My name is Carla and I reside in Eastern Pennsylvania. I recently graduated from graduate school with a Master's in Social Work. I work at a state mental hospital and LOVE my job. I am married to a police officer and have been mom to his two daughters for the past 12 years. My weight story is no different than many others out there. I have always been heavy. Although, about three years ago I made a New Year's Resolution to change me lifestyle. I ended up losing about 60 pounds over the course of a year. I ate healthy and exercised regularly. We then bought our first house and I stopped going to the gym because we were remodeling every night. After we moved in I got comfortable and gained about 25 pounds back. Not a day would go by that I didn't beat myself up for letting this happen. Note - I was beating myself up while waiting in the drive-thru lane.

Over that time I would "change" my habits for about a week and then be back to the same-old same-old. Well, about 2 months ago, I tried again and things are going great now. I go to the gym about 2-3 times a week, take long, past-paced walks about 2-3 days a week and am trying some new things like medicine ball, Wii Fit, and more. I have days that I don't eat the best but I try to plan around that with more exercise. I think I am close to exercising being a habit because when I don't do it I feel guilty and miss it.