Day 96, June 18, 2017

Happy Father’s Day to all of the Dad’s reading this. When I woke up this morning, my thoughts went to my Dad. He’s been gone for 6 years this past April. Although my Dad was not very smart during my teens and early 20’s, he became a genius when I was about 25 years old. (He was always smart AND wise, I just thought that I knew more than him during those years)

I sought his wisdom so many times, it’s hard to even take a guess at how many, hundreds, no thousands of questions, and what would you do in this situation? Dad was always there. I wish that I could ask him a few more questions. Maybe more than a few.

As Dad’s, I believe most of us are normally concerned with the practical things of day to day life. How to pay the bills, get this job or that job done, etc.

But what about just being there? Being there for your wife and children to lean on, tough times will come and go, but leaning on Dad never gets old. Will you be there for them? Seriously, will you be there for them?

This post is about losing weight, but for me and several of the Dad’s participating, the real question, the burning question, was just that, will I be there?

Every day before starting the Extreme Accountability Challenge, I had this ongoing battle with food. I won a few of the battles, but I was losing the war. My weight was creeping into dangerous territory, 304 pounds. But really it was in dangerous territory for many years, the day to day, “just one more bite” was catching up to me. Maybe it has caught up with you too.

My battle with food continues, it may always be a battle for me. Last night, I wanted to eat, snack a little, not much, just “one more bite”. But last night and the last 95 nights of the Extreme Accountability Challenge have been different. I made the choice to say no.

Some of you, maybe most of you, don’t need this kind of accountability that the Extreme Accountability Challenge provides, or do you? Look at your scales, look at your waistline, are you winning the battles with food, or has just one more bite, bitten you too. Maybe you are 5 pounds, maybe 10 pounds, or maybe 129 pounds overweight like I was. If you’re losing the war with food maybe the Extreme Accountability Challenge is the answer.

It’s made all of the difference for me. I didn’t have heart disease, diabetes, or even high blood pressure when I started posting my weight loss journey on Facebook everyday. I just knew that there was and is something better than “one more bite” waiting for me. 60 pounds down so far, I want Blake, Adam, Joshua, and Ashley, (my kids, see picture above) to know that being here for them is worth more and way more important to me than “one more bite”.

The weight loss that I sought for so long is happening for me, it can for you as well. When I came to the point that I made losing this weight a must, not a should, but a real must, that’s when change occurred. I was willing to do whatever it took to get fit and healthy. That was the turning point. The point that I was so determined that I would post my scales daily to Facebook for everyone to see.

Are you ready to do whatever it takes Dad’s? Is one more bite really that important?

Press forward.

175 pounds here I come!!!