Hello! My name is Ailene! I am a almost 31 year old mother of a 5 year old girl and 7 month old boy. My husband and I have been married 11 years and probably since day one I started gaining weight. I can only think the reason is because I thought since I was married I didnt have to watch what I ate. Maybe just as I got older, my metabolism got slower I dont know. Whatever the reason, I gained weight. When I got pregnant with my daughter, I was about 28 lbs over my normal weight. I gained 50 more lbs with her!!! I had her lost about 30 and over the next year lost the other 20 but I was still about 30 lbs where I wanted to be. I stayed this weight for quite a while until I got pregnant again. Gained 15lbs right away and then ended up having a miscarrage at 10 weeks. It was a heartbreaking horrible experience that I dont wish on even my worst enemy but somehow we got through it. About a year later, I got pregnant with my son and gained another 30 lbs. I lost about 15 of that but kept on the rest. My "reward" for getting to my goal weight is to go to some tropical place! I cant wait!!!