Dropping Lbs.: Bill Grogan, Sands Point

Grogan says, despite going to the gym and playing hockey weekly, he averaged a 5-pounds-a-year weight gain and suffered from high blood pressure and cholesterol.

"I kind of convinced myself I was just getting old and this is part of getting old," says Grogan, who went from a 38-inch waist to 31 after his weight loss. "I play ice hockey and my joints were so stiff I could barely bend over and tie my skates."

At the gym one day he saw an infomercial for the P90X, a series of in-home workout DVDs, and he bought one. He did the workouts -- core exercises, high-impact aerobics, yoga -- along with lifting weights, but the weight wasn't coming off. "After two or three months, I'd only lost 5 pounds," Grogan remembers.

It was his wife who introduced him to the My Fitness Pal app that not only tracks your eating, but your exercise as well. "I found out I was eating at least 3,000 calories a day," remembers Grogan, who says he'd devour all the leftovers in the refrigerator. "I was eating enough calories for a fit guy in his 20s. There was no way I could have burned those calories."

Leftovers? "They're safe now," Grogan says with a laugh. "I do occasionally open the refrigerator door and stare at them, but then decide it isn't worth it and close the door."

Bill Grogan

55, Sands Point