Not that I am saying that I am a loser, just someone who's late. You have probably guessed that I didn't make my mid year goal. When I left for vacation, I was only 2 lbs away from 300. Now that I am back, I discovered that I gained 6 lbs during the 10 days that I was away.

Today's weigh in: 307.6 lbs.

So now I am 7.6 lbs over what I should have weighed 5 days ago. That makes me about 9 or 10 pounds behind for the year. I can't beat up on myself too bad, considering that I have lost over 40 lbs. this year. The good news is that my 3 year old and my 5 year old are at my Mom's for the next 3 weeks and the wife and I are switching into super duper weight loss mode. (notice I did not use the word diet)

I am starting an accelerated weight loss program today. Notice I did not say tomorrow. Tomorrow is what you tell yourself when you are not really serious. Procrastination will kill your weight loss program faster than anything! Here it is my first Sunday home with no kids, (the 14 year old doesn't really count because he just wants to stay in his room on the computer or go off with his friends), and I am up at 7:00 am.

I am going to finish this blog post and then go ride my bike. I was going to say for 3 miles instead of 2 but we will have to see. I haven't done any exercise in over a week so I will see how I feel. You want to push yourself, but don't over do it. Especially if you are really over weight or if your 40+. I am going to be 47 the end of this month and although that is not what I consider old, I realize I'm not 20 anymore either.

Just make sure you don't use something like age to justify taking it easy or not doing anything at all. Weight loss is just as much mental as it is physical. Don't let the excuses keep you from reaching your goal. True, I feel a little short of my goal, but instead of giving up, I am going to use that as motivation to work even harder.