Yeah, kudos from me too. I have had the same type of problem myself and I know where you are coming from. I once weighed in at around 255lbs. and after a year and a half of working very diligently on it, I am down do a high school weight of 175lbs. and I feel like a new man. I was just about to go into a 42 pants and now I am down to a 34 and it feels great. Well worth all the punishment that I put myself through. I have been trailin' it the entire time but it is a whole lot more fun to me now that I am back in reasonably good shape. I am 57 and have a heart rate of 65 and I think that is pretty good considering. Keep up the good work and you will get to where ever you want to go from now on...sabre11004...