OK, I have been overweight all my life. I have dieted several times and mostly come to my halfway point and stopped-then gained it all back. Obviously I am here so I am trying again. I guess the eye opener is that my mom had a stroke last week at 58. Now she is not a fitness guru or the most healthy eater in the world, but I thought she was quite healthy. I mean, my mom and dad were about the healthiest eaters in the family. So needless to say this was a really big shock. After getting over the initial scare with her, I became very concerned about my weight and health. At the time of her stroke I weighed 275 pounds. I am 30 years old and I started thinking that if I didn't do something NOW that the possibility of that being me at say..43 or something was a real consideration. Sooo.. here I am. I have a 7 year old son and I wanna be there for him as well a set a good example.