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Growing up, I was always chubby and have always had a self-image problem. I was a size 12 when I got married in 1979 and thought I was huge. The following summer, I started working out and dieting (not healthy dieting) and lost 30lbs - went to a size 5/9. I kept most of that off for 7 years. Because I didn't keep working out and went through personal problems, including a miscarriage, I was

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Growing up, I was always chubby and have always had a self-image problem. I was a size 12 when I got married in 1979 and thought I was huge. The following summer, I started working out and dieting (not healthy dieting) and lost 30lbs - went to a size 5/9. I kept most of that off for 7 years. Because I didn't keep working out and went through personal problems, including a miscarriage, I was back up to 150 when I got pregnant with my daughter in 1987. I gained 50lbs with that pregnancy and weighed 204 the day she was born. I lost most of that weight and got back down to a size 9 over the next two years. My ex-husband and I separated in 1991, and over the next year and a half, I gained about 100 lbs - ballooning to a size 20/237 lbs. Over several years, I gradually got back down to about 200, and at one point 174, but have always gained it back. Last summer (June 2004), my daughter and I started the Slim In 6 series and really stuck with the program over the summer. I was amazed in the difference in my body - how strong I got - as well as my mental state. My jeans size dropped from a tight 16 to a very comfortable 14. I wanted to get down to a 12 by last Christmas, but had trouble sticking with my workouts after school started (I'm a teacher) and just lost it completely during the holidays. I've let the stress of a tough school year and personal issues interfere with my progress and have had a hard time staying motivated. I started Start It Up again this morning and want to get and stay in a place where I'm taking care of myself for myself rather than because of societal pressures to look a certain way. I want to be happy with myself. I turned 45 in January and refuse to let age be an excuse for letting myself go - I want to be the best, fittest, healthiest I can be at 46...and 50...and on.

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