I am here as well and going strong. I am on OWL for third week and still on rung one. Still having a little trouble on OWL figuring things out though. Last week I actually had fluctuations on net carbs from 24 to 30 and averaged about 27. Way to high for rung 1. I also noticed that my fat/protein/carb % were all over the place, as well as my calorie intake. I averaged about 2000 calories, but had a low one day of 1700 and a high one day of 2600. Also my weight has not gone down much in the past 2 weeks. After losing 3 lbs per week each week, I hit the wall and only lost 1.6 lbs week before last and .8 lbs last week. I know that part of this was the switch over to OWL and that it will start back up again soon, so hanging in there.
On the workout front, things are going great. We have Fitlinxx where I work out and according the the stats for my age bracket, I was #1 in FitPoints, calories burned, and in 5th place for weight lifted last month. This month, I am in first in all categories so far. I workout six times per week, doing 20 minute weight workout (alternating upper and lower body) and 35 minutes on either the bike, treadmill, or swimming laps.
My heaviest weight was 394 lbs. Currently I am at 284.2 lbs and have a goal of 200 lbs. I am 54 years old and 6'0" and my BMI says I should be at 184 lbs, but it has been since high school that I weighed anywhere near that weight, so I thought 200 was a probably being a little bit more realistic. I guess I will know when I get there.
Plans for the Spring/Summer. We did have a cruise planned that we had to postpone until the fall. Actually probably a good thing. I need to be a little further along on OWL, so that when we do go in November of 2007, I will be able to make the right choices and continue my losing ways!