Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

I would not consider myself a binge eater, nonetheless I would stop eating for days when sad or depressed or going through a rough time. In 2016 I was able to loose weight with diet and exercise and was able to go down to 180 lbs. I was amazed and loved life, but then life happened as to most people and gained all the weight I had lost plus more. I kept trying to loose weight again and was just a hard time in life with depression that this was impossible.

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

I was always able to keep up with friends while hiking or doing activities. The summer of 2017 our church had a camping trip where there was rock climbing available and at the top you would come down the zip line. I was so for getting on and having fun, and I did except that at the almost top I was overcome by my weight and ended up head down and had to be brought back down. It was very embarrassing having gone through that, and that is when I realized I needed to loose the weight and needed help. In October of 2017 I made an appointment with Dr. Chauhan and had surgery June 25th of 2019.

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

I love that I feel more comfortable as I walk down that street. I really never was one to hide from public or behind clothes, but now I most definitely feel more alive and more up to beat.