I will be turning 40 this year.

I have a son who will be 10, a daughter turning 2 and a step-daughter turning 12.

I was actually small & underweight for most of my childhood. I gained 40 lbs in 2000 due to a change in birth control and I just got bigger from there.

My highest recorded weight was 296 which was 9 days before I gave birth to my 2nd child.

I had gone from 286 lbs as of the beginning of April 2010 to 204.2 lbs at the end of March 2011.

Then depression and life stresses worsened and here I am, on Jan 26, 2012 sitting back up at 247.6 lbs.