I was a nautrally thin child, and remained that way until the birth of my middle child. Then I began to get sick. It took me years to get a proper diagnosis, and during that time between being to sick to excersise, or to even eat right, I also took medications that just piled the weight (one put 30 lbs on me in 3 weeks!). After a hysterectomy I tried to lose the weight on my own, but after 6 months I only lost 10 lbs. And I was stuck at 175 for the next 2 years, until I found this. It has not only helped me lose weight, but has improved my health 100%, I can do things now I had thought I would never be healthy enough to do again. I love this program!