Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I guess for me, I would eat because I was bored. I would wake up in the middle of the night and eat what ever was in the fridge, that looked good to me at the time. I would eat in my room in front of the television. Mine started after having kids. I had two boys in a year apart, and then, my grandpa that I called Paw Paw got sick and passed away. Then 3 years later my grandmother on my mother's side got sick and died. I called her Maw Maw. They were my mother's parents and I grew up with them. I was truly their baby. They knew it too. I just gave up and didn't care anymore. Plus my husband was active duty military had was going through deployments. I went through 3 deployments with my husband. It was a really stressful time for me and the kids as well.
What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?
I guess for me it was the lack of energy. I didn't feel like going outside and playing with my kids. I hated to go clothes shopping because of my size. I felt like my husband was embarrassed to be around me in public, and he swore to me he wasn't. My health suffered because of the obesity. I became a diabetic, and fibromyalgia. Also the start of high blood pressure, sleep apnea, which I have had since I was a kid. The list literally goes on and on for the problems that being overweight has caused me. My kids were always telling me to loose weight.
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 had surgery on January 8th 2013, and it has been the best decision I have made. I am walking 4 miles a day. I am more active in playing with my kids. I enjoy going to the lake, or to the pool and swimming. I am more out going with my personality now. I am excited to go to shop at any clothes store. I am more health conscience. I don't miss the eating of all the food that I used too. I am more proud of myself than anything else. People who have known me my entire life, don't recognize me when they see me. It is fun to watch people's faces when I tell them who I am. It has truly been a blessing to me that I have done this surgery. My husband will tell anyone, I am a lot more happier, and healthier since I have lost 115 pounds. I would tell anyone that to think about it, pray about it, and know that it is going to change your life for the better. For me my journey took me over two years to decide to do it. I researched it, I prayed about it, and I talked to my doctor about it. I also came to this website to find the surgeon that is the best fit for me. I am referring him to anyone who asks me what I had done. The thing was about my journey, I didn't tell my husband about my thoughts, until I was a 100% sure that I wanted to go through with the surgery. Then I went to a seminar and started this wonderful journey.
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