Hi, my name is Raul I'm from Puerto Rico. I'm 49 yrs old. When I was younger I had an athletic way of life. I used to play basketball every day. I weighed 175 lb with my 5'9" tall. After 25 happily married years I went from an athletic way of life to a very sedentary way of life. I gained over 70 pounds, especially around my waist, were I reached my worst weigh ever 245 lb. Puerto Rican food is very high in carbohydrates and fat, specially fried foods(chicken, pork chops)and rice and beans among other delightful but unhealthy meals. Back in 2011, we went on a family vacation to Orlando, Fl. When we came back home, we started to see our memorabilia and there was the detonator to do something with my life. Every single picture where I was, I looked awful. My body looked like a pear. I had to do something. I started to do exercises on my own, but I didn't make changes in my ways to eat. Nothing improves. After summer 2012, I started to change my diet but I didn't do any exercises. Nevertheless I lost 24 lbs between August and December 2012. I felt awesome. 2013 was very hard for me, I lost my mother, my wife lost her job but, after all I kept my weigh between 226 to 228 lb. I started 2014 with my New Year's resolution. I have to reach 195 lb by May 2014 and loose one or two waist sizes. On February, just by luck, I discovered this web page. It is amazing and it is my guideline to monitoring my food. Also I started to do exercises more often at my local Planet Fitness gym. I wish to tell everyone about this page and how it help to improve your ways to eat and do exercises to achieve your goals in fitness and health.