i love your goals! My fiance and I are too trying to lose some weight. I have been steady at a comfortable weight, but now trying to reach perfection (the impossible), I have joined my fiance in his quick fix of the no carbs diet. We call it the Jason diet, named after him, because it isn’t really atkins. But it works all the same, chicken and salad all the time (fruits and vegetables are always good). I just reacently, as suggested above, started to eat properly, smaller and healthier meals. However, for a quick fix for our vacation, this is working great!