:: 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! =)

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 [...]