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

I have been struggling with my weight since my junior year of high school. I was probably 10 pounds overweight, then after high school I was about 20 pounds overweight. Once I got married and pregnant for the first time, I took that as permission to eat anything and everything I wanted and not feel guilty. Unfortunately I have never looked back and hit my highest weight of 277 pounds in 2012.

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

Feeling like everyone was looking at me, face gets beet red with ANY exertion, sweating, clothes shopping, too tired to enjoy anything except eating.

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

Haven't had surgery yet.