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

I am 41 years 5ft 9 and weigh 300lbs. As a child I was a little overweight and never thought much of it because I was always very active and could keep up. As a teenager I was skinny stayed active and still thought I was fat. Always wondered my mother sister dad and brother all stayed small. I ate healthy and was always active. Then in my 20s I would gain and then lose it all and more, I yoyo'd like that until I hit 27 then I just stayed at 250. I got married, had my daughter at 32 I weighed 257 in the beginning of my pregnancy and 257 when I had her, lost 40lbs within 4months, six months after birth I found out I had graves disease, had the radioactive iodine, my thyroid is not active . I have steadily gained since then. I have fell into bad eating habits, such as no breakfast a bad lunch and sometimes I would eat dinner and sometimes not. I am now ready to do something about my weight and get back to a more active lifestyle. My family are very supportive. My gastric sleeve surgery is scheduled for July 22, 2013. I am very excited!

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

Th worst thing about being overweight is feeling embaraced.

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

My surgery is scheduled.