I am a 43 year old mom, who has had a very long life of ups and downs. I am a recovering alcohol and drug addict after 20 years, and recently quit smoking after 30 years. I never had to go to jail, or lose my kids to do it, it was just a matter of giving it to The Lord and letting Him become my will power. I have a very beautiful grandson name Ryder, 9 months that has just totally revived my life to a new reason of living beside God Himself and my children. Of all the shows I watch, the most inspiring are of course Dr. Phil, but the newest is " The Doctors". I can not tell you how much some of your topics have realy touched what is going on in my life. Not only have I quit all the bad things in my life, I also strive with weight, it is a really big factor in my family, and I do not want to get big. I walk every day, and seem to not be able to lose the weight around my waist and lower ab. Not only do I struggle with this weight, I struggle with large breast that impose pressure on a bad back. I have a compression fracture that occurred when I was young playing softball, and a buldging disc, and extra weight seems to be a burden, even more so. I try to eat the right things, and am desperately trying to keep the weight off now that I have quit smoking. How hard it really is unless you are naturally born with a high motabolism. No matter what diet I have tried, it does not seem to go away. And now that I am truely into getting rid of the weight, it will not leave me. I bless each of you doctors for the help and advice each of you offer. YOU TRUELY ARE AN INSPIRATION TO MY LIFE. If you have any suggestions to my situation, because it has been there for such a long time, please I am listening. My youngest is 14 now, and it is stuck like glue. HELP!!