Good morning Group! I just wanted to share my experience with everyone today. Just before joining the 100+ lb group in mid-August, I had finished up playing in a coed basketball league with some of my old high school team mates and some other friends. We had a total of 9 people on my team which meant that we got plenty of rest during the games since for each team only 5 people can play at one time. I topped the scale at 304 at that time and during the game I was completely out of breath and could hardly keep up the speed of the game and shortly after each game and the days following, I hurt so badly I was in tears. I went to my doctor and he advised me not to play for a while and work on my weight. I absolutely love to play, it was a way of life for me since age 8 and to give it up was unheard of.:sad: But I did, per doctor's orders. Since joining the group I have managed to lose 20 lbs (give or take) and man oh man what a difference it has made when I'm playing basketball. Last night I played my first game since the last league ended. I played the entire 40 minute game. Not out of breath and without being able to rest because we only had 5 people. I'm not going to lie and say that I am not sore, because I sure am, but this is a different kind of sore. The type of soreness that I have now is because I haven't played or exercised in really over a month. I feel great and so much better than I did a month ago. I wanted to share this but I also wanted to say thank you to every one of you who are leading the pack by example (Dan, the melting man, M(ark)23prime, to name a few) and anyone who has posted a great job or a WTG or a note reminding me to take care of myself when I was working crazy hours (Givens!) keeping me in line and caring about me. Thank you so much. Please share what a difference your weight loss has made on your life.