My doctor told me that I need to increase the days and time of exercise.  He said that working out 3 days a week was not enough.  I have upped my routine to 5 days a week, 1 hour each day.  My girlfriend and I are members of Gold's Gym in Redmond which was recently completed.  It's huge!  I like to use the elliptical machine because I found that I burn the most calories on it.  In one hour on the interval setting I can burn 900-1000 calories.  I burned far less when I used to run a couple miles on the treadmill.

I forgot to mention that I am doing WW 30 flex plan.  So far it has been great.  I can eat the foods that I like, only in smaller portions.  A couple years ago I was a hardcore Atkins dieter.   I lost 60-70 lbs on that diet.  The Atkins controversy was huge back then but I didn't care because after reading the book, the concept made sense to me.  Keeping the carb count to a minimal level and allowing the body to burn the fat instead of burning tons of daily carbs sounded brilliant.  Anyway I got off that diet and gained all the weight back so I guess I can't say it worked.. plus Atkins is a very hard diet to make a lifestyle out of.  I prefer to be normal and enjoy a larger variety of foods which is why WW will work for me.  I may even cut this diet up a little bit and stay away from a lot of carbs and sugars even if they fit within the point range.  

I'm not doing WW online nor attending meetings.  My girlfriend signed up for the meetings a while back then quit going.  We decided to do it together with all the materials she recieved.  We would rather save that member fee expense for good foods :)

I have set quite the goal for my weight loss.  I want to lose 10 pounds a month so that I can get to my ideal size at May '07.  That will be perfect timing to be fit for next summer.  My dream is to swim comfortably.   If I don't make it by May '07 that's ok because I know I will have lost a lot of weight during the first year anyway.