Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I had been over weight majority of my life, was always teased in school as my last name is "Barr" and referred to as choclate barr and barebells which hurt. I was constantly trying weight watchers, slim fast, not eatting, ect, ect. Food was always my go to for comfort as I was the heavy one and all my friends were out playing sports and I couldn't keep up due to choices i had made in my life as teen
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
I would have to say the worst thing about being overweight was being told my a grandparent that I was a disgrace to the family due to my weight, the past 5 years not being able to have a bath for fear of getting stuck in the tub, being diagosed with PCOS due to my weight which put me at very high risk of not being able to get pregnant
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 RNY July 28, 2011 and feel like a whole new person and am so thankful for being given a second chance at life.
To date I have lost 105lbs in the past 6 months since surgery and have so much energy. My mom made a comment that I am a much happier person and before surgery she was concerned as I was a very unhappy person the past few years and she was very worried about me which I never realized I was even in that state.
I am now able to sit cross legged on the floor and get back up with no trouble, I can have a bath and get out no problems in fact the first time I had a bath I sat and cried in the tub cause it had been so long since I had had one and I actually had room on both sides of me!!!!!
I can run up a flight of stairs and not be out of breath where as I could not even walk up the stairs before without getting out of breath!
I LOVE MY RNY!!!! I regret not doing this sooner!
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