Has anyone heard of the theory that we inherit our fat genes only from our mother?

I heard this a week or two ago on TV, but I can't remember where or when exactly, so I might not even have this all down correctly. But it was said that we inherit our fat genes from our mothers because we get her mitochondria from the egg cell, and it's the mitochondria that's responsible for energy production & metabolism. My mother is skinny, so I guess that means I'm fat because I was nothing but a gluttonous, lazy, good-for-nothing pig. When I look back at all the times I binged & stuffed myself with food, then this description seems to apply to me. I hope I didn't knock anyone out there. I'm just feeling down about myself. I guess it's that good ol' post-op depression setting in. I had my surgery (open distal RNY) on 5/21/01, almost 5 weeks ago, and I keep getting these thoughts that I'm failing; that I'm gaining instead of loosing (I don't weigh myself 'cause I don't have a scale to fit me; I wait till I go to the dr's); that I will be one of the ones that this surgery won't work for. Though, if the above theory is correct, then I should be able to loose quickly, since my mother is skinny, right?

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