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

Hi everyone I'm a new one. I have fought with my weight sense the day I had my 1st child. Now after having 4 I had enough of being the fat wife and mom so I took control and had the lapband

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

Is being to embarrased to go out or to go to a school party for the kids. And just getting to be room mother. With out the other parents saying a rude remark. I remeber a lady telling her daughter see if u eat that oreo u r going to look like that I was crushed

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 the lapband 2yrs ago and my dr told me it was a slower proess than gastric but at the time I liked the idea that if something ever went wrong it could come out. Well two weeks ago I was bite by a spider right on the port just a freak accident and my port got infected so the dr and I decided to remove it all to make sure the tube and band wouldn't become infected now in about4 to 6 months I can have another put in after I heal up this time I'm going for the sleave the fills for the band do get expensive unless u have good insurance. And with the band I did lose 80 pounds but it did take awhile its not a quick fix but it does work and I relized the slower I lost it the more tone my skin was no more fat hanging I have another 50 to go and I'm hoping the sleave will work faster to get it off but for anyone who wants the band I did do good just make sure ur dr sews the port down really good some don'tand make sure ur dr knows you want the band sewed down to it will help with it not to slipi went for a 22 to14 it does work just have to watch what u eat u may get sick from certain foods bread is the worst and steak or hard meats