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OK, I've been a lot lazier about it than y'all have, but just shuttin' my pie hole and switching to fruit and veggies for snacks has taken 6 pounds off in the last few weeks. Once I get my lardy rear end moving like it should, that number ought to increase pretty quickly.

Keep the updates coming. It helps me get a bit more competitive when y'alls weights threaten to pass mine on the way down!

Spanky wrote:I think my main problem is midnight snacks.

You and me both. I don't get up at 2am, but I have a BAAAD habit of snacking way too much just before bed.

TexasComputerDude wrote:I've lost somewhere around 60lbs, give or take. I need to lose a lot more but I still struggle with real cokes lol. I'm like a crack addict. The lapband surgery is a lot of hard work. You still have to control yourself.

Speaking of "real" Cokes, I vowed I would NEVER drink diet soda some years ago. Diet Coke tasted like mercury to me. No, I don't know what mercury tastes like, but I imagine it isn't far off from Diet Coke! Then, they came out with Coke Zero and I'll never go back. 6 months after switching, I tried a "real" Coke once again and almost gagged - the consistency was like syrup. Now, the Coke made in Mexico with real sugar is nowhere as bad, but still a bit sweet for my palate of late. I know I should cut them out completely, but if I can get back down to only 2 cans a day, I'll consider that a success for the time being.

About a year and a half ago, I told my wife I wanted to lose 40 pounds by my 40th birthday, which gave me almost 2 years to meet my goal. I was cruising along, well ahead of schedule, and by Christmas of 2008, I lost 30 pounds. Then, because i bought crappy shoes, I pulled a ligament in my foot and couldn't exercise for almost 2 months. That really set me back, and I gained 10+ pounds back and have been there since March of 2009.

Now, I've got 3 months to reach my goal, and 22 pounds to go. After reading through this thread, I'm finally getting motivated again. It was too easy to say "woe is me" after so much early success, but know I can do it, because I did it before. I know how stress can be mitigated through exercise, and we clergy really need that stress-busting in our daily lives - not that everyone else doesn't, but there's something about doing the Lord's work that really gets trying sometimes.

Thanks again, melkor41 for starting this thread - and to all who have contributed so far.