I am wanting to be on a diet because I am extremely overweight. I am 5′3 and weigh about 213 lbs. My problem is that I LOVE food and I was raised in an environment that when it came to dinnertime, you either ate what you had on the table or you went hungry, and that was including cleaning everything on your plate. My family were farmers and had very little as it was so we ate whatever we had in our house. Well, as far as I can remember, I have always done that. I’ve tried a few diets, with success but then gained weight back plus more. I’ve have been thinking lately about becoming a vegetarian. I have been thinking of this because my sister-in-law and mother-in-law are vegetarians and seem to be extremely healthy, along with being in their weight ranges for their ages. I’m needing to know where and how I should start looking into becoming a vegetarian and how many different types of vegetarians there are. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.