Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I have gradually gained weight my entire adult life. I was in the military for ten years so i was able to maintain some semblance of weight control but after I got out and got married it started to be an uphill battle. I didnt care what I ate and how much I ate. I love food, I love to cook food for my friends and family and that was my crutch. Not to mention my super cravings for sugar! I would binge on food and sweets because I thought I was bored, but there were really other reasons emotionally that I did those things and I just wasnt honest with myself. I tried to eat right and exercise but once the weight was on and my belly was bloated and I look like im 11 months pregnant, I just had difficulty losing any weight. Once I passed the 300lb mark and my type two diabetes jumped from just taking pills to having to take insulin injections 4 times a day, I finally got scared enough to try to improve my health. My son is back living with me now, he is going on 14 and I really felt that i need to do the right thing in order to be here for my son. I want to be able to do things with him instead of just watch him...
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
the worst thing for me is all the simple little things that most people can do and I cant, like tie my shoes, wash myself completely in the shower, bending over to pick something up from the floor...Mostly the worst thing is how badly my health is deteriorating...
If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?
scheduled for surgery on march 1st 2012.
lemont B.
