I started in Oct 07 just to better my health and physical appereance. I slack off over the holidays and around March I notice a new person in the mirror that I really didn't like (see pic). That pic was more modivation than I needed to get back to the gym and stay

It is such a stress releaser. In the mornings when I run I can tune the world out and run and loss myself in it. Same in the evenings when I lift. That and I sleep a whole lot better now