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Obesity & Me

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

I was always a chubby baby, chubby kid, fat teen and obese woman. I let food control me instead of me controlling the food. I used to say I don't care I'm happy, this is who I am and I am proud of myself. Really, I had no idea what I was doing, how empty my words were before I found out about the surgery I never really understood just how much of my life I was missing, how much I was honestly denying myself and my future happiness and well being.

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

The worst thing about being morbidly obese was everything. The clothes, the shoes, the medications, the constant need to always depend on food for happiness, honestly the lifestyle is awful. The breaking point was when I went out to eat with my family. I was 24 years young and I couldn't even fit into a booth. I wanted to cry, die and disappear all in one shot!

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

it's been four years since my Gastric by pass and honestly it's like a whole new life. I would go back and do it all again! I go shopping more, I dress up, I work out and I spend a great deal of time outside, I even tried a roller coaster twice! I started a new job, I moved out on my own and even met the love of my life :D and we are getting married July of this year. Loosing close to almost 200 lbs is really the best choice I've ever made, and even if I did it with surgery or not it was worth all the pain and suffering and food withdrawls in the world because at 26 years old, i honestly have more then I could ever imagine and more to come :D

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