Hello Everyone. I thought since I am going to take this serious and share this journey with all of you, I should share some things about myself. I am a VERY busy wife and mommy of two while devoting the rest of my time to my full time job as a Case Manager in a Law Office. My kids are my LIFE...and I love it, but it also can be exhausting. My kids are very active in Sport and our little community. We have practice and/or games 7 days a week which leaves little time for ME. I used to be ok with this when they were younger, however, I have realized the truth...no one in my house is happy if I am not and to be happy, I have to be healthy. A couple years ago, I was given a scare when I was told that, I too, have joined the other members of my family and have a genetic heart disease. I was 32 at the time, which made me the youngest in my family to be diagnosed this far. I was immediately put on tons of medications and was 50 pounds over weight. I was devastated, but refused to give up. I started doing Cardio (running) and watching what I ate. Since then, I am down 30 pounds and off all of my medication, except my Thyroid medication as we can't seem to get this right. My doctor said my healthy life style alone has dramatically improved my heart and that he believes that if I stick to it, my heart problems will probably not rear its' ugly head for at least a few more years. I have 20 more pounds I want to lose, but need some more motivation as I have found that when I am motivated, I can do ANYTHING!!!  Motivation is the reason I joined this Bet...I want to win and winning is motivation for me! So, that's me. I'd be interested to hear everyone else's story as we all have one!  Enjoy your day. Remember, anything is possible, you just have to want it bad enough!