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

I was a complete mess before I decided to have lap band! More emotionally than physically. My life was pretty much set...I had a great ife. The only problem was that I was overweight and knew I could not be the wife and mother that I wanted to be. I went from 240 to 170 pretty quickly after lap band surgery. I have maintained a weight of 180 for years. Several years ago I became pretty sick which I now know was because of my lap band. I am scheduled for a revision to a gastric sleeve on July 24, 2013. Let's hope this works better than the lap band!

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

Not being able to function as a normal human being and being judged...oh how I hated that! I also hate that I became overweight as all of my fathers side of the family was. My Mom and Dad had tried so very hard for me to not become obese. Some people may not agree but I know it in your genes.

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 enjoy everything...the small things like wearing a bikini or wearing clothes that do not cut in to you.