I am a stay-at-home/homeschooling mom w/three children ages 2,4,6 and an Army wife. Our oldest son is serving in the Navy. I am also an independent Scentsy consultant. My web address is www.joleensscents.scentsy.us.

I have struggled with being overweight my whole life. I think I was 6 or 7 when my mother put me on my 1st diet! Both of my parents were extremely obese, smokers w/diabetes. My father passed away the day after my wedding and my mother passed two years ago. I want to live past 60 and hopefully be rewarded with grandchildren. It breaks my heart every day knowing that my children do not have grandparents to spoil and to teach them lifes important lessons.

I started back on a "diet" last Nov/Dec in hopes of losing 56 pounds by Dec. 31st of 2010. I was using portion control, low fat, staying around 1600 cal. per day. I was losing weight and had lost 25pounds by birthday the end of March. To this, I fell off the bandwagon for most of the summer. I gained 5pounds back and again decided that "enough-was-enough." So, I started reading the Atkins books, web and decided to give this WOE a try. Both my husband and I started induction back in Aug. He has lost 20 pounds and I have lost 12.