Congrats engineer journey! If I recall correctly, you are a fellow CTer like me - hopefully you don't have tons of annoying hills on your commute. Those seem to be all over southern NE and they tie up a lot of time for me.
I've lost ~20 lbs in the past year after I started biking to all my close trips several times a week (grocery store, bank, seeing friends, even going to the laudromat!) and I'm in the best shape of my life.
Keep up the great work!