Originally Posted by Susky2

Hi! Having the wife taking the journey with you is a very good thing.

Hopefully you don't mind eggs. They are so good for breakfast (and more), and they are nearly perfect for this way of eating.

Hopefully being a relative newbie* here doesn't discount my opinion, but my biggest tip is to not obsess about fat, or even calories. Control the carbs, eat healthy food (not the frankenfood pushed as "substitutes"), and continue with the water. Don't go crazy on the treadmill. Yeah, it's a good thing to be moving, but so many people start overtraining and it just burns them out. Get the eating part situated, and then supplement with simple exercise to keep the metabolism kicking.

(*I dropped 85 lbs back via Atkins when I was about your age, and like you, I gained it back and then some.)