Hey, I started right where you are! I was at 296 at my heaviest and I'm working towards 190ish (although I'm sure my goals will shift a bit as I get closer). I haven't done the thing with the remote but I
have used my belly to hold a dish of food while watching TV, on more than one occasion. Time to lose the belly is right! Having a portable TV dinner table is not a good enough reason to keep my belly around!
Welcome to the forum. There are some great people here and so far it's helping me a lot.
Have you made a plan already for how you're going to work towards your goals? There are soooooo many ways to lose weight. Hope you have some luck finding a good plan for you!
After years of denial I'm finally ready.
Hopefully with the help of you guys I can motivate myself to get fit and lose this freeloading belly that's just hanging around contributing nothing to my life but a place to place my remote when I'm watching television(horrible right lol). 
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That's a solid plan of action you've got. I'm a calorie counter too, and I started off doing just what you're doing. I can tell you it works. Good luck! 
