I gained a lot of weight in my 30's, mostly due to unhappiness, but was still pretty active "for a fat girl". I regularly walked up to 3 miles at a time, could get up and down the stairs faster than my sister who weighed 125 but smoked, etc. But...four years ago I got Bronchitis and haven't been the same since. I can't walk, I get sick 2-4 times a year, it takes me months to recover. I have had four jobs in four years because I can't stay healthy enough to keep a job. I have never in my life had four jobs in four years. So, fast-forward to now, I have to get healthier. I decided that I was done being sick, done taking 20+ pills a day, done hurting, done with all of it. I want to live. So I'm taking it back. I have started the process for getting bariatric surgery and I am watching what I eat and I am moving more. This is going to happen. My best friend is doing it with me even though she doesn't need to lose, she just wanted to be supportive. I have my kids helping too, there is no reason that I can't beat this...so I'm going to!