:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

Did not work out in MO. Will post soon. Thanks for not giving up on me!

Round, a 3FC chick who switched to her own website: http://lowstressweightloss.com, admits to having found this somewhere but can’t credit it. I’ve already done this and today I am thinking about doing it again.

• A fall in premature death by about 20-25%
• A fall in diabetes-related death of about 30%
• A fall in obesity-related cancers by about 40%
• A fall in blood pressure of about 10/20 mmHg
• A fall of 50% in the risk of developing diabetes
• A fall in glucose levels of about 30-50%
• A fall in total cholesterol of about 10%
• A fall in LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) of about 15%
• A fall in triglycerides of about 30%
• A rise in protective HDL of about 8%

Weight Watchers also shares What Losing 10% Can Do. Be sure to scroll down to read the article.

My top weight was 300 pounds. 10% lost was 270. I got the clear benefits of feeling better, more energy, being able to move more, etc. Wonder what the stats would be for doing it twice?

If I lose 10% again, that will be 243. As some of you know, I’m off weighing in. But, for the record, I weighed in recently dressed, mid-day at… 255 plus. A month ago I was below 250.

Heading off to Missouri for a week. May fit in a couple workouts.

Play along: What’s Your Next Goal?

Today was my 6th workout in two weeks. I did all my warm-up stuff plus *run* 1/4 mile at 4.0 mph. This is a walk for most but a run for me and amazing.

Three workouts per week ended up being as much as I could handle and plenty enough. I am logging my workouts and my certified-crossfit-trainer-son is logging my program planned workouts on there for me, so he will stay a day or two ahead of me.

What a gift to have someone with that knowledge planning a program that fits just where I am! I’m basically still 60 years old, 100 pounds over weight and haven’t worked out for well over a year so be gentle in your expectations. It feels really good to be able to do any of these things! I’m particularly pleased with my squats and that I can run at all.

I can remember when I was 43 and got out of breath walking down hill.

And when I was 48 and my feet and back were so bad, walking a quarter mile was the most I could do and excruciating.

And all the times I wasn’t expected to live or ever be healthy enough to hike. =)

When I started CrossFit the first time (this is the third), I had to hold onto something solid just to lower myself to the floor and get up — slowly.

In the gym again! WooHoo!

Feel free to check out my workouts! http://www.withfit.com/Delita/calendar

Check out my CrossFit Page above for a little intro.

Play along: What is the last thing you got back to doing that is GOOD for you?

Okay, Eileen got me. She wasn’t even trying. Her post of today: Sluggard! brought up everything I’ve been trying not to face.

Yes, I need to move more. Yes, I qualify on the wrong side of a lot of Bible standards. Yes, I proclaim out loud, over and over that I want my life to be… well, in order. Right. Working. And then I sit down and have another pass at whatever.

It’s all about choices. Progress or internet. Sandwich or salad. To bed now or groggy tomorrow. Time and time again.

Caving in, more often than not. I’ll get it next time. Sigh.

Sure, I work hard. Sometimes. Sure, I hold myself accountable, on a good day. Sure I work out, some. I eat right, some. I practice the Bible, some.

The truth is, chaos prevents order. And chaos in one area causes disorder in another. I have to choose order.

If I allow disorder in eating, sleeping, working out, or how I spend my time, energy, money…? That same failure to make good choices throws the rest of my life out of whack, too.

There, I said it. Do I have to be perfect to have a life that works? I think not. I will have to quit pretending that over weight and under exercising are isolated issues in my life.

Ultimately, they are proof that I am choosing to not control myself and this is the real problem. Added pounds and flabby muscles are just the symptoms.

My Bible says:

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.

I haven’t done that. Yet. But that would solve it. When I start living the simple parts of my life for God, start making right choices for right reasons, then I think I won’t have any trouble with being over weight or under active.

Those ants are a good role model. What am I waiting for? I can choose this, God helping me.

Play along: Do you see yourself as an ant or a sluggard?

Tuesday was my first day back in the gym in about a year and a half. Due to life happenings and living situations I just have not had the place, time, commitment for quite a while now.

Solution: Found a gym that is $10 a month (special ends Oct. 14) with a $10 start up and then annually $30 to renew, which guarantees the rate stays at $10 a month. No contract. It is also in a fairly good location for me which is maybe the most important concern at this time.

The chain is called Planet Fitness. I’m not pushing them, just sharing. It is clean, cheap, user friendly and basic. Maybe a little too basic for me, but that is the price of cheap today. Apparently no abmats, kettlebells and NO CONCEPT 2 ROWER! Oh, noooooooooo!

My workout program is again CrossFit. Previously, I was following the main CF program online and scaling it back to “overweight, out-a-shape gramma.” Now my son is certified level one CF trainer and he has agreed to provide a program for me. It is very important not to design your own program as you will fall into the favoring your weaknesses trap. Thanks, coach!

First day: “Ran” 1 mile (18:30 minutes).

Second day: 21 pseudo burpees (get down, get back up any way you can).

Also starting to work on squats and can tell I am doing them wrong by where I am sore. Yikes! Back to the drawing board on these.

It feels GOOD! But, I did almost do too much and I’m craving more food, especially protein. Not surprising, I had gotten to where I was eating too light.

“In the gym again…” Sung to the tune of “On the Road Again.”

Play along: What is the last thing you did for movement?