:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

Whew. Yesterday I had such a breakthrough in my CrossFit workout that I am re-thinking everything about my goals.
I have only been a runner once in my life. At age 24, my husband and I both took lunch at work at the same time and met at the track to run 2 miles together. We [...]

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 [...]

It’s that first step that gets you. Sure, many of us don’t finish what we start. But an even bigger problem is we seldom start the very things we most want to finish.
I’ve learned a secret.

Start from where you are.
Take one step.
Repeat.

Most of us get caught up in the destination, the goal, the fears or [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday’s post on Aspiring and Inspiring really got me thinking. Well, that along with the Girl Power thread on the CrossFit Forum.
I need a dream. I need something worth going for, and not just a goal or reward. A real dream.
Come to think of it, I have a dream. I have a mental image of [...]