I've been gaining weight steadily for the past 10 years. It's been very gradual, so it was easy to ignore, but it's always been in the back of my mind. I'm 34 with 3 young kids and about to attempt to start a new journey. I'm trying to be a surrogate, and to do so it's required that I lose 20-30 pounds. Thankfully this may be the motivation I need to finally drop some weight. I work full-time and also have a part-time job for a total of about 50 hours a week. My husband also works full-time and is in school part-time, so when I'm not at my second job, I'm on kid duty alone. Joining a gym is out of the question - both a time and money issue. So I've been pretty religious about getting 10,000 steps in a day. Please let me know if you have any questions, I'm an open book.