My name is Marissa and i'm 20. I've read so many stories about everybody success on here and find inspiration in each and everyone I read. I am going through Kaiser Permanente to get my surgery done I have made it through 11 classes out of 12 so just one more left and I have a consultation with the medical doctor to approve me to see the surgeon soon and I have a psych eval coming up I hope to have this whole process taking care of before the year is over so next year is just my year. I find myself being so anxious and ready to have surgery and ready to begin a new life and ready to be a new me. I've never had a problem with being overweight but it's just about time that I just wanna change of my life and become a more healthy the person I love me and I'm a very confident woman I would just like to live a life in a new light I've been overweight since I was about 8 years old and I've never experienced what it will be like to be skinny or just smaller. so I'm just here to share my story with everyone and to keep everyone posted to get a new friends and just experienced the same experience everyone else has. my current weight is 254.8 pounds and my height is 5'1