After seeing the Tae-Bo info commercial while very depressed on Mother's Day '99, my husband gave me the starter set the following Weds as a delayed Mother's Day present and I have been doing it ever since almost daily. I lost almost 20 pounds in the first 3 months before plateau-ing and 8 or more inches on just my waist. I do it for how it makes me feel more than how I want to look. It has relieved my depression, lethargy, stress, chronic back pain, hot flashes, inflexibility, arthritic pain, etc.