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

All my life I was overweight which caused a lot of stress both emotionally and behvarior wise. I tried a lot of different techniques in order to control my weight. Unfortunately, it became a roller coaster in my life. The Lap Band was the best thing that I could have ever done in order to resolve my weight problems and medical conditions that I was experiencing.

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

The worst things about being overweight are: The inability to find nice clothes that fit to your liking; being humiliated and laughed at the way you walk because of your weight problem;

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 like to walk alot whereas when I was overweight, it became a project. I am more active with my teenage children. I contribute a lot of my free time to Volunteer within the community.