Hi! My name is Lisa, I am 34 years young,with 3 children. I have been obese for 13+ years and am starting to feel it physically and emotionally. I suffer from GERD and back/joint pain, short of breath...just overall tired and no energy what-so-ever. I lost my mom in 2005 at the age of 50 and my father recently had open heart surgery at the age of 56. Diabetes and heart disease run rampant in my genetic pool and that scares me. I want to live to see my children as adults and meet my future grandkids. I am just tired of feeling ashamed and embarassed about myself and not being the kind of involved mom I want to be. I realized the only person that can change this draining cycle is ME !! I want to feel GOOD and LIVE!! Looking good couldnt hurt either, right?? ;o)~