I am a mother of three wonderful children, Katie, 6, Ben, 4 and Jerry, 1. I am a wife to a precious husband. I am also a very large woman. I have been overweight all my life. I started as just a little chubby when I was little. Now I am considered morbidly obese at a weight of 299 pounds.

With a 5'5" medium build frame, my body is starting to feel the strain of all this weight. Why just sitting here at the computer, I cannot breathe well.

I tried diet pills, fad diets, gyms, you name it I tried it. I cannot get the surgery because the money is not available and plus my insurance does not pay for anything. I suppose it will when I have that heart attack. I feel so bad all the time. No energy, no will power, and lately no "want to.”

I get tired of people telling me I would be so pretty if I would drop some weight. I know I would, but I just want to live to see my children succeed in life, get married and have children, grandchildren...

My feet constantly hurt from carrying all this weight. My knees are popping now, they never did that before and I swell badly. I honestly am out of ideas. I am limited on income and things I can do now, such as healthy foods. It seems like all the cheap things to eat are fattening.

Well, this is my story, not much to tell in a few years, I'll just be another statistic if I keep going this way.