let's see here, my childhood was great. had great friends, great family. as i started getting into my teens, all my friends went down the wrong path... drugs, beer, destruction.. i on the other hand am not for all that jazz, i've always been able to control what i do, and how i do it, until i was 17 atleast. my mom found out she had AML (Acute Myloid Leukemia), and it just seemed to put me in a depression state of wanting to eat, and basically just block out socially. i gained 80lbs in less than a year, weighed 230 at age 18, worked at a pizza joint and that didn't help one bit, free pizza+soda = bad news bears for every day life.. i quit that job, started my self-control weight loss prgram april 05, a year later im 150lbs age 19. it wasn't all fun and games, i worked hard, i dropped caffeine, sweets, fast food completely, the only Un-Natural thing i have now is energy drinks on Non-Cardio Day's, (so 2 or 3 a week depending if im froggy). they say how long you put on the weight, is how long it is to take it off, and i'm proof of that. non-surgically speaking. and unless surgery is an absolute 100% have to type thing, i recommend losing weight  naturally and willingly, why? you'll gain mental strength, as well as physical, your will power will be un-believable, and you'll achieve one of the biggest goals a human being can achieve, gaining weight is easy losing weight is when it gets rough, and there is alot of obese people in the world, and that's why i want to go to college and become a nutritionist.