When I arrived in California, I weighed a bit over 250lbs (I'm 6'3") and was grossly out of shape. I'm in my early 30s. Things I've been doing to improve my he

When I arrived in California, I weighed a bit over 250lbs (I'm 6'3") and was grossly out of shape. I'm in my early 30s. Things I've been doing to improve my health: Improved my diet. This alone caused me to shed about 30lbs. Stopped drinking alcohol. I'm a recovering alcoholic, so this was a pretty important one. Next week will mark exactly 6 months since what I hope is my last drink ever. Started weight training 3 times a week. I've only been at this for about 6 weeks, but my strength has gone up a surprising amount. When I started, squatting 90lbs was a huge struggle, I could maybe bench press about the same amount, and I could maybe deadlift 120lbs. I could barely overhead press an empty bar. As things stand now, I can do the following in 3 sets of 5 - squat 180lbs (2x starting), benchpress 135 (1.5x), deadlift 205lbs (1.7x), and OHP 85 (2x). The weight training has really helped with the little aches and pains that start to pile up as you get older and fatter. My weight has actually been going up slowly as I weight train (220->225) but I've lost about three inches off my waistline.