Well here I am. I have been over weight all my life. I am ready to be done with it. I have tried diets and other things only to fail a week later. I am terrified that I will not have the drive to do everything that is needed for this because I have failed before. What made everyone here decide to do it? Any advice?

i decided to because i got up to wayy more then i ever thought i would be and i have sleep apnea, border line diabetic ,pcos, and am infertile. I couldn't walk hardly and i had to use a scooter when i went to walmart. now i am 6 days post op and since i started this process like 3 months ago i lost close to 40 lbs already! i can walk around my neighborhood now and all my clothes are getting big now.

I have been dieting since I was 11yrs old. Up and down, up and down with my weight. I was watching it go up again to it's highest @ 213lbs and I just felt like it was going to keep going up and if I didn't do something. I just knew I was going to be 300lbs if I didn't change. Problem was, I was always hungry. I could eat and eat and eat. I would wake up thinking about what I would eat for breakfast. After eating a large meal I would want desert, a snack, and then I'd start thinking about what I was going to eat at the next meal. I never felt full. I just had no desire to even try any more because I knew I was going to fail again. I'd start a diet and then cheat and then fail. Etc. Etc. I knew I could diet if I just wasn't hungry. If I could get that feeling of satisfaction or of being full. And if I could diet and not fear putting it all back on. I also was afraid of getting anything cut, altered, re-routed, etc. If I had problems or regretted it or whatever it could be removed. Good luck on your decision. I am happy with mine.