Just curious as to what you guys do to get/keep in shape or for weight loss.

I admit I could stand to lose a few pounds.....like 40....to meet what the FDA says is ideal for my height and body type. I looked at that target weight thinking that I had actually been 20lbs lighter than that when I got married. Then again I was much more active than I am now, I used to love to run long distance, go to the gym and what not (strange how marriage just took all that right out of me) and even being 20lbs lighter than my ideal weight, I thought I looked good. I had good muscle tone, long athletic type muscle build and a pretty descent six pack. I could run 2 miles in under 13 minutes and on a regular basis ran 10 to 11 miles at a slower pace. I never wanted to look like Arnold, I wanted the endurance and stamina.

While I realize that I'll never be at that peak again I thought I should at least try to get into better shape. My ideal weight is 160, currently I'm 195 but at the beginning if the year when I started my weight loss I was 210. Up until now I just changed my eating habits. I began to eat until I was "satisfied" rather than "full" or "over full" I lost the first 15lbs until about 2 weeks ago when I leveled out. I now need to add in regular exercise to try and break through to continue the loss.
It is generally when people hit this plateau during dieting and the weight loss stops, they give up. This plateau is your body adapting to the new life style and you have to shock it into continued weight loss.

So have added walking into my program slowly evolving into jogging due to not wanting to get shin splints too badly like I did a few years ago. I currently do 95% walk to 5% jog for about 40 minutes each day with a weekend (saturday/sunday) rest period to hopefully prevent shin splints.

Who else out there is getting or is in shape, and what do you do?
Any suggestions for me? Please share your experiences.

Your roughly the same as me I weigh on avg 195-200 and I should weigh 160-165lbs for my ideal weight.

That is my problem right there I eat whatever and I don't always stop when I know my stomach is giving me the sign to stop. I have started drinking plenty of water and trying my best to watch what I consume. But old habits are hard to beat I will be buying a bike near the beginning of May and I wanted to start doing a few miles every morning before work and do a little calorie counting to make sure I am burning more than what I am taking in which is really the kicker...

We'll see... or maybe I just need the heat up here in NH to start so I can sweat a little

Still having trouble break through the barrier. I've stepped up my exercising to see if that make s a difference.

Now that it is nice weather I hope I can get my lazy ass in gear and go by my bike... I just always have shit coming up. The cars need like $1000 in work all together to pass state inspection.... it seems like really getting sick for 1-2 months is a pretty good weight loss system

I workout 4 times a week and watch what I eat. The key to weight loss it to burn more calories then you actually take in. Weight training and cardio are two good methods of doing this. However, I don't use the scale as a guide by my pants because muscle is more dense then fat so you actually put on weight as you put on muscle. So, if my pants are feeling more loose then what I am doing is working.

I here ya OldGuy...

I just need to get that motivation back. I hope I can go get my mountian bike this week because I wanted to get back in some shape before my vacation because I wanted to be able to ride 10+ mi and not be breathing to hard when doing the rides. My issue is the pasta and starches I love to consume! Weigh 202lbs right now I would like to be down to 180 by the end of the summer.

That's about my goal for the summer. I'd ideally like to be 160 (where I'm supposed to be) eventually.

Hopefully buying my mt bike this week or next and we'll see what I can do Would be nice to fit in some of those clothes I have tucked away in the rear part of my closet again. Plus I could get my doctor off my back about him telling me too loose some weight. Can I help the fact I like food

I think I broke through the barrier...I'm down to 191 lbs after long weeks hovering at 194lbs. Hopefully the losing trend continues.

I gained about ten pounds during my 3 month layoff.... I usually stay around 178-182, now I'm about 194.... I hope after a week or two back to work I get back to my normal weight.