Countdown to Freedom

I am going to try to journal my experience to weight loss freedom, I call it that because I feel that all my life, even when I was a police officer and before I was carrying 100 extra pounds, I have struggled with weight issues it seems that I was either trying to loose weight or trying to maintain my last weight loss and normally without much success. I am pre-op, I am 53 years old and 300 pounds I have just recently decided that I'm out of control I can't seem to diet or work off any weight like I have in the past and I feel that if I am ever going to get my weight issue under control I need a tool like the Lap band to help me.