Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I was always thin my whole life. I always ate whatever I wanted and whenever I was hungry without worry or exercise. What I didn't realize was that obesity is hereditary in some cases and it would soon catch me too. I had managed to stay small well past the ages where others in my family had become heavy. With my reckless, non-chalant attitude toward eating, I gradually started to pick up weight in my early 20s, but convinced myself it was okay because now I finally had girly curves. My other mistake was not caring about how much I weighed as long as I thought my body still looked good. After 2 children in 19months and just having enough energy to make it through the day, those curves weren't looking so good anymore. My husband has been very attentive; always showing and telling me that he is still attracted to me and making me feel like I'm beautiful so I was lucky that it was easy to hide my own self-disgust. The lingerie started to get pushed to the back of the drawer, then pulled out on special occasions, and now it's in a special drawer with hopes and dreams of getting back into it all! My children love me but they are of the age where kids tease and talk about things and I'm sure that someone has said something about their mom being fat. They would never hurt my feelings by saying that, but they are ever so suggestive in telling me about things on tv that I can order, places I can go, pills I can take or things I can eat to help me lose weight. I just couldn't take anymore so I decided to do something about it, which is what brought me to bariatric surgery.
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
Not being able to do simple things we take for granted like walk around the mall or a grocery store just because of being tired or getting out of breath. Not being able to run around the park or roll around in the grass with my kids. Not being able to take the stairs. The agony of chronic lower back pain while you're just standing for too long. Having to buy clothes in sizes that end in multiple Xs and sometimes not having the normal number fit and have to get it in a bigger size. Not liking the limited fashions in plus sizes. Not being able to afford nicer, more fashionable clothes in plus sizes. Not liking how the clothes look once you put them on anyway. And most importantly, not feeling sexy (or any other self-esteem issues).
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