I am 37 years old. A wife to my hero and a mother to the most amazing son. I married my hero 4 years ago, and I am so amazed how wonderful it feels to be so loved!

I have been overweight my entire life and 4 months ago, I decided that I was not going to take being the fat person anymore. I think the life changing moment came when I was in Italy staying in a hotel while we were waiting to be moved to South Korea and I was waiting for an elevator when a family walked up with a child. The child kept telling his Mom how fat I was! She made him aplogize and explained that was not nice, but I wanted to just run away and cry, but I was too fat to run away! So I just stood there with tears building up. Later after returning to the hotel room, I cried to my husband and he said let's do something about your pain and he meant not only my heart, but for my aches and pains I have from being over weight. That was my moment in life that I knew I wanted a healthier and better life.