here are some things that worked very well for me: 2 pieces of tilapia with lime juice on the George Forman grill, as many apples as you want each day (try to keep it no more then 6), 1/4 lbs of vegetables only green in color and drink lots of water. I dropped 22 lbs in 30 days with this. after the first month I relaxed a little but total was 38 lbs in 3 months. I would go on the treadmill fast walk 4.0 miles per hour 30-45 minutes per day faithfully. the weight dropped off fast for me doing this. After 30 days I went to diet food #2.

diet food #2 pretty salad tortilla wrap- tortilla (8-10 inch or so) squirt a little bit of home made honey mustard (1/2 pure honey and 1/2 dijon spicy mustard) , 1 slice of turkey or ham (the deli stuff not the processed), sprinkle feta cheese, sprinkle a dash of parm if you like it. add a dash of balsamic vinegar to really set the flavor off. final ingredient- add a large amount of the mixed salad that has all different types of salad and fresh spinach leaves in it (I call it pretty salad) (buy it at cosco or sams club for 1/2 the price as a grocery store). I was burnt out on salad so I tried experimenting with different combinations. Now I have been addicted to these during this diet and will eat 2 for lunch and 2 for dinner. It is all I want to eat, for some reason the crave is the basalmic vinegar flavor. It put a different "wrap" on plain old salad. try to cut the feta cheese and use lots of salad to fill you up. keep it going brother!!!!

Get out of the 330's, just like you got out of the 340's...one pound at a time.

-Steve

I'm thinking I need to get some veggies in the salad. Diced red onion, bell pepper, mushroom. Things like that with a vinaigrette style dressing.

Romaine lettuce, bruschetta, blue cheese, and little bit of caeser dressing.

You can add chicken or something too, but I think its great without.

I think that even on the biggest loser, the spectrum of people's fitness levels is pretty amazing. I'd say that given how much those people struggled, it says some positive things about you in how you finished the 25 miles.

What's crazy about the Biggest Loser comparison is numerous men on the show are at my weight, so I would think we were also at the same level of fitness.

Sunday was a bust, need to get back on the bike.

I hadn't even remembered the Biggest Loser beginning challenge. You're right, it's an amazing comparison knowing you can do that. Congratulations!