wrong.
So, what stance do we take when our best laid plans are blown away?
Go again. Do over. Pick yourself up and start again.
Panic is optional, and [...]

Okay, this week fooled me. I was concerned that I might not lose but did — 3.2 pounds! My concerns were based on only exercising once and not eating enough protein or calories. But — I was wrong. And I’m so glad!
Top weight was 300 so this is 48.4 pounds down, almost 30 pounds since [...]

It’s that first step that gets you. Sure, many of us don’t finish what we start. But an even bigger problem is we seldom start the very things we most want to finish.
I’ve learned a secret.

Start from where you are.
Take one step.
Repeat.

Most of us get caught up in the destination, the goal, the fears or [...]

WooHoo! With another loss last night I weighed in for the month at 253.4, down another 5.8 from last month. That is 5.8 two months in a row, 11.6 pounds for the two months and 46.6 pounds down from my top weight.
This month was pretty much a wash. After my trip at the end of [...]