That's close to what I've been doing. I'm down 53.5 lbs now since the end of September, my pants size has gone from a 44" waist to 38". I've had to drill 5 new holes in the belt that I bought in October. I've dropped from an XL size shirt to just L, from 17 1/2 to 16 in a dress shirt.
It was just so obvious but I never got busy and started getting healthy. Now I feel better all the time, sleep better, get sick FAR less often (barely at all), etc., etc., etc.
I never wanted to be a "health nut", but once you've tried it you want to tell other people how they can solve all the problems that they complain and complain and complain about by doing a few simple things to get healthy.
Now, my biggest problem is when I travel - and I travel alot. I can't seem to get myself all the way downstairs in the hotel to use the fitness room every single day. I do a few times, but not every day. Bad Spiff! Bad! And then I do tend to not eat quite right because I don't have access to the same food I eat at home and I am forced to eat out alot. I'm working on that. I tend to gain a little weight when I travel, but the odd thing is that I consistantly lose that weight the day after I get back. No, really. Both of my recent trips saw a weight gain of 2 to 3 lbs. The day after I got back, each trip, I dropped between 2.5 lbs in one 24 hour period and then lost the remainder the next day.
My wife and I are leaving tomorrow for a 4-day vacation in Acapulco - all expenses paid, all inclusive resort, etc. We're not going to be so careful about what we eat as we really want to enjoy ourselves as we've never been able to go on a vaction like this. However, we also plan to counter some of the fattening effects of the food we'll eat by hitting the fitness room at least once per day. Hopefully, we won't do too much damage to our diets over the period. And if we do, we'll just have to work it off over the next week or so.
Another observation. I don't even get tempted anymore to eat some foods. Often, people will bring in donuts. I used to eat one or two before I went on my diet. Now, they are literally nauseating to look at and smell. Someone tried to give me a chocolate cake the other day. They insisted I take it. I said I would give it to my kids. Just carrying the thing made me feel ill - looking at it and smelling it. I actually did talk myself into trying a Quarter Pounder with Cheese the other day after not having a burger since September. I was deeply disappointed. I used to love Quarter Pounders, but it was not good at all. Not like I remembered it. Now I have no desire to eat one ever again. By the way, the burger didn't hurt me. The scale told me I'd lost a half pound since the day before. It's all about tracking calories and keeping them consistantly below your matabolic level.