Yah, although when I first started putting it on 5-6 years ago, I kind of enjoyed being a bit more massive, throwing my weight around so to speak, especially since I was in northern Mozambique where fat and strong are the same word, and girth is a sign of prosperity and a good life. My next door neighbor, a well-known sorcerer, used to compliment me on my improving aspect, and told me how glad my family would be when I got home, to see how well Africa had treated me. Meanwhile, he would dance naked on his roof at night in an attempt to conjure up the same voodoo I was using to gain wealth and prosperity, indexed by my gain in weight. He thought I must be stealthily robbing others of their life force, when in fact my gains were simply due to inactivity and fried food and ice cold lagers.
P.S., that's an impressive amount of weight to lose in a year's time. Congrats again!