I'm a 56 year old man currently struggling with a medical condition and other circumstances which have adversely affected my mental and physical health and caused me to go "downhill" in many ways, not the least of which is my weight and the worst of which is an irregular heartbeat. I've finally, after many unsuccessful attempts over the past two years, eliminated alcohol (as of 3/20/19), given up caffeine, and have begun to seriously watch my diet. For the past couple weeks I've set a goal of a maximum of 1500 calories per day. Most days I've come in well below that level which has resulted in a weight loss of about 14 pounds. I probably should be eating more calories but right now I'm feeling good eating one nice meal per day, with some snacking. Essentially I'm fasting about 18 hours each day. once I've reached half my weight loss goal I will add another meal to my daily routine