There's something to be said for a drive. A motivation. A burning desire. And right now that flame is burning for weight loss. I'm tasting success but my diet has been lax and I've only slowed my progress. Well, tonight, in my slightly sick state, I've gotten fed up and am determined to make progress. Let's start with a goal of 28 days. Let's see just what I am capable of in 28 days.

I work at a concession stand, and that makes it tough. A Snickers bar, a bag of M&Ms, Doritos and Mountain Dew, all are so tasty and all are so terrible for me. Tomorrow I go to war for 28 days. Let's see what I'm really made of.

This is not crazy. This is not stupid. I'm not going to starve myself. I'm not going to overtrain. I'm just fed up with doing this on my own, I'm going to call on you all to push me.

Starting May 3rd I will begin hitting the gym with full intensity. I will be doing High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on the treadmill before I follow my weightlifting regimen. But as I've said, all of this is for nothing if I do not begin to closely monitor and moderate what I eat. I will be eating a fair number of calories spread over 6 "meals." I will drink water or juice, no sodas. High Fructose Corn Syrup is the devil.

I'm a man on a mission and in 28 days, we'll see where it gets me. Those 28 days begin when I wake up and head off to the gym, that means it ends on May 31st - excellent. Now to see if I can actually get to sleep.

Maybe when I wake up the drive will have disipated, but I doubt it. I success I may even wake up before my alarm, so great will be my determination to hit the gym today. We'll see.