Then and now

I did it before by myself. I went from 250 to 150 in 8 months with dedication and discipline. Then I gained it all back and then some. My highest this time was 315. I have yo yo'd with weight my entire adult life, and after having my last child in 2012 and ending up with respiratory failure caused by edema (caused by weight) I was done gambling with my life. 

This surgery is more than just helping me lose weight, but giving me the restriction later once I am at goal so that unless I sabotage myself, there is no reason I should ever be as heavy as I was again.