Hi my name is Danielle and I am 24 years old. I have been married 5 years to a wonderful man who just came home from serving overseas in Iraq. My obesity began as a child asking my parents for cookies and snacks all hours of the day and being told a firm "NO!" Then i took that decision in my own hands by sneeking food at a very young age. I remember hiding cookies, cake frosting, biscuts, bread and other snacks under my bed in a box and eating them late at night or after school. I never was involved in any extra curricular activities to keep me active and my parents didn't like the neighborhood kids a whole lot so i didn't go outside alot either. It wasn't till i was 16 that i began taking dance lessons and taking my weight a little more seriously. I loss a few pounds here and there but not a lot to keep it off. I have a younger 21 year old sister that has been active her entire life and weights a buck 25. She is has everything i want to have: a perfect body, breast, arms, legs, stomach, face, i just want to be healthy like her. She can eat a whole box of mac & cheese and not gain a lb. and i even just as much smell or think of eating mac & cheese and I gain 10 lbs. How fair is that? I just want to be thin and healthy. Am i asking for a lot? Maybe!? But with the help of my doctor and my insurance they can make this girls every dream and wish come true by telling me "Danielle you are APPROVED!" When that day comes i will be on top of the Grand Canyon screeming "THANK YOU JESUS!"