The quest for a 31" waist (alright, I'll settle for 32)

Okay, so here's something I'm into right now - shedding some pounds. After being a consistent 140-145 lbs through most of my teens and early twenties, I had been consistently gaining weight to the point that I was at over 180 lbs a few months ago. Yes, it wasn't pretty. So... now that this summer I'm pretty much on my own with lots of free time, I'm doing something about it.

Right now I'm at 170 lbs, down from 173 last week... let's see where this goes. My target weight is, say somewhere around 155 lbs, give or take. There's a contest between me and Salman, and he asked a coworker of his as well, to see who can lose 15 lbs the fastest.