RM, yo posts reminds me of a lot of my situations in my life time. I went to bootcamp weighing 146 and I got out of bootcamp weighing 174 and solid as a rock but after a few years of guzzlin beer and frocklin I got up to 244 or more. I finally come to my senses and quit drinking and got down to 228and stayed in that neighborhood for a few years, well for the year of 23 I wanted to get down to 200 and as of last night I am down to 214 so I got a ways to go. I trieed dieting but that didn't work so I cut back on sweets and bread and that seems to help. I plan to keep plugging along and when they toate me out maybe my load wont strain no backs.