Well done Doug!
I too lost about 25 lbs over the past 2 years, but alas I had to do it the hard way...exercise and living on salads. Gotta keep on top of it...the weight likes to sneak back on when I'm not looking.
I found a sure fire way to lose 10 lbs in less than a week...pnuemonia! Had a bout of this last Feb. just after returning from the Miami OCR. We had one stormy day where I got very cold, early stages of hypothermia (violent shivering, unable to think straight etc). 3 days after getting home I had fever and fluid in the lungs. Went from 171 to 163 lbs in about 5 days. Took well over two months to regain strength and some weight.