Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
As with most people who decide to have bariatric surgery I rode the roller coaster of ups and downs. Both in my weight and emotionally. I had tried so many different sure fire plans of weight loss and granted I did lose a lot of weight, but dang if it didn't find it's way home!! I did find at one time if I stuck to the Weight Watcher plan and exercised religiously I could keep the weight off but it was not something that I could do for a life time without the surgery to help with the food control. I know what is a healthy meal, I know how to eat, it was the lack of control and not having the ability to do it for a lifetime that would get to me. Each time I would gain the weight back I would feel worse than I did the time before both physically and mentally. I had even tried the attitude that, "heck some of us are meant to be heavy and so I am going to quit fighting it", but that didn't work either as the "skinny" me wanted out!!
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
I can't just name one thing that was (or is) the worst thing about being overweight. I think that I got so I hated to go to social events even though I am a very social person. I didn't want friends of my husband or children to see me and have it reflect on them!! I also wanted (or still want) to do so many different things, like para-sailing, water skiing, horseback riding, hiking, just being active and I wouldn't even attempt to do those things.
Stacy C.
