Hi there
I would start with a visit to your doctor to know exactly where you stand.
From what I've learned so far in my master herbalist studies, a 6 week
effort on a vegan diet to get yourself started would be a good start. Your body would begin
to cleanse and start tracking toward its genetically designed weight target.
At that point you could bring back in the food items you felt you could not do without at this early
stage. As you progress, you could then see if you could begin to track more toward the vegan level.
What most of us, me included, don't want to hear is that we need more raw dark greens and almost
no animal protein. Please research this, I think you will find it accurate.
Hope this helps