Congrats on losing 7 pounds Blue! Though I don't think you are anywhere near to getting overweight.
I lost about ten kilos in 3 months after I came back from Canada. I did it mostly through a good diet and cycling. I didn't count my calaries intake but my diet consisted of something like cereal for breakfast, small side dish with meat for lunch, salad, side dish with meat and plenty of fruit for dinner. It worked like a charm. I'm still keeping true to this diet and I'm not gaining anything unwanted.
Don't cry, don't regret and don't blame
Weak find the whip, willing find freedom
Towards the sun, carry your name
In warm hands you are given
Ask the wind for the way
Uncertainty's gone, your path will unravel
Accept all as it is and do not blame
God or the Devil
~Born to Live - Mavrik~