So when I graduated from high school (1999) I weighed 175lbs. By the start of my second year of college I was up to 205lbs. The combination of college inactivity, high speed internet, and all you can eat dorm food was not good for me. I eventually got up to 210-215lbs.
In 2005 I dipped below the 200lbs mark, so Bridgit broke from being a vegetarian and had a BLT. For a long time I wavered in the 200-205 range. The other day we got a scale and to my surprise I was at 189lbs (fully loaded with phone, wallet, knife, multi-tool, keys, etc). Last night I got on the scale without all that stuff and I was right at 185lbs.
To get down to 200 I used the “say no to thirds” diet, and was able to loose 10 lbs fairly quickly. I have been eating that way since (most of the time) and it seems to be working.
Woot!