I am a 68 yr. old woman...my body feels 100, but my mind, heart, and spirit tells me I am in my 30's, (the decade in which my 4 children were born...3 daughters, including a set of "mirror twins", and my son). I also have 2 grandsons, Wyatt will be 4 this Dec,'16, and Oliver turns 8 weeks old tomorrow. I am a native New Yorker, (and very proud of it) but have been living in N.E. for the past 38 years, minus the 2 years I spent in S.C. and the 2 years I lived in Alaska. I was 9 lbs. 2oz. when I was born, and went from being a chubby infant to being morbidly obese, (God, how I HATE that expression), by the time I was in my late teens, and reached my highest weight of 430 lbs at age 52 in the year 2000. At that time, I got very serious AND extremely scared because of extreme health issues and started a healthy food plan...losing 255 lbs. in 2 1/2 years. I, of course "yo-yo dieted during most of my adult life, losing 100 plus lbs. at least 4 to 5 times until I lost the 255 lbs, and DID manage to keep most of the weight off until about 5 years ago when I had a number of surgeries, (mostly on my knees), became much less active...started eating more again, (mostly "carbs...and lots of them), and slowly started packing on the lbs. again. HOWEVER, it wasn't until 3 1/2 years ago...when my youngest daughter died of a drug overdose that my life turned upside down. I became extremely depressed, lost my motivation to do just about everything I enjoyed, (writing, reading, painting, baking...(it had been my career for many years), socializing, etc., and have spent my time since Becky's passing, laying in bed, watching movies, crying, and of course EATING...lots and lots of high carb, high fat EATING! It was only after getting up to 300 lbs again, that I finally decided enough was enough and 11 weeks ago went on a low carb diet...and have lost 30 lbs so far! I already feel better, no longer lay in bed all day, and am now getting out more often,,,and not just to Dr.'s appts..