Margaret.hollar

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  • BMI 53.8

Obesity & Me

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

Food and I battle like jack Daniels and an alcoholic. If something I like is in the house I can't stop obsessing until it is eaten. I hate cooking as well so although I eat food very healthy for me (raw veggies, yogurt, whole wheat bread, chicken and seafood) each day traditionally filled with disgustingly high quantities of snacks. The snacks ave helped fill the void where I have not planned ahead and need something to eat right away to "tide me over." I am disgusted by the textures of a lot of foods and have been since I was a child--no cooked vegetables for me, no casseroles or gravies, no beans without gagging and forget eating something if I don't know every ingredient in it. I am a basket case of poor habits conjoined with the love of fruits and vegetables.

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

I have been overweight since puberty. I have never been concerned with scale numbers but...I can't ride roller coasters, I can't sit in a movie seat, I have to ask for a seatbelt extension, I don't fit in some bathroom stalls, I have to request a table instead of a booth and I can't fit on my bicycle any more. I'm done.

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

I don't miss diet Pepsi like I feared. But I can't wait for food I can chew!

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