Weight loss and perseverance

Have to chime in here, I was 235/240 at 6'2" tall and 71 years old. 2018 was a three surgery year for me, two knee replacements and a ream out. After my first surgery I couldn't drink my usual weekend wine quota and the weight started to fall off. Partly due to the physical rehab regimen I was going through. Three months later the second knee surgery and more abstinence and physical rehab, the weight falling off noticeably now. I hit my goal (a very subjective moving target) of 215 and held there. I don't miss the alcohol so I don't use it anymore and I am in the gym at least 3-4 days a week for a couple hours. Next month I will be 72 years old and stabilized at 215. I am expecting good fasting blood work numbers during my annual physical this year and will keep on keeping on with the program.
I will say it is worth the changes and work it takes, my wife is at her jazzercise class 4 days a week then walks the dog (our black furry daughter) five miles so she is the same size as when we got married:-)