I'm trying to get healthy to make sure that I live long.  My son and wife need me to be around.  My goal is to get below 200 lbs.  I used to actively power lift and I am quite muscular.  The problem is that since my lifestyle has changed, my eating hasn't.  Now I have a lot of fat on top of all that muscle.  Health, vanity and family are what drive my quest for weight loss.  In gereral it will improve my life on all levels.  I'm writing this on 11/21/06 and I started with Calorie Count in early March of 2006.  So far I've lost about 40 lbs.  I truly need to lose over 70 lbs and I'm still working on it.  When I stick with the "plan", I lose weight.  When I have a binge it sets me back.  Stress can set off a binge........so, being a small business owner, it is not easy!