Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I always had trouble with my weight from childhood...i was abused and i thought if i ate i would hide myself but in the end i just got over weight and ended up getting back problems and most of all diabetes and high blood pressure at a young age.....i was teased in school from being big....i couldnt do alot of things because i was so over weight....at my highest weight i was 325lbs and than i lost 100 pounds through weight watchers....and i gain 3/4 of it back because i was an emotional eater and had more trauma in my life....before surgery in aug 2011 i weight in at 286...and now i am 220...i still have a long ways to go but i will get there.....
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
i was worried about losing my limbs from diabetes and also dieing at a young age...my mom died at the age of 56 and her sister died at the age of 50 and another one died at the age of 60 all of heart attacks.....my grandparents on her side of the family died of heart attacks to....so i was worried i would die young to with the family history we have...so i decided to fix my life and do this surgery also i couldnt walk ever far or go for a hike or do alot of things because i was so over weight......
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 surgery aug 15 2011 and since than i have lost 68 pounds and i have been out walking more .....climbing up hills which i could never do before.....my diabetes is at rest now and my blood pressure is done.....i am enjoying buying smaller clothes....i can go to a restaurant and not worry about the seats in there because i was afraid i couldnt fit in the seats.....i so enjoy my life thus far after doing this.....only thing i dont like is my hair falling out but i know it will come back in.....now i just want to reach my goal weight and be happy.....and of course live longer....its been a year and half.... and i have lost 175 pounds and i am out doing more and more every day....i have so much energy even for my age i just want to keep going and going....i am now in a size med to large and went from a 4 or 5 x in clothes down to med and large....i am happy i did the surgery although i have some complications i wouldnt change it for the world....i would suggest this to anyone who has a hard time with there weight or who has diabetes.....i no longer have that either and that in itself was worth what i went through...
Gwen Boldick
