Feel like giving up and quitting.

Since you have a ton of existing data to work with, do you know what your actual average intake has been in the last 3 months? I'm wondering if you're trying to hit a too-extreme deficit. (It seems like 2200-2500 might be a significant deficit if you're still around 271). Could you try cutting 250 calories off of your average intake? It might be easier to stick to that goal, and at this point, it seems like consistency and adherence are your biggest challenges. A 250-calorie deficit every day would give you a 0.5 pound loss per week; it's not huge, but it will add up over time.

I totally get the pizza and lasagna and office food. Sometimes it feels like it's always against us. But one thing I like to think about is, will I ever be able to have this food again. Probably. Will I go to another family gathering in a week or 2 weeks, and will there be good food there again. Probably. There's a lot of easy to get food out there, that isn't the best of it, and can be easily eaten again. So, it's all regular food that you always get. And tomorrow or soon, you'll get it again.

Save those blow-outs for when you really know this is something special. It could be your birthday, or just eating at the place that has the best darn cheeseburger on the planet. Then go for it.

All other times, you'll get pizza again, probably from the same place. Those regular chips and ice cream you eat, you're always eating them. Wait until you find the best darn chips on the planet, or go to the best darn ice cream shop. Those are the times for indulgence.

I'm heading into Chinese New Year this weekend, and I expect I will probably be about 100-200 calories above my plan, but so be it. I'm not going to blow it out this weekend, and by Monday I will be 100% back on track.

It's tough to get your wife to help you. My wife managed to hide snacks for a bit, but I don't want her creeping around trying to hide snack eating from me. And eventually, I kind of realized, it's really all on me to do it (or in this case not eat it) for me. She doesn't run with me, but she will go on walks with me. Perhaps you just need to find certain things that you do together, and certain things that you don't. I will say, let's go walk in the park this afternoon, and she'll be up for it. But I definitely know she's not a gym gal, or a running gal.... though somehow she manages to remain pretty fit. I did mention we should do a few YouTube workouts, and she said she'd be up for that. So that's encouraging.

At the end of the day, I cannot force her to do something she has not committed to doing for herself. Nor did she have luck getting me to be healthier until I finally decided I would. I will ask her to join me, but if she does not, then I will still do it. Who knows, maybe she will see me having so much fun, and then join me. You can only lead by example, suggest, and encourage. The decision is hers. Just as the decision is and always has been yours to do what you need to do.

Keep up the fight!