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

The health problems that i'm enduring....are made worse or are caused by my weight and behaviors...I was treated for binge eating...I am still overeating...but not binging the way i used to. and, I see a psychiatrist on a regular basis to work through my problems...rather than eat through them. I tried different diets over the years only to regain the weight and then some.

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

Not being able to walk properly, shortness of breath...arthritis and fibromyalgia...heart disease... and worst of all .... how other people treat you....cruel...even my own sister....is ashamed of me! now I have sleep apnea...but I might have had that before...I hope surgery weight loss improves it.

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 it yet...I am booked for Friday April 12, 2013! I start the liquid diet March 22nd.