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

I have been battling my weight year after year after year after year. seems like I've always had a weight problem. I remember when I was 19 I felt overweigh. I join Weight losers international in Milwaukee and I lost down to 177. My weight was yo-yoed all my life. I have try Weight Watchers, diet pills, you name it I probably have tried it. I am just tired of being overweight. I was like a lot of people thought having a weight loss surgery was the easy way out but it is not. it has been 1 of the hardest decisions to make in my life. It has taken me over 5 years to make up my mind. I now have a wonderful doctor and she is helping me with this process. I am still scared and nervous but this is what I want to do. Even now doing the waiting period I eat right for days and days then I just lose control and the circle starts all over again.

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

One of the worst things about being overweight is not being able to buy decent clothing. Not being able to move about comfortably. I hate my thighs rubbing together irritating me. I hate always being the largest person in the room. I hate not being able to sit in any chair I like. I have to pick chairs without arms or squeeze in a chair and feel like people are looking at me sitting in a chair that too small for me. Most of all I hate being out of control with food.

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

surgery is schedule for December 2012