Good luck man! I really hope you can pull through with it.
Much as I have been telling myself I need to diet and lose weight lately I haven't been able too. Im not hugely overweight, I suppose (6'2" male, about 215lbs), but I definitely do have a bit of a gut and I got moobs
Strangely enough, I think you have inspired me a bit to start dieting and exercising on my own as well. After Easter, I begin! Step one, which I started a while ago, was giving up candy for Lent. I have only gone off I think 3 times, once at work having a big craving for peanut M&M's, once at home studying wanting some chocolate my girlfriend gave me, and once without even paying attention to "oh this is candy! DUH". So far, has worked pretty well for me. I have also switched from drowning myself in Mountain Dew to drinking (non diet) iced tea. Usually AriZona "Arnold Palmer half and half" (not a great choice, I know...) but I am gonna start switchin to green tea or diet iced tea (any suggestion for either one, which is better?)
Also, on exercise, I work at Target on the sales floor so I walk a few miles briskly each working day (usually 4 or 5 8 hour shifts a week). But for serious exercise, gonna be difficult, I dislocated m right kneecap last year and is still messed up a bit (most likely always will be). But, thus is life, and I will manage somehow!
Daniel, best of luck to you, I really hope that for both you and your family, you can follow through with your plans and become a much healthier person! And, here is to me hoping the same for myself.
Regards,
~Nick