i like your story and sounds a bit like mine
before i started tennis a year ago i was 252lb,s and am 6ft2.
im an ex bodybuilder and after a few injurys i packed it in as age wasnt on my side,
and as anybody knows all that muscle turns to fat and goes south if you dont keep up some sort of fitness which i didint.
my waist went from a 36 to a 44,i fooled myself that i looked ok but deep down i wasnt happy but to lazy to do anythiny as being overweight does that to you.
last summer my partner put a video up of us on facebook in the lounge messing about,i didnt have a top on and after seeing it i realised how fat i was and had to do something about it,
i spoke to my work mate who still does bodybuilding and no,s that i didnt want to go back to that,
we used to play tennis 25yrs ago and said come on lets have a knock about like we used to,so off we went and god did i strugle,i couldnt run for more than 5 seconds and i was doubled over trying to get my breath,i think we did an hour and i couldnt walk for days after but for some reason i wanted to play again as we had such a laugh.
well over the weeks we kept going and of course i still struggled with my breathing/knee,s but i couldnt get enough of tennis even though it was killing me lol
by chance i started to speak to a coach for some tips and he mentioned mixed doubles and group tuition,i thought right do it.
a year down the line im a healthy 224lbs (remember im a big guy)
a 34 waist and can run around like a nutter for 2-3 hours.
i still suffer from patella tendion problems but wear the straps to support them but they still get stiff after,but nothing a bit of ice cant fix.
my tennis has improved so much and i also mix in with the big boys and i can hold my own
the moral of this story is if i can do it anyone can and now i cant ever see me not playing tennis as im well and truely bitten by it and long may it continue
thanks garry