Not sure if this may be of interest to anyone, but recently, the Lass and I started doing something that is kind of like combining DailyMile, Weight Watchers and facebook in one. It's called MyFitnessPal and is a downloadable app for your smart phone. Basically, you put in all of your stats; weight etc, add in what your goal weight is and it spits out how many calories you should consume to hit your target weight and how long it should take you to do so. It also has a barcode scanner that you can check to see how many cal/serving/portion size you should have.
I figured why not, so I started tracking everything as of Monday and at the end of the day, for me to drop to the 170 mark, it says I can consume 1740 cal/day and I should hit that within the next month or so. I'm not a big guy by any means and most of my mass is in my legs since I run/play hockey a lot, but I've wanted to trim down to get a little faster when playing hockey and to help get my running back in check for the races I plan on taking part in. Since Monday, I can already notice a difference in my pant size and have found a bit better stride when running. I've also been roughly 200+ under in terms of calories/day when factoring in the cardio that I put in (getting up 30 min earlier in the am and walking the treadmill also helps)
Didn't think I'd be able to stick to it, but when you are tracking what you put into your body and combine it with your workouts, it makes a world of difference! The first couple days are rough, but I found it easy to stay with it. Even if it is just about a week since starting this, energy levels are way up and I don't find myself scrambling for a nap when I get home from work at 5pm. Usually get all the house work done when I'm waiting to digest supper and go for a run.
The Mrs' really likes this also because everything is done by the time she gets home from saving lives