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

I've been overweight all my life but it never really bothered me when I was younger because I was always so active. It started bothering me when I was pregnant for my first child & got really bad after my 2nd. I now have fibro & there are days when I can't get out of bed & need help from my husband or children. I'm now at my heaviest weight & I'm so scared that if I were to fall or need help getting up, I'd be too heavy for them to help me.

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

Although I never understood, I remember being told by my father & other relatives that I had such a pretty face & how much more attractive I'd be if I could lose weight. I've been dieting on & off since my 20's & I've never been able to stick with something or getting discouraged that I had "cheated" that I'd just give up.

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

haven't had it yet