I've just finished my first month of NS, and in the process have lost 25 lbs.  Yes, you heard me right, 25.  I'm amazed!   But, today I had a rude awakening.  As I sat down in front of my computer I picked up my twenty-five pound dumbell.  I keep one sitting at the computer, and while reading through emails, I've made it part of my routine to do as many curls as I possibly can.  I logged into NS, and logged my weight which is now twenty-five pounds lighter than when I first started, and as I struggled to complete a twentieth repetition with my dumb-bell I though, Oh my God, This is what I've been carrying around.  This dumbell, that I'm struggling to lift is the same amount of weight that I've been carrying around with me; straining my back, my knees, everything.  Needless to say it was quite an eye-opener.