I am 50 years old.  I also teach Kindergarten.  I live in Virginia and am happily married.  I am about 60 pounds over weight that has sunk on in the past 15 years.  My first husband died in a boating accident which started the slide of the weight gain.  I had quite a pitty party.  I never lost the original 20 pounds that I gained, and now it has snowballed to 60 pounds.  I really want to lose the weight not only for how I look, but because I am getting older and want to see my grandchildren's weddings.