You should play some hoops to loose the weight Mike. I,ve seen people loose alot of weight playing full court hoops. I threw down a powerful tomahawk dunk, 2 weeks ago on a concrete tiled flour. So I,m thinking of playing d.3 hoops in 3 years. My trucking weight is 178 , 6,2 barefoot if I make myself tall and get a lump on my head on the measuring stick haha. I tried to get down to 167 for this past summer,if was tough to get rid of the upper body muscle. From oral surgery I got down to a scarry 162, I was pigging out on fish and wasn,t putting weight on, so eat fish if you want to drop pounds Mike. I,m in ILinois for orientation, I had a physical skills test today, likting weights, cardio,etc. 1.75 hrs. with a heart monitor on, then a dot cdl physical, rode test, tons of paper work and testing on hazmat,etc. I raced though the 90,s into 2002, then a serous back surgery, then back riding in 06. This past summer I quit trucking, to race, focusing on the vet national classes 40 a,35a it didn,t turn out, 20k plus in debt so now I have to stay out trucking till March, I plan on taking time off in Florida at least once. Next year I might race Millville once, in 2012 more races but just for fun. I,m not quiting a job to race ever again, my speed is top 3 vet expert with 4 years off a bike and my 1st ride,which don,t mean nothing I just ride for the feeling anyway and don,t care about results.