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Obesity & Me

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

Hmmmm.....I never could understand how I even got heavy, but lack of exercise would be my guess. I was never a big eater, yet I am sure people assume I was. People close to me knew this was not the case. I went on two diets in my life and they both worked. I had to exercise a lot and watch what I ate and the weight came right off. As I got older it got harder. I suffered with GERD most of my life. I got to the point where I was ok with my weight and figured this is where my body wants to be. I was really ok with that. I never had a bad body image. In fact, if there is a such thing...I never saw the fat??? Of course that was until I had this surgery and looked at before pictures. That was an EYE opener, for sure. This is the best thing I have EVER done, besides having my four wonderful sons!!

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

The worst thing for me was the lack of energy. I have 5 grandchildren now and I could hardly keep up with them. I never thought much about my weight, honestly, until they came along. I had zero energy and now I have more THAN I EVER HAVE!!!!! DO it if you are thinking about it, you will not be sorry! Having said that: The first few weeks are not great, no pain for me, just different. Always in the back of your mind just keep saying...it will get better, it will get better!! It does and is so WORTH it!!!!! I would do it again in a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!

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 can cross my legs indian style, silly, huh, but that was an EYE opener for me!!!!!! I can play with my grandchildren and not get out of breath, I can climb a flight of stairs and be ok,,,,as a matter of fact I can do 80 minutes of Cardio and probably more!!! I am so glad I did this. Go for it if it something you are thinking about. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my life and I loved it before. I never knew it could be this GOOD!!!!

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