I am twenty-five years old and married to the military. My husband is in the U.S. Navy, but he is currently out to sea. We have been married for almost three years now.

I am an English as a Second Language teacher at the elementary level. I absolutely love my job, and I love my kids.

I have been battling with weight issues my entire life. When I was 19, I lost almost sixty pounds and was at the lowest and healthiest point for about four years. I got married, and just let it all go. The move to a new state, and the fact that I stopped working out regularly, were the main culprits to my weight gain. It sneaked up on me, and before I knew it, I was back at my old weight, and then some.

My husband and I are getting ready to try for a baby, and I want to start getting back to my old weight before getting pregnant. I don't want to have a dangerous pregnancy, with the possibility of gestational diabetes and other complications.