I have been on diets most of my adult life. Even as a teenager, I never felt thin. Looking back, I would love to be that size now. I feel like I have tried every diet known to man. I have lost weight with almost all of them only to regain it, along with an additional few pounds. My problem is that I am an emotional eater. Mad, sad, glad, indifferent, it really doesn't matter. I didn't seem to need to much of an excuse to hide my feelings with food. I have let being overweight steal my self confidence from me, & I have stopped doing so many activities with my family because of my weight. It's just not fun when you're fat. Right now I refuse to be in any pictures. I have to be deathly ill to go to a doctor. I guess I have scale phobia! I know how unhealthy that it, and that is why I have chosen to do something about it. A couple of years ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the age of 57. Soon after that, we moved from the town where my parents live. This was my very first move. My weight began to skyrocket from those events until now. I am very happy living where we live. And I know that I have no control over the disease that my dad has. I have come to the conclusion that the only thing that I can have control over is my weight. I have a wonderful husband, and two great boys. I have got to make this lifestyle change for all of us. I look forward to reclaiming all the things that I have let being overweight rob me of. When my family plays in the ocean, or snow skis, or hikes to the top of the mountain, I intend to be right there with them. This life is mine, and I am taking it back to live it to the fullest!