[LarryG1978]

I'm turning 40 this summer and I didn't want to be fat anymore. I want to be able to take my kids to the beach and on vacations without worrying about what to wear. I didn't want to be the fattest person in the room anymore. The biggest reason for me though, is that heart disease and high blood pressure run in my family. My grandpa died at 49 and my mom had a series of strokes at 59 and died at 61 from complications from the strokes and heart disease. Those last 2 years she barely even knew who we were. I was 37 at the time, with a 18 month old and a newborn and it was devestating for me. Now I have developed high blood pressure and I am losing this weight to get healthy and hopefully live a long life. I never want my kids to have to go thru what I went thru with my mom, and I will do whatever it takes to prevent that from happening.