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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I struggled with various dieting programs, losing 20 lbs here, 30 lbs there, but regaining the weight back plus some. I was an emotional eater, eating when I was happy, sad, upset, angry, stressed, etc... This made dieting a greater struggle for me due to lack of ability to control my impuses to overeat, especially high concetrated sweats. I did not have any problems medically with blood pressure, diabetes, or any other disease normally associated with obesity, but knew I was at risk for it, espcially since my mother is a diabetic and my father has high blood pressure. Even knowing those risks were elevated with my weight, I still could not control my eating habits. I would go to the store, purchase groceries, that would include things such as...