iwanttobelieve

Have been overweight since I was 10 years old.  Lost it and gained it back plus some, about 4-5 times in my life so far.  I have tried every diet known to man and even supervised medical weight loss attempts.  The problem is not really losing it, but keeping the weight off in the long term.  I figured that the yo-yo dieting had wreaked enough havoc on my body and metabolism.  So, I got the lap band recently and am going to take off this excess weight for good now!  My goals beyond the weightloss are to take my new body through a half marathon in January 2011, have more energy to play with my new son, and to get back into the great shape I was in during my college years.