Thanks, Christina. My motivation went from "I really need to lose some weight, I know I'd feel better" to "I HAVE to lose some weight! I'm in excruciating pain and being overweight is making it worse." I developed "severe sacroiliac joint dysfunction", and I never want to feel the associated pain again. My doctor was able to stave it off for a while with a steroid injection into the joint, but it's my job to keep it from recurring, and I see losing weight is a big part of that.