Cano helped Segura with his swing , which is what made Segura so good last season . He may be sad to see Marte go , but I ' d be surprised if he didn ' t have some input to Jerry about getting Segura . <| sep |> You can probably lose that much . It is upper end of what you can manage though I think at least if I compare to my husband who was around that weight last year and lost about 60 lbs too . Some months might be tougher than others , and what do you do if you don ' t hit that exact number ? I always set my goals lower , as in realistic and attainable and then it ' s fine if I surpass those goals . nbspA method that we had a lot of success with , is to 1 . Decide on a goal weight and date for example 240 lbs , 1 January 20182 . Divide it up into 12 monthly goals 55 lbs 12 4 . 5 lbs a month so on 1 February 2017 your goal would be 290 . 5 , on 1 March 286 lbs , etc 3 . Write those on a piece of paper , put it on your fridge and write the individual weights in your calendar on those dates 4 . Now you have monthly goals . Follow up every month on that day . It ' s great because if you hit the monthly goal , you know if you are on track to hit the final goal . It ' s easier to keep working on it , and not just see it as some big goal in the future . And you can get your shit together whenever that weighin date approaches . But you also need to keep that loss realistic and attainable . And you may need a rule for what happens if you had a bad month . Maybe you can instantly recalculate . nbspStarting after the holidays so I can learn to control myself better with lower temptations before I start with all the sugary shit as I do this . Why not start right now , but don ' t try to eat to a particular goal until after the holidays . Just log the food you normally eat . You will love having that information later . I always say start now , not on Monday , tomorrow , or January . and do not pass go or have a last supper . But up to you . I do understand wanting to wait but then you might have gained a lot over the holidays too . Starting in January might mean that every day from now to January will be your last supper and you have to treat yourself to everything that you will never have again once the diet starts and that ' s such a recipe for disaster , especially around holidays . Just some thoughts . Perhaps helpful .