You know this has got to be the best fitness article I have read on LH. I'll even go as far as anywhere. More often than not we tend to focus on short term goals and not the whole picture. And to be honest that's where I've always failed. Like you I've struggled with my weight. Sure I've lost weight in the past but…

The first time I ran a full mile was when I had an angry drill sergeant a few meters behind me "DON'T LET ME CATCH YOU". That's some good motivation. A couple years later I ran the Army 10 miler at Tallil AFB in Iraq during 110F heat. That's the farthest I've run.