I'm  a 42 year old mom of 2 kids (17 and 14), 4 bunnies and 4 dogs. I'm a psychiatric home health nurse. Weight has always been an issue for me-either I've been overweight (max non-pregnant around 172) or a normal weight and felt overweight. I was a fat kid and I can remember my parents trying to make me diet. I would steal candy bars from the kitchen and run up to my room with them to eat them. I think one of my worst weight memories is having friends of my parents telling me how fat I was and how tight my jeans were. So moving ahead 25-35 yrs.......Now I am trying to be healthy and exercise (4-5 days/week) and eat right. I have managed to keep my weight within 5-15 pound of where it should be-currently about 131 at 5'2.5" and trying to get back to the 120's. Maybe 125 or 128.  I'm also trying very hard to instill healthy attitudes about food and exercise in my kids. Some days I do better than others!

I recently read a book called  "Politically Incorrect Nutrition" and am starting to implement changes from what I learned. Things like drinking non flouridated water, buying as much organic as possible, getting rid of the microwave etc. You should have heard the kids on that one!