My weight has just kept creeping up all my life...but as I passed 40 this year and my belly now sticks out beyond my breasts and I don't recognize myself when I happen to glance into a mirror at stores and people who used to know me don't recognize me anymore...I realize that I really do have to do something or it will never stop. Obesity runs in my family with many of my aunts very over weight. I now realize that I have become that over weight aunt for my own nefews and nieces. I have only ...

My weight has just kept creeping up all my life...but as I passed 40 this year and my belly now sticks out beyond my breasts and I don't recognize myself when I happen to glance into a mirror at stores and people who used to know me don't recognize me anymore...I realize that I really do have to do something or it will never stop. Obesity runs in my family with many of my aunts very over weight. I now realize that I have become that over weight aunt for my own nefews and nieces. I have only half heartedly tried to diet and loose weight before. I got down to 142 for a few weeks on weight watchers in 2000. My actual healthy weight is about 128-130.