I'm 20-something female that has always been the big girl. I'm not emotional eater or anything like that. I have just always been heavy set. That is going to change. The reason I'm doing this is FOR ME and my HEALTH!! I want to make a life change and not just a "diet" that might work! I have decided to have lap-band surgery to assist with my weight loss, and make this smooth drive down instead of an ever ending rollercoster it has become.