My battle with being overweight started at birth. I was born 11 lbs 3 oz. I suspect my mother had gestational diabetes but that wasn't something they were aware of in the 1950's.

I was the smart, fat and unpopular girl throughout my school days, a story I'm sure a lot of us can relate to.

But like a caterpillar morphing into a butterfly, college was a revelation, I was beautiful and it only took the Right Guy to convince me.

Mr. Right Guy and I married...