I want to feel alive again!!  I am an out-going and bold personality hiding behind a bunch of fat.  I want out!  I will get there!  My name is Mary-Helen and I now live in Memphis TN.  I moved in 2005 from Akron, Ohio.  My highest weight was 527.  I was banded on 4/24/07.  I am the typical fat chick...chunky as a child...and just never stopped.  Well now enough is enough.  I had the courage to have the surgery now it's time to find the courage to find my healthier slimmer person inside and invite her out!