I am a work in progress... I am a 44 year old woman who lives in Topeka KS. I have 2 grown sons( only 1 is an actual adult, the other is still working on it :) ) and 2 awesomely wonderful grand sons who are 1 and 4.  They are my heart and soul and the main reason I pulled my head out of my a$$ and am taking this weight loss journey seriously.   I also have 5 fur babies, 4 canine and one feline.  They rule the house. My poor BF has to put up with us all!  I work a second shift job sitting on my butt and average 50 hours  a week. I also transport my oldest grandson to preshcool or day care every day.   I have always been either obese or had such serious self image issues that I thought I was obese.  When I was 135 lbs in high school I thought  I was HUGE and I wasnt. Now that I'm older I realize how many issues I have that were in my mind that caused me to get where I am now. This journey must take place in your mind as well as your body.  I mean I know WHAT to do to lose the weight, its easy math, calories in vs calories out but my mind has always put up road blocks.  Dont have time to shop, eat out. Dont have time to prepare meals? Eat out.  Craving sweets,eat an entire bag of m&m's.  Really? Thats how my mind worked.  Now I take time to shop, plan and prepare meals and most of all work out. I have discovered I love swimming. Burns calories and doesnt impact my poor knees.   I know I will make this, my mind& body are finally on the same page :)  Gotta go get ready for work.