I have battled my weight all my life...even have heavy that runs in the family. However, I contribute most of my weight gain to being an emotional eater. I seriously have an issue with using food to comfort myself...bad thing is that it is in any emotion from happy to sad. The worst of the weight gain has come in the last 9 years...I lost my dad and two babies...so things just started piling on fast and I just couldn't stop myself from all the hurting so I covered it with food. Along with all my loss I have a deadbeat brother that doesn't help me with my mom..she is only 62 (and healthy) but struggling to make ends meat and raising his kids....while he doesn't work....just one stress after another. I plan to change this trend now with my weight..I want to learn that food will not fix things...and get to a healthy weight and leave all the drama behind. I am blessed to be healthy (no issues with blood pressure, sugar, or heart problems), but want to get to a better weight for my frame I really think that will be around 240..so we will see. I have a really large bone structure...built like a tonka truck...lol.