Leah1

Obesity & Me

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

I was always eating. I ate when upset,nervous ,board food was my comfort

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

The way people treated me. I couldn't walk without getting out of breath. I was ashamed of being so big. People thought I was just lazy or treated me as if I had the plaque.

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

Buying clothes that fit. I lost 160 pounds kept it off for seven years. I have been putting a lot of weight back on now.

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