mikevizer

6 Months, but we were both in our 30's and were both mentally and financially ready for the decision. We are going on 9 years now and our marriage is still great, even with the four girls that sometimes complicate our lives a bit. But we do have a strong spiritual background to hold us all together.

Thank you everyone for all the responses. I guess I will keep doing what I am doing. I am still losing about 4 pounds a week.

I think everyone is motivated differently. Speaking only for myself, my four little girls motivate me. I think about being there for them down the road. I decided to start my weight loss journey last week after viewing a good friend lying in his hospital bed after having his 4th heart attack. As I saw myself in his…