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

I had always been overweight and teased thru school years. I gained and lost so many times until my weight reached 246 in 2012. The diabetes and numerous health problems just made me all the more willing to give up and I prayed inside for help but felt hopeless and alone. I finally got insurance that gave me the chance to have the gastric bypass I prayed for all those years and had my surgery in July,2012. I have done my absolute best to stay with it and not even cheat for a minute afraid to be me again. I am faithful yet I am struggling with my weight it won't budge. I changed my walking schedule, switched things around yet I am just not losing. I pray I haven't reached the end of the road with this. I am down now to 161 and want to lose down to at least 145. I could use any guidance and support from those of you out there that may have faced this same problem or know someone who has. I thank you all for being out there and for a sight that allows me finally just once in my life to admit my problems and be me. God bless all of you and please follow me along my journey it will give me strength.

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

Knowing the way people looked at me. Even here on the internet they could be so cruel. My friend who was thin used to tell me look see why you need to lose weight all these men looking for women but they don't want big beautiful women it says right here. It's true men hold doors for me now and offer me a seat where there's often not one where before it never happened. I am still or at least feel that fat women they saw - I am still me no matter what the outer shell is and I feel even more badly for anyone overweight.

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

Fitting in clothes I like. Crossing my legs and it stays there. Not feeling ashamed fitting in a chair or going to the movies. Being able to reach my toe nails and polish and trim them myself.