I'm 40 years old, married with a 4 year old boy. I live in the north east of England and I'm a secondary school English teacher. I've re-discovered in the last few weeks a love of Zumba and my little man enjoys doing a 10 minute exercise DVD with me every now and again. During school holidays I'm more active than term time and as he isn't at school during the school holidays we're running about all over the place.

The day I gave birth I weighed 18 stone and then I managed to get to 14 stone 2 and over the course of August 2011 to June 2012 I sneaked another stone back on. The day I fell pregnant in September 2008 I'd reached 13 stone following a diet and this is my initial aim, although I set my goal lower than that. So I will get to lower than my pre-pregnancy weight before my boy is 5! From there I will get even lower. It is my promise to myself.

Reducing alcohol is a bigger aim this time round as at 40 I need to be a few glasses of wine a week and no more. It is easy to have a glass of wine whilst preparing dinner and then another after and so on.

Anyway, let the weight loss journey continue again for about the fifth time in my life time lol! This time this is the one that will work for life. My positive attitude is now sponsored by Herbalife.