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

before i had the surgery my emotional battle was terrible i was so unhappy i didn't want to go out of the house to work and that was it i was always thinking people were looking at me because of my weight all i wore was sweat pants and my work shirts......i was a diabetic and had high blood presssure off the charts i would lose and pound and than gain a pound this was my routine for the last ten years my life was a total roller coaster.....

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

the worst thing about being over weight was not being able to get the clothes i wanted and in the size i wanted ...i always thought people were looking at me because of my weight.....i was just misable and unhappy i never smiled and i didn't want to be around people......the worst thing that happened to me was one day i going up the steps with my five year old grand daughter she said "nana are getting ready to die"..i said why...she said because you keep making noise when your going up the steps .. so that was all i needed the next day i called dr katz's office and that was happiest day of my life my entire life has changed for the best...all i can say i'm so glad i made that call........

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

oh my goodness i can get up the steps without stopping now i smile more now even my co-workers said how much i smile now and it's the truth i'm a different person........i go to the gym five times a week i can walk on the treadmill for a hour without stopping now i'll walk around the gym to get to the next piece of equipment before the surgery i would stay on the treadmill and especially the closest one to the door so i could get on and get off fast as possible now i get on any treadmill that's not being used becasue my self confidence has come back and it had been gone for also ten to fifthteen days...