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Message: <blockquote data-quote="xrpsuzi" data-source="post: 3762999" data-attributes="member: 10675">Excellent idea Eric!Where I am: I'm on the borderline of over-weight and obese, but I've decided to get down to my ideal weight, kicking the crap out of my type 2 diabetes in the process. There's a semi-concensus with the doctors that there's a good chance my diabetes will become a non-factor once I loose weight (i.e. I make enough insulin but the fat is mucking up the system of insulin absorbtion and use).Exercise: Exercise is the easy part of losing weight for me. Currently I'm averaging 3 times a week of cardio, but I would like to step that up to at least 5 times a week and eventually every day except for sick days. I do a mix of cardio and targeted toning (pilates, yoga, push-ets. etc). This is my first winter in the midwest, so I'm a little concerned with getting enough exercise in the winter since I like to do much of my exercise outside, but I've got an eliptical machine and a mess of muscle-building/toning exercises that Joe and I use to do in India (where popping into the gym wasn't so easy unless you were in a big city).Nutrition Plan: This is my dreaded nemisis! I'm starting out at 1500 cal/day and as I plateau, I will slowly curb that down to 1200 cal. Being diabetic makes food selection even more narrow, and while I love to cook, I get tired of cooking/preparing diet food. I started Nutrisystem a few weeks ago to supplement my diet with balanced portion-controlled meals when I don't feel like cooking. I'm not fond of processed foods in general, but it's better to pop in a Nutri-system meal than eat out at BK when I don't feel like cooking.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Goal: Lose on average 1 pound a week for the next year. I just weighed in this morning and I'm on track--2 pounds after 2 weeks and a nice 1/2 inch off my waist. In total, I would like to lose 50 pounds, which would put me at my ideal weight with a 5-10 pound buffer to make future weight maintance easier.-suzi</blockquote>

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