Yummymummy - been there a decade ago! Apparently "no man can love an ugly woman". It's a killer though - I could kick myself for wasting 19 years with ex yet I have these 2 perfect kids (perfect for me that is, atriculate, opinionated, quirky teenagers...gorgeous obviously - thank goodness they have their father's metabolism). Not a bad payoff. Not bad at all.
Spent the last 9 years raising my lovely two and they are and will always be my absolute priority. Their dad is about now and again and loves them dearly but he has two much younger children and they take a lot of his time.
Losing weight now is about being healthy for me. I'm a bit past it in the yummy mummy stakes.
I'm only 4 weeks in to this myself and my interim target is a friend's wedding at the beginning of June. I won't be to target by then but **fingers crossed** I want to be another 3 stone down (10lb so far).
And Maximus - please don't feel you should apologise. Some of us were unlucky enough to meet the iffy ones but they are NOT in the majority.
40lbs in 5 months is about half a stone a month - 2lb a week. Go for it!!