Hello my name is Elizabeth Hixson. I'm 22 years old, and i've been over weight since I was in middle school. I'm 6 feet tall and weigh 272 pbs which is causing serious back and knee problems. I the heaviest child in my family and always was. Now I'm heavier than my parents. My parents got the lapband and has lost alot of weight. When I turned 18 I went to the docter to see if i could get the lapband surgery and the doctor told me I was fat, he didnt trying to be nice and sugar coat it. He said that i was obese but i'm not fat enough to get the surgery. Its really hard growing with my family when my big sisters are a size 2 or 3. I was picked of in school because i was so big that nothing but sweat suites fit good. I want to lose this weight and feel good about myself. I hated going shoping for cloths because my sisters and mom would pick out cloths for me and nothing would fit and if did it was because it was in the plus size cloths. They would buy me cloths for chrismas and my birthfay and be 3 r 4 sizes smaller. I want to be able to walk into a store and pick up any peice of clothing and be able to fit in it and feel good. I dont want to be a twig and be unhealthy in that way but i think that being skinnier is not a crime. i want to be able to play sports like when i was a child. I'm tired of being fat, and depressed. I want to be able to go out toa club on a nice litle black dress and have fun, instead of wondering if someone is looking at my stumach. I love like I'm pregent or that i have a beer belly.