I am a single mother of 2. My daughter, who will be 9 years old next month, has ADHD and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder). My son, who turned 7 in August, has ADHD, PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) (aka Autism Spectrum). I have Bipolar 2. I am currently attending University here in WA.

After getting pregnent I started having problems with my weight. After I had my son I went on the Depo. shot, since I was still in the Navy I was pretty successful at keeping my weight at a semi-constant point but I couldn't lose any. After I got out of the Navy I wasn't "working-out" 3 hrs a week which was just able to maintain my weight so within a month and a half of my discharge I gained like 30 lbs and the I gained another 10 lbs over the next few weeks and after that my weight just kept creeping up and up. I finally gave in and decided to quit the Depo. and basically immediately I stopped gaining weight. Though that was a victory I still haven't been able to lose the weight and I have been out of the Navy for 5 1/2 years.

A high(er) activity rate and good/great health are vital to me being able to manage my BP2 which will in turn enable me to be an even better parent to my 2 very special, special needs children. I cannot wait to see how much this program will help me and my family. I hope to inspire my mother to lose the weight too, she has been obese (in the medical sense) for basically my whole life and we both are normally "skinny boned". I want my mom and I to be able to get back to healthy weights and better health.