my first visit to this thread...decided on a change of lifestyle i guess back at the end of december. been eating right, cut way back on beer, and the wife and i decided to set a schedule of 3 nights each a week that we go out walking/jogging after our boys go to bed. when i started i could barely run a half mile, ran 1.6 today with some hilly stuff and I'm loving it. I'm even managing to get out more than 3x a week. I registered for Warrior Dash (google it) in May for some motivation but I think I'm going to do a 5k or two before then. I feel so much better already, lost a few pounds (although that's not really my goal), and hopefully this is a permanent change, not just some diet.