I'm married to a wonderful man and a stay-at-home mom to our daughter Anastasia who's 3 and our son Nicolas who's almost 1. My struggle with loosing weight started after I had our daughter. I gained a lot of weight in the last 3 months of my pregnancy because I was on limited activities (almost bed rest) because it was a difficult pregnancy. I also have depression so it's hard to motivate myself to get out there and exersize! The medications I was on at the time didn't help with my weight either! When our son was born, I was diagnosed with anemia (low iron and B12 so my blood isn't able to carry as much oxygen and it should). I now have that under control and have finally been able to start exercizing in ernest. Since September 2007, I have lost 30lbs and after holding steady for a while, I'm starting to loose again. Hopfully there will be no more health challenges for a while!