40 Lbs gone and off Blood Pressure Meds Now

I don't post much on here, bu the last few days I have decided to tell my story, hopefully as motivation, mainly for the other service members I know use this site. I left on deployment in March and weighed in at 206, and my gut measured 43 inches. Last Sunday I weighed in at 167, and my abdominal measurement is now 34! People on the ship ask me all the time what my diet is, and I tell them I don't have one. When I started using MFP at the end of May after my wife told me about it, I set my weight loss goal for 2lbs a week and started religiously logging everything I ate. I go to the gym about an hour and a half every day, until recently I was doing Cardio for an hour and strength training for 30 minutes, I have since started changing it to include more strength training. There really isn't a secret to it, I read all the forum posts on here about what I should and shouldn't eat, and how I should eat clean foods only......Yeah right.....ever try to do that on a deployed warship? I eat pretty much what I want for my 3 meals a day, I am just much smarter now about the portion sizes I eat. 3 days ago my doctor took me off my Blood Pressure meds, said I didn't need them anymore after 8 yrs of being on them. I wish I had found the motivation a long time ago to get off my butt and do it, but now that I have it has truly been a lifestyle change. I am not writing this post to brag, but to serve as motivation for others that may need it. As I have told anyone whose post I have responded to, my food diary is open and I welcome any friend requests from anyone desiring motivation. I cant tell you what will work for you, we are all different, I just know that MFP and exercise, along with my wife motivating me are what have done it for me. MFP works, as long as you are brutally honest with yourself and put in everything that you eat, until you can do that, it will not work for you.

Chris