Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
i have struggled with my weight and eating habits since like 7th grade... i remember in 6th grade being weighed and it was 101lbs... i was embarrassed.. at that time i was 4'10" .. the next time i remember weighing i was 18 years old and jokingly i got on the scale at a factory those real big ones... anyhow i weighed 265 lbs.. i was horrified i had no clue i was so big.. that point on i excercised i tried gyms.. diets.. walking.. nothing worked.. so i did what i thought would be a good quick fix... that would be drugs.. yup thats right i saw how ppl around me lost to fast just by smoking crack :( ( not happy about the choice but its part of the journey) well i did i went from a size 28 to a 16 and from 265 to 160 lbs in 5 months.. also i went from a normal overweight happy go lucky person to a dopie.. i sold the drugs for a couple months and i was not in the normal state of mind.. and that one day it hit me like a ton of bricks.. on july 27th 1997 i said i gotta stop because i lost sight of the reason to do this.. and was feeling like i was becomming a junkie.. so i got ahold of a friend and ask her for help.. so she did she took me away.. litterally 100 miles away to where she lived.. when i left town i left all of that behind.. i said idk about the weight i wont let it control me that bad to do that kinda stuff to lose it... and i didnt look back..i was drug free since that day and i also ignored my weight.. within a year i gained over 100 lbs.. i just ignored it i didnt go out alot just to work.. then a day i couldnt do something basic as easily as before so i said i gotta do something.. i tried basic diets and stuff again... i cut out soda and walked 2 hours a day.. i cut back foods.. still ate the fried stuff though i figured if i ate less of it it would be better... but none of what i did worked at all... so i gave up completly.. i moved back to my hometown in 2004 and did nothing.. just worked as little as possible and stayed at home... well one day i went to dr and got on scale and it said 357 lbs... i cried.. i knew i was big but never thought i was that big.. i knew i needed to do something drastic again.. so i talked to the dr and they recomended the bypass.. its either die large or die trying to fix it... so thats what i did...
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
the embarrasment... the inability to do basic daily things... getting wore out going up 5 steps...
If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?
oh my gosh... before surg. i couldnt do much.. now i love walking miles upon miles... hiking mountains... doing the 1000 steps (its literally 1000 steps up a mountain) i love doing trails..i love being social... i can do anything... i can fit anywhere.. dont have to worry if ill fit through an entrance or in a chair or on a ride..
stephanie29
