I'm 39, married for 17 years, no kids.  I'm an attorney working for a large insurance company.  Beginning in law school (where I did nothing but study and eat junk food) I started gaining weight, and it only got worse once I started practicing (nothing but sedentary work, eating junk food, plus mega stress.)  I finally faced reality in July 2006, at 205 pounds.  Reality: I had to change my eating patterns and I absolutely had to start working out, or within 5 to 10 years I would be very ill and obsenely obese.  I lost 30 pounds the first year, 20 pounds the next year, but only 7 pounds in the last six or seven months.  And I'm still at high body fat %s.  So I've faced another reality:  I have to weight train.  I'm starting NROLFW Jan 2009.