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

I`ve been overweight since I was 12. Food has been a great comfort as I didn`t have many friends or a good home life. Over the years I dieted and exercised, i followed doctors diets and simply increased my weight no matter what I ate. When I was 17 I was diagnosed with PCOS and the battle began for real with the weight. I can maintain but never seem to get below 260, no matter what I do.

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

Being teased, bullied, beaten up because I was `fat`and `wouldn`t feel it`when I was hit. Being unable to lose weight and dealing with the negative words and attitudes of people who said/felt that I had no discipline or self control and was just too lazy. I have always worked hard and been in good health, yet that has been over shadowed by my weight and the endless advice about how sexy/cute/better I would be if I just lost weight.

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

Waiting for surgery.