I was always an active and relatively health individual until I got sick around 2006. I spent years suffering, and three surgeries later, I'm 185 lbs and 5 ft short, with an assortment of health issues. Now, rather than my excess weight arising from my health issues, my excess weight has now caused additional health problems like bone spurs in my cervical spine and disc degeneration due to my spine being crushed by my weight. I need to lose weight or I will not survive as long as I would like, and furthermore the quality of life I have now pales in comparison to when I was healthy.