Finally listening to my wife....

Hello, thought I'd write a little something here. I'm 29 years old, with my wife and 3 children. I started gaining weight around 2003 back then I was 22 and weighed in around 200 pounds which was a healthy weight for me at 6'2, but something began to happen, I got out of the military and didn't have that constant push to stay in shape or a weight requirement to meet, and quite honestly I let myself go rather quickly.

Then the lousy process began of realizing I was gaining weight and then deciding I was gonna lose it all. The problem was I'd go so crazy gung-ho into lifting weights, running, and eating like a bird that I would make extreme results very quickly losing 40 pounds in a couple months, but would quickly lose complete interest as it took every spare minute of my day to keep up that pace. I think over the past 8 years like many people I've had numerous losses and gains in weight. Gone from 200 to 240 then from 240 to 200, then back to 260, back to 230, up to 270, and well you get the idea. I currently weigh in around 320 pounds, and every day I have a new plan to start losing weight, but every day I seem to gain a little more.

Well I'm finally listening to my wife and taking it slow, exercising but not looking to go crazy with everything and quit in two weeks and finally realizing that I can eat things as long as I keep it in moderation (that's a hard thing for me), I figure all my ideas of lose weight in the past resulted in nothing more than 1 step forward and 2 steps back, so I think I'll listen for once and try it her way....

One question for anyone who would like, how often do you all weigh in to check your progress?