Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
To me my battle with weight control before surgery was hard and I tried so many times to do things but nothing would ever really work, not for long any way. At one point in time I was almost 400lbs if not over 400. I was heavy my entire life. I was hurt many times and cured that hurt with food. When i would get bored I would eat. I would never look into mirrors because I thought I looked horrible and even after I got married to my wonderful and very supportive husband the issues still remained. I dealt with high blood pressure and had to take medications to deal with it. I have a hip disease and at over 300 pounds the pain in my hip was practically unbearable. I had lost 74 pounds but gained most of it back and after that every time I would eat something I would get mad at myself and hate myself because I should not have eaten it. To put it short being overweight (morbidly obese) hurt emotionally and physically. i am still on the road to a healthy weight but my outlook on life is so much better now
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
For me the worst thing about being overweight is not being able to enjoy a activities with friends and family, having pain and getting out of breath when just walking few feet, being put down and ending up having a low sense of self worth
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 had VSG surgery on October 18,2011. Since then I have lose 51 pounds and am constantly getting compliments and finding out that i am able to do things I haven't done in a while or never have done. Just the other day I was able to bend and touch my toes with my leg straight, I can walk up my stairs without getting out of breath and working out is so much fun to me. Getting used to eating slowly and smaller portions was hard and sometimes I still have trouble but I have no regrets about having my surgery and I am always willing to talk about it with whoever would like to know.
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