I am 46 married mother of a son 30 and daughter 28. In the few years I have had a lot of loss. My mother died, my daughter married and moved way. Then I had breast cancer. The chemo destroyed my immune system and then I could not work as a nurse. After the cancer I coped with my depression with a bags of chips and a liter of coke. Now I was always heavy about 200lbs. But one day I noticed my stomach was bigger than my daughter who was pregnant with twins at the time. I had no clue how much bigger I had gotten. Denial works! I got on the scale and received a big shock when the scale said 308. I went to the Dr and told him I was depressed. I started taking Celexa and after a while my smile came back and my motivation to live ,be healthy and look better was there once again. I picked the rice diet because it good for people who suffer from diabetic and high blood pressure. I found this diet hard to maintain for a long period of time. So I custom it to fit my life. So I have made lifestyle changes. The way I eat know is what I will continue after my weight loss. My goal is to get my weight down to 140 by eating vegetarian with dairy products. Making sure my diet is balanced and healthy. I have learned so much about food, servings and how to cook healthy. On my own diet I have lost about 18lb. And I go to the gym atleast 4 times a week