I am a 27 year old working mother of a beautiful 2 1/2 year old little boy.  I am 5 ft 6 in tall, and currently trying to maintaing at about 135 lbs.  I wanted to lose 10 lbs before having a baby, so I went off birth control convinced it was keeping me from losing the weight.  Two months later I was pregnant!  I gained about 43 lbs during my pregnancy.  At my 6 week check up I had lost 31 lbs.  So I now had 12-15 lbs baby weight on top of the 10 lbs I originally wanted to lose.  When the baby was 1 year old and I had lost nothing I decided to join a gym, I worked out 4-5 x per week for 6 months and lost a grand total of 5 lbs.  Then I changed jobs and was unable to go to the gym I had a membership at, so I joined a weight loss program.  Through the program I lost 22 lbs.  I've been very happy with the success of getting to my goal weight but now I struggle with maintaining that weight.  I still have some obsticals to overcome to reach my ultimate goal of just being healthy and a good example for my son.