:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

Three days have passed and my success rate seems about 50/50: half and half doing things better on eating habits, but, still reaching for treats, etc. Some progress is good progress yet I would like to do better at setting, measuring and achieving goals.
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napolean Hill
My goals for [...]

I made a six month goal about 5 months ago. It may be best not to think about that one now. ;-p Maybe it was just a tad lofty! LOL
But the w8challenge idea is still working for me, and now I’m thinking up a new semi-longterm goal.
In a few days it will be eight months [...]

I have joined the March challenge over at eileen2blean and it is inspiring me to really focus on March, my food and exercise, which is really helpful! I encourage you to join us!
My food goal for the month is to get back to at least three meals a day. I’m already eating mostly lean protein, green [...]

My top weight was 300 in July of 2004. Seven months later, down about 20 pounds, I saw a picture of a woman about age 57 wearing a red dress for *Wear Red Month* in a magazine. She looked so great! She looked like I wanted to look. I saved it a long time but [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Everyone has a turning point. Mine was not the top weight, but the waistline, a measurement I took sometime around hitting the top weight. 58 inches. Suddenly it hit me - I am almost FIVE FEET AROUND! That got my attention. My belly got so big that if I clasped my hands in front while [...]

My long-term goal is to achieve fitness and health that let me lead the life I want, the life I’m called to, a life I enjoy: able to do what I want to or need to, having fun by myself or with others.
I’m seeing now that losing 150 pounds, which will get me down to a [...]

1. At least eight hours in bed after lights out.
2. Pack appropriate lunch every day.
3. Write down food or log it at every meal.

My monthly goals are:
October Food Goal: Stay on plan and log food daily through October.
October Fitness Goal: Increase by 10% (added workout days also) to 759 minutes.
I haven’t logged food since Friday afternoon, although I wrote it down this morning on paper. I was thinking about just starting back logging food today (skipping 3 [...]

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 [...]