Swimming and weight loss

I just joined a swim club during the Thanksgiving holiday. Its been 35 years since I swam competitively in high school. When I started swimming again, I found this website and have lurked ever since. I searched the net for info regarding weight loss through swimming and came up with conflicting views. So I decided to post my results in case anyone else had a similar interest. After a month and a week of cutting out all sugar/salt/reducing portions, swimming 4 times a week for over an hour, coupled with 2-3 hours per week using core /upper body weight lifting; the results are good. Weighing in at 208 @ 6'2" (in jammers) on the first day, I weighed in this morning at 192.5 lbs. The first few days I would die after about 600m. Now 2400m days are the norm and climbing every week. My pants are loose and my arms/shoulders are feeling the best they have in 15 years. My blood pressure has gone from 136/88 down to 114/77, so I'll get my doctor off my case. We have our first meet Sunday and I'm pumped. It's fantastic to feel the difference in speed and endurance.