I am happily married to my high school sweetheart and am the mother of five dogs, one parrot and two fish.  I taught special education for 13 years and was a school librarian last year.  I am now back in graduate school for the second time [first time was for special education degree] for my library and information technology degree.  This will be the first time in 14 years that I've not worked full-time...I'm a bit nervous about that.  Focusing on being a full-time grad student (only) will be nice though...it is very difficult to work full-time and go to grad school full-time.  I have a wonderful husband who supports me in everything I do...he's the best!  My babies keep me very busy...we spend a lot of time outside, running around and playing.  I have a really great life except for this weight issue...it keeps dragging me down and after ten years, I'm sick of it and ready to fight back.  I want to stop sabotaging myself and I know I can succeed with Slim Fast because I have before (on a smaller scale).  This time I want to get rid of all the excess weight that is dragging me down.  It will be hard work, but I want to do it and I will do it...one day at a time.