Thought I would chime in here. I’m a big man. just for perspective - 6’3” 245 puts me at about 12% body fat. This is where I was in 2007. Well over the last 10 years I had slowly ballooned to 335. Recently I had a few scares including spots on my pancreas (benign) and thyroid (not benign). This summer I had my thyroid removed and as a result had to start seeing an endocrinologist. The day of my first appointment I walked into the office and was shocked at what I saw: hugely fat sick men and women, some with walkers, one with a piss bag, one missing a foot all struggling to breathe. “Is this who I am?” I thought to myself. So I see my doctor - while I now call Dr Intimidating. She tells me in no uncertain terms that unless I want to be like the rest of her patients I need to make some changes immediately. In her words “I no longer have a runway”. I try to make a joke and she does not laugh. Whoah. So this was June 30th. That day I was 331 lbs. Today I am 290, down to 24% body fat. I stopped drinking - very much a challenge since I usually polished off a bottle of wine every day - sometimes more. I eat one cheat meal on Saturday pm. I avoid processed foods , and started cooking dinner for my family to make sure I stay on track and avoid going out as much as possible - we used to eat out 4-5x/week. I do pretty hardcore anaerobic work 4x a week (1hour) and aerobic work 5x a week (30m on anaerobic days and 60 on non anaerobic days) I feel amazing. Better than I have in 10 years. I wake up on am and Sun am thankful I don’t have a hangover. I have a long way to go - goal is 240, but I’m halfway there in 3 months and figure in 9 months I should hit my goal.