GOAL achieved, but the journey continues (pics)...

Ah, thanks so much everyone
I wasn't too keen about posting but knew I had to as these sort of posts really did help me. Your fantastic comments show me it was worthwhile!

Yes, I set my goal as a 102.9lbs loss, which would take my 'final weight' to exactly 85kg (I started out originally using kilograms but changed to lbs after a while). A bit of a random number really but it was where I thought I'd be about the right size!

Height: 6ft exactly
Starting weight: 289.9lbs
Today's weight: 199.1lbs

Target weight still set to: 187.4lbs (85kgs)

I'm not getting too hung up on exact weight targets now as I know my body much better and know which parts need improving on. I'll just continue on with eating sensibly and watching the cals. This whole change has been brought about by following the 'simple' rule of keeping Calories In less than Calories Out - CICO

You asked for tip a two mrron2u... well, that seems kinda odd the idea of me giving tips(!!) and I really wouldn't like to think of myself as any kind of expert or advisor, but apart from CICO, there are a few things that I believe really helped me:

1. Have my 'official' weigh-in on a Monday morning as this keeps the weekends in check, which I needed to do!
2. Many may disagree, but drink plenty of water. I fill a 2 litre jug each day and make sure I get through that. I have no real proof that this helps apart from it's recommended everywhere and I noticed I felt loads better from day one of drinking that amount.
3. Finally, I never plan to have a cheat day, however, there were/are plenty of days where it all went a bit pear shaped and I would be well over on cals. I never let that bother me this time and just went straight back to it the next day. This was a stumbling block for me in previous years as I very much had the attitude of "Oh, I've ruined it now, I may as well eat what I want". Notice the benefits - ignore the slip ups

An interesting point of note for me was how this new lifestyle started: I was obviously seriously unhappy about my weight and at the end of last year and I was pushing for my Doctor to recommend me for gastric band surgery as I was convinced there was a real medical problem and no diet ever worked (I'd tried them all over too many years). Fortunately I had a Dr who was sympathetic but not entirely convinced. He asked me to log everything and go back after a few months and he'd consider the options. I thought "OK, I'll log everything exactly and show him there is a problem!". Fortunately I found MFP straight away and it was the perfect tool for logging my intake. After all those years of trying to diet MFP showed me that I actually had no real understanding of how poor my intake really was. Even after many years of abuse it really was just CICO - that's all; and I'm so glad I tried to prove the Dr wrong and failed!!

Thanks for all your lovely comments

Today I made the 100lbs lost point which gets me more or less to my original goal!
As mentioned previously it's much more about losing fat and gaining muscle now so the scales aren't everything. I think there's still some way to go but I'm really happy with progress so far and looking forward to a new wardrobe shopping spree soon!!