:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

Funny, I almost mis-typed that title as “I’ve Learned to be Satisfied with Success.” But that is not it. I really have “learned to be satisfied with progress.”
My DDIL was sharing her own progress the other day and then followed it up with a comment about “but…” and shared how she hadn’t reached her goal [...]

And I’m still here! Yea! I remember one of my first goals was to make it to the end of the month, which made 3 weeks, in August.
Yep, down 1.6 to 240.4, a total loss of 59.6, down 40.8 since beginning this time on August 10. 40 pounds! Three week average: 1.87 pounds per week. [...]

 “ate better, started exercising again, touched base with my friend…”
This comment by our Patty (Sistah Pat) seems to me to be our secret to success here.
We all have differences and try various things over time, but what it boils down to is improving our eating, finding ways to incorporate exercise, and, making time to hook [...]

Down 2.4 pounds, down 58 pounds since top weight, down 39.2 pounds since beginning again last August, 5 months and 8 days ago. That is an average for the last three weeks of 2 pounds per week. And my waist just hit 45″ for the first time in years, down 13 inches! I’m liking this [...]

I really expected a gain this week, or at least not a loss. My eating included wheat about 4 days which not only usually causes bloat and weight gain but is a trigger food that leads to cravings and poor food choices. I’m talking a pound of dark chocolate, a piece of pizza, several pieces [...]

This week was down two pounds from last week, down .2 pounds from Thursday, my monthly weigh-in. In any case, I will take it. These maintain my *low end* of the upper 240ies, an exciting place to be, and have me all excited about getting into the lower 240ies.
The difference is that I’ve lost weight [...]

Oh, this knocked my socks off this morning! Well, truthfully I had removed my socks before stepping on the scale but wow! For the last week, the days I got on the scale were mostly showing high - several pounds high - for no apparent reason. I was NOT looking forward to my monthly weigh-in [...]