Sorry about not posting yesterday. I got up early and loaded up the wife and kids for a day at the beach. Sanibel Island is only a 10 minute drive from where I live. We normally just go to fort Myers beach, which is a little bit closer, but the kids wanted to go to one of the nature preserves on Sanibel. The wife and I were all for it. The preserve has a cool little museum, a butterfly house, and miles of walking trails. Somtimes you see alligators and there is a family of eagles that live in a man made nest.

I really got a good workout on the walking trails. I don't know how far it is but we walked for a good 2 hours and the better part of that was with my 3 year old daughter on my shoulders. We also spent 2 or 3 hours on the beach. I mostly relaxed on the beach but did spend a little time tossing the football around with my 8 year old. I didn't do my situps in the morning, but made up for it in the evening. I did a total of 400 before I went to bed.

Friday I did my normal routine except that we went to Sweet Tomatoe for dinner. I limited my intake to 2 plate fulls of salad. I did't eat any frozen yougurt like normal and no bread or pasta. I did have a bowl of tortillia soup. I made up for it when I got back. The wife and I walked 2 miles and I hit the total gym as well. I rounded off the evening by running through the yoga routine.

Today's official weigh in 325.8 lbs.  That's less than a pound away from 25 lbs. for the year and 1.8 lbs. for the month.

I have a feeling the weight is really going to start coming off faster. I can really feel an increase in my energy levels, which is a good indication that my metabolism is cranking up. This is what happens when you start a program and stick to it. I think most people fail because they get a week or two into it and don't see the results they want and give up. If you stick with your plan, you will succeed. It would have been very easy for me to give up at the end of February. I failed to meet my goal by 3 lbs. I stuck to it and mad up almost have of that loss in March. In a day or so, I will have broken the 325 lb mark and feel very confident that I will reach if not surpass my goal of 317 by the end of April.