:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

I’m changing my diet from following the Flat Belly Diet to the Paleo Diet. Here are the primary reasons.
The Flat Belly Diet is primarily a calorie controlled Mediterranean type diet, careful to include good fats - MUFAs, the moly-unsaturated fats - at every meal because it takes good fats to burn fat. I had been [...]

Last week I was feeling great. This week, I hit the wall. Here is what I think happened and what I’ve done about it.
A couple weeks ago, I increased my calories from 1600 a day to 2000 a day, based on a weight loss plateau of about 17 days. I’ve had this problem before. If [...]

Today;’s weight: 268.4, down 2.4 pounds from last week, 12.8 from beginning this blog, 31.6 from top weight. I’ll take it. Faithful readers, the dread plateau IS NO MORE!! It seems that increasing my calories for just a few days has given us the breakthrough!
C*E*L*E*B*R*A*T*E!!!!

My new weight: 269.4! This met my second mini-goal: to complete the 28 day plan. Total lost: 11.8 pounds in 32 days.

I’m still doing a lot of adjusting (new calorie levels, menus, shopping, cooking, exercising, logging food, blogging, etc…) LOL And, I’m delighted with my new middle digit. Now I need to set a new mini-goal!

Having completed the 28-day plan on the Flat Belly Diet, and, having experienced a plateau effect already, and, having begun exercising while pursuing that part of the program… it is time to raise my calorie levels. WooHoo!
Here is what nutritiondata.com says I need:

Calories Burned

Daily Energy Expenditure: 
2446 kcal
( 10241 kJ)

Additional Calories from Exercise:
 + 218.0 kcal
( 913 kJ)

Estimated Energy [...]