This thing MIGHT actually work!

I'm 9 pounds down in 3 weeks just by counting the calories (2500 calories to lose a pound a week, so I don't feel like I'm denying myself yet) and doing Wii Active 5 times a week. I do get the feeling that the initial weight loss was my body's way to resetting, so I only expect to see a pound or two from now on.

I think it's all about slow loss while changing your lifestyle. My doctor told be there are studies that prove that in order to make something a habit you need to do it 100 times. Transfer that to fitness and diet changes, I'm only 2/10th of the way to making it a habit, while I have 15 years of the old habit to break. I think the app, plus the website, plus the forum, gives you a good way to refresh, renew, and re-energize your push toward your goals, if you use it actively. Even if you never post here, it helps immensely to just browse them once a day, and realize we all need encouragement, and we're all in the same boat.