Hi Flyangel
Only started reading this thread now!!
I also have quite a bit of weight to loose, after my pregnancy,but also some more as I was overweight to start off with when I got pregnant.
I am DONE with diets. I have been on all of them ans I have had amazing results in the past and then somewhere along the line you fail....and the weight keeps on creeping back
So I decided about 3 months ago, I am going to do this the long way by rather eating healthy (not restrict myself to almost nothing) and exercise and be more active.
It is obviously going much slower that if I was on a strict diet, but I just feel that what I am doing now is manageable and I can actually keep up with this.
Lifestyle change is the word
I also go to the gym and walk about 4 x a week so that I am more active.
I weighed in at 96kg before my LG was born. I am now on 84kg's and I have another 4 to loose, then I am where I was before I got pregnant.
BUT then I was overweight so my goal weight is 70kg and anything more is just a bonus.
So its a looooong road and if it takes me 2 years, then so be it, but I am done with starving myself and restricting this and that, I rather do everything in MODERATION
Good luck with your weight loss, we all are in the same boat!!