I peeked at the scale again this morning before I showered - and it seems to finally have moved. After venting here about my water retention my body must have got the message and let some go. I haven't tried to put my rings on yet today.

I also went and found the spreadsheet of weights and measurements I kept when I was going to Curves in 2004. I'm currently at a lower weight. It took me about 4 months to accomplish a 16 lb weight loss with Curves (I didn't make any eating changes at the time). I'm close to doing that with eating changes in less than 2 months. Of course there is likely some argument that I was losing slower because of the muscle buildup. At the end of the day though, I couldn't stick to that routine for more than 4 months - so hopefully this is more sustaining.