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MY name is Brian and I am 23. I am currently going through my three month supervised diet for my insurance company. I am 6 foot and about 335 pounds. I have been overweight my entire life. I have watched numerous people throughout My entire family struggle with their weight. We have a history of diabete, high blood pressure, and stroke in our family. I watch my mother for years battle her weight and try to manage her diabetes until it got to the point in which she had to have lap band to prevent further health problems. I am at about 44.3 BMI and i have high blood pressure myself. I find it hard to play with my daughter for anything longer then ten minutes. I have to continually take ten minute breaks to breathe because i feel as if i have no oxygen in my body. This band will allow me to be more active in my child's life and also help me to become more active in my own life because I am still pretty young. My goal is to reach a healthy and manageable weight so that I can add back those years that my obesity would have taken from me.