[CJFusco]

"I've minimized alchohol consumption, "

I think this might be the main thing that has helped me lose weight.

My 2nd year of college, I weighed nearly 185 lbs... guess why? Drinking heavily 3-4 nights a week surely had something to do with it, as beer is very high in carbs, fattening, and has a fair amount of calories. Not only that, the next day I would hardly be in the mood for exercise, if you catch my drift.

After awhile I decided that I needed to do something, so I got my mountain bike up to Boston from CT (well, actually I got BOTH of my mountain bikes up, because my GOOD ONE ended up getting stolen in broad daylight, right on BU campus, with a chain lock on it), and began going on long rides along the Charles River every morning that was 1) not raining, and 2) I didn't have an early class (about 4-5 days a week).

I would ride along the Charles and listen to WEEI (sports talk) on the walkman, about 2 hours a day. The difference was instant. I decided to begin a somewhat diet (a concerted effort to eat LESS crap0; I lost weight very quickly, and got a nice tan from being outside so much. By the time I graduated, I weight 170 again.

After leaving college, the amount I drank decreased yet again. I am on no real diet right now (like I said, I don't eat a lot of bad food to begin with), and drink a maximum 3 days out of every TWO weeks. When I weighed myself yesterday, I tipped the scales at 161. And this is AFTER the holidays.

Want to lose weight fast? Stop drinking.