I am a 41 year old Wife and Mom of a 7 year old son which of course is my world!! I decided I wanted to join the sparkpeople family for the tools and of course the motivation to lose my weight and reach my goal. I want to live a healthier life style and grow old with with my family.

It all really started after the birth of of my son, I had gained 60lbs during my pregnancy and of course none of it came off :O( For the first 4 years (2002 to 2006) I tried off and on to lose ...

I am a 41 year old Wife and Mom of a 7 year old son which of course is my world!! I decided I wanted to join the sparkpeople family for the tools and of course the motivation to lose my weight and reach my goal. I want to live a healthier life style and grow old with with my family.

It all really started after the birth of of my son, I had gained 60lbs during my pregnancy and of course none of it came off :O( For the first 4 years (2002 to 2006) I tried off and on to lose weight, I would lose 20 and put it back on. Nothing was consistent, and then my world changed FOREVER!! My son was diagnosed with Leukemia (ALL) and we spent the first month in the hospital, and for me every thing was about my son, I couldn't eat, had trouble sleeping, I was there 24/7. Once we got home :O) and we found out Jacob was in remission I starting thinking..........I want Jacob to live a FULL HEALTHY LIFE, I better make changes for my self. Finding out my metabolism or maybe I should say what metabolism, well it made harder to lose my weight. So that is when I started that Journey of my life. I found Sparkpeople on line and joined. Then my courageous son Jacob my Hero lost his battle with his Leukemia. Now it's time to start my new journey for my life as a whole. I have to remember no matter how bad of a day I am having I have to keep moving forward. I have to do it for my precious angel in heaven.

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