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

I've been overweight since I was 10. Like most girls I dreamed of a beautiful prom dress and what I would wear under my cap and gown but when you're wearing a 22/24 its not much to choose from. Over the years Ive had problems with depression feeling like I couldn't get anything accomplished because of my weight. Felt like an outcast in college so I dropped out. Been in 2 relationships WHICH FAILED and I'm not sure if it was because of my weight or ME COMPLAINING ABOUT MY WEIGHT. By the time I was 25 I had 2 small children and weighed a whopping 320 in my 5'4 body YES I LOOKED LIKE A MEATBALL and I said ENOUGH IS ENOUGH I started dieting and exercising and my weight dropped to 282. I was proud of my accomplishments but wit my diet and working out 5 days a week THE SCALE STOPPED MOVING so I quit. I tried diet after diet weight watchers atkins and diet pills THEY WORKED but as soon as I stopped the weight came back. So I'm sitting and thinking about me being a mother of now 3 children 300 lbs and I COULDN'T KEEP UP. That made me say to myself ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE!!!!!!

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

The worst thing about being overweight is how people stare make smart remarks and i can't fit in any chairs or rides at amusement parks.

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

Waiting for my surgery date