About 2 yrs ago I was a lean mean running machine. I weighed about 130. Shin splints acted up, I got married, we moved, I worked at a winery-- need I say I gained weight? We moved again, this time to AK. I'm now at the heaviest I've ever been and should lose 40 lbs or so. I got a treadmill and pilates video (it's too cold up here to get motivated to go to the gym) and plan to use exercise and diet to get me to my goal weight of 140. We can do it!!!