Any moms want to feature their success story on my blog ?

I am interested. I lost about 100 pounds in 2009. Then I gained part of it back. Since January, I have lost almost 30 pounds. I am about 15 pounds away from where I want to be.

My question is do you make money off your blog? If so I think featuring these women without compensating them is wrong and that also puts this post in violation of the Terms Of Service for My Fitness Pal.

I am a success story for the simple fact that I got up out of my chair and made up my mind to finally lose my meat suit!! I am a 36 year old mother of 2 adorable rambunctious boys ages 7 and 2. I couldn't keep up with them because I teetered into the way over 200 lbs territory. When I was in my early 20's, I could work out like an animal and guzzle water and drop 10-20 pounds in a couple of weeks. Somewhere around the age of 28, right around the time I got pregnant with my first son my metabolism gave me the middle finger and said nope - not gonna do it anymore. I lost a ton of weight breastfeeding, and as soon as I stopped, my pants size started to rise. No matter how much I blamed the dryer, it was my own love of food and lack of activity that did me in. When I got pregnant with my second son, my metabolism didn't even have the energy to hold up the finger, it just gave me a pathetic PPHHFFFTT. (I had gestational diabetes with both boys which contributed to the weight gain a little, but mostly due to the enormous amounts of brats & kraut that I craved). I got depressed, and when I get depressed, I like to eat. I saw a picture of myself at a baby shower & I was bigger than the 9 month pregnant mother which sent me into an absolute melt down temper tantrum that puts my 2 year olds fits to shame. I signed up with a friend and started an extreme boot camp class three days a week at 5:15 am for an hour, I track every bite that I eat in myfitness pal, maintaining a net diet of 1200 calories of only good choices. (I use a heart rate monitor and fit bit to track my activity for the net calc.). I do not follow any specific diet - I eat what I want as long as it fits in my calorie limits. I gave up my beloved Diet Coke and only drink water (OBSCENE amounts of water), black unsweetened tea, or black coffee. I LOVE craft beer. I had to let that go too and it was easy when I learned how many calories were in a single pint of many of the local IPA's.

In 7 weeks I have lost 13.6 pounds and I am on top of the world because it is the first time in years I have had any success naturally losing weight the right way! I still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do. With my age and lethargic metabolism, my goal is 1 to 1.5 lbs per week, and so far I have been successful. I just want to share with anyone else who has given up hope that the weight will never come off - it will, you just have to just be patient, REALLY push yourself to the limits, and have self discipline to monitor your food intake. I also highly recommend a buddy with the same fitness level and weight loss goals. Sharing the trials and tribulations helps fuel the motivation to keep going!