:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

My (longest standing) diet buddy Sandi is back at it again (YAY Sandi!) and has got me thinking about what helps me keep going.
I know it is not the idea of my target weight, although that is an exciting number to me! And, it is not that I am desperate to look good to catch [...]

Funny, I almost mis-typed that title as “I’ve Learned to be Satisfied with Success.” But that is not it. I really have “learned to be satisfied with progress.”
My DDIL was sharing her own progress the other day and then followed it up with a comment about “but…” and shared how she hadn’t reached her goal [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Before reaching my top weight of 300 pounds I had been eating *off* and drinking sodas (my nemesis) steadily for a while. I had gotten so heavy I would park illegally rather than walk a half mile.
Headed up to the 288/289 mark I remember thinking: I’ll just hit 300 and turn around. And, I did. [...]

Thanks to Patty for reminding me about this.
Progress is best measured looking in the rear view mirror. When we look ahead, we tend to gauge the distance between where we are and the horizon.
As we move forward, the horizon moves with us. No matter how much progress we’ve made when we look ahead we [...]