I am a single Mom of two FABULOUS kids. Boy, 14 and Girl, 10. I am in my mid-early 30's and have been divorced 10 years. I have been roughly the same size since having my kids... give or take 10 pounds.. I am 5'9" tall and fairly broad shoulders so I carry my weight really well. (Thank God).. But that just isn't good enough.. I really want to feel GREAT about myself and my daughter is just getting to the "I'm fat" age which she is a bean-pole literlly she wears a girls size 6-7 AND she is 10 years old (almost 11). I want to set good examples for her.
When I was 25 I had to have back surgery due to degenerative disease(natural degeneration of tissue, ect) and have been having quite a bit of pain for about the last year. Ortho doc says to lose 30 pounds and strengthen my core or I will not have a choice but surgery to control the pain....So here I am trying to teach myself to eat better and get my weight down... One would think that the possibilty of surgery, not to mention the everyday pain, would be enough motivation but somehow it hasn't been... But this is 2010 and this is going to be MY year... You'll see......