It has been a while since I tracked my food. I keep thinking I can do this on my own and I prove myself wrong over and over again. I have kept up the exercise pretty consistently for two years now. I may take a break here and there, but I do not want it to become a chore that I will dread. I have done well there. I now have a little more motivation to do something to make me look better. My son is getting married in October and I have already wasted one month of getting my act together. I have been at the same approximate weight for two years now because I keep refusing to go back to the basics. And so, I have proven to myself that I can expect to be right where I am in five months if I don't do something different. I know what works. I have already lost twenty pounds doing it. I MUST track my foods. It is just too easy for me to eat 3000 calories when my allotment for the day is 1200-1600. So I tracked my food and found out once again that I was right. I have been eating too much. The signs are all right in front of me and yet I refuse to see them and try to explain them away with justification of bad behavior. It's time I get honest with myself and get my goals back into focus. This is not too hard. It may take a little more time, but not that much. I want to look good for the pictures. I am doing so much that is right. I just love food. So here I go, back to the basics one more time. Feel free to ask me how I am doing a week or so from now. Keep me honest :)