Beginning in February 2007, I started seeing Sally Ray, a life coach and professional eating disorder counselor. Entries included here were written throughout the year as I traveled through the emotional hoo-ha of deciding how I could successfully lose 100 plus pounds from my defiant gut. Who knows how one gets to be this size? So many reasons. So many stories. No more excuses. Today I am on the other side of surgery. I now have a Realize lap band inside me. Here, I will share my journal entries and progress as a blog – catching up to the present.…