I stepped on the scale one day, absolutely appalled, and just went back to my old eating habits. I lost the weight practically overnight. There was no "oh well, I guess this is just the way it goes"  And that's all it takes. In order to not end up as an unnatural abomination of nature, if I'm not able to motivate myself to exercise on a given day, I religiously watch what I eat, and make sure that my weight hasn't fluctuated more than normal. But apparently not devouring everything that may or may not be edible and actually doing something to take care of your problems is hard.  E: Also, if you're sharing apples, please send some this way. I don't have any and I really want some :(