Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I have been over weight my whole life passing 200lbs by age 13 and 300lbs by16. Always accepting less in life because I didn't think I could do better joining whatever crowd that would accept me. Always being the biggest in my group of friends and having the younger prettier sister. I jumped into the first relationship after school where a low life said ,"I love you" believing that like a fool I went threw 4yrs of being abused physically and mentally ultimately winding up a single mother of two by age 21. Finally I at least got my priorities straight and graduated from nursing school making it easier to support my children. After dating several questionable characters to Quench my thirst for attention I married my husband in 2005. He accepted me as I was actually liking bigger women and assumed the role of daddy to my babies. We have had our ups and downs but some of our downs def. didn't help my self concept. Now at 32 I have a very strong personality and a great career, but still secretly hold little self value. My strong personality I guess developed after years of allowing people to run over me, and it sometimes causes problems at home due to me trying to control everything. My dad 7 months ago decided to have weight loss surgery once the realization of our family history of health complications hit him, having chronic pain in legs, and taking 11 medications for diabetes and loos pressure. He has went from 310 to 238 and is off all but one pill 7 months post op. My dad felt so good he was inclined to ask me if I was interested in surgery as well fearing I was headed for diabetes like most women in our family. Well of course I was seeing his success so he offered to pay half since my insurance would not cover it and before I knew it I had my surgery scheduled for May 29, 2013. My hubby didn't really want me to have it but paid for it anyway saying he would support whatever I wanted. Unfortunately he works out of town and couldn't be there but has called frequently. I'm 4 days postoperative and feeling kinda blah today, but keeping my eye on the prize.
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
Being young but never being able to dress age appropriate with in style clothes use to them not being in my size. Always being the "big girl" of the group.
If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?
Hard to tell till way early.
Lizbethj1980
