What are your fitness goals and what's your plan to attain them?

[ZenLefty]

9. HIIT rocks.

It's effective not only at burning a crapton of calories, but it's great for endurance conditioning and increasing your max heart rate. I currently do sprints on a treadmill (1:2 ratio of sprint / walk) and it kicks my butt. The trap I fall in is I tend to want to eat more when my workouts are more intense. Which is okay I suppose; apparently I need the fuel.

40-45 pounds is a lot to lose by spring. You could lose half that and I'd say you were doing great. I say try your plan and see if you enjoy it and see how much you lose.

I learned last year that I am allergic to gluten. It is truly a pain in the ass to get wheat out of your diet but I can't believe how much better I feel because of it.

Good plan! Let us know how you're doing.