:: 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 [...]

When I first started the blog and the Flat Belly Diet, I was posting my food log on their website. I received *three months free* on the Flat Belly Diet website for ordering the book.
That was a good experience for several reasons, primarily because they also have a planner that would recomment gluten and dairy [...]

Last week, I finished the 28-day plan part of the Flat Belly Diet. This week I’m in transition to a place where I can lose steadily for the long-term. Here is my food analysis for the last two days. I had gotten sloppy, and not kept track, but realized I’ll never know why I’m losing [...]

Whoa. I am so grateful to be in the place I am, getting back into my beloved crossfit. I can’t believe how much I like this workout system. No, it’s better than that. I truly love it! And the comraderie and support is second to none - present company exempted, of course. =)
You guys are [...]

This odyssey doesn’t have a clear beginning and won’t ever end (until I leave this world) so we’ll be racking up progress in blog days here – days since I started blogging the odyssey.
Progress is defined as anything I did or even thought about that would tend to result in odyssey-related movement. Motivation. Forward movement [...]