What was the final thing that you encountered that made you say this is enough? I have had numerous.

1. Leaving a wife and 2 sons, Husbandless and fatherless.

2. Not being able to get on amusement park rides with my sons.

3. Not being able to take my wife to a concert, because i could not fit in a seat.

4. Avoiding restuarant,movie theaters and sports complexes with tiny seats.

For me, walking through a a department store and some little child looking at me like im a alien had to be one the hardest things.

Respectfully,

Joe

Have been living and accepting my diagnosis with High Blood Pressure for over ten years. Getting weighed in October and receiving my lab results being diagnosed with low LDL and diabetic. Tipping the scale at 295 weighing more than I ever had even through my pregnancy with my now three year old. I told my DR I am tired of being a YOYO dieter and she referred me to Dr. Bessler for bariatric surgery. One more weigh in for my six month weight journey to send all to AETNA for approval. I have now lost 25 pounds on my own weighing 270 and can't wait to get my life back.

Lost my mother to heart disease when she was 31 and I was 16. Lost my grandmother to diabetes. I want to see my daughter grow up and see my 21 and 19 year old sons get married and have a family. Being a walking stroke or heart attack is what broke this camels hump, last straw having to take three different pills for three different illnesses. Duodenal Switch is going to be a life changing event for me and my family.

I cant wait to change my life good luck to you all!

The straw tha that did it for me was seeing my sister in her coffin at 40 yrs old. Her coffin was the size of a Piano case which made it so hard to see. Not being able to clean myself thoroughly, & aching joints, o have teenagers & I want teenagers my to have fun with me. I wanna travel & not . Post for 2 seats. I wanna remarry, & date. I wanna live not be ok n a 400lb prison.

The straw tha that did it for me was seeing my sister in her coffin at 40 yrs old. Her coffin was the size of a Piano case which made it so hard to see. Not being able to clean myself thoroughly, & aching joints, o have teenagers & I want teenagers my to have fun with me. I wanna travel & not . Post for 2 seats. I wanna remarry, & date. I wanna live not be ok n a 400lb prison.

The straw tha that did it for me was seeing my sister in her coffin at 40 yrs old. Her coffin was the size of a Piano case which made it so hard to see. Not being able to clean myself thoroughly, & aching joints, o have teenagers & I want teenagers my to have fun with me. I wanna travel & not . Post for 2 seats. I wanna remarry, & date. I wanna live not be ok n a 400lb prison.

Seeing my sister buried n a coffin that resemble a piano case. I had never seen something so mystifying sad & disturbing. Not being able to properly clean myself is another issue,I can't keep up with the kids. Im aching all the time. They is never gonna be a reasonable time to get your self together. So im balling out of this 400lb prison by any means. I read to live.

Seeing my sister buried n a coffin that resemble a piano case. I had never seen something so mystifying sad & disturbing. Not being able to properly clean myself is another issue,I can't keep up with the kids. Im aching all the time. They is never gonna be a reasonable time to get your self together. So im balling out of this 400lb prison by any means. I read to live.

Seeing my sister buried n a coffin that resemble a piano case. I had never seen something so mystifying sad & disturbing. Not being able to properly clean myself is another issue,I can't keep up with the kids. Im aching all the time. They is never gonna be a reasonable time to get your self together. So im balling out of this 400lb prison by any means. I read to live.

For me it wasn't anything special. Summer was coming and I tried to put on some jean shorts I've worn for the past few seasons. They wouldn't fit. I was NOT going to buy any larger clothes. I did buy a few pairs of shorts to get me through the summer, but that was it.

Also we live in a hilly, high-altitude area. I couldn't walk to the corner because it was straight up and I would get out of breath.

I have tried every new fad diet out there. I would do great for a month or so but always fell back into old habits. I lost 50lbs in 2011 and shortly after got pregnant with baby #2 and gained close to 80lbs during my pregnancy. I dropped some of the weight but I am the biggest I have ever been in my life. My fiancé wants to set a wedding date and has been begging me to have family photos done. I have never considered WLS until the day my fiancé was being silly trying to make me laugh after I had a bad day and he put on my pajama pants and they could have fit 2 or 3 of him in them. I almost threw up and I just broke down and the tears just fell down my cheeks. He felt so bad and it was not his intension to upset me. Later that night I made the decision to have WLS and spoke to him about it the next day and he said he would hold my hand and stand by me no matter what. So next week I have my first appointment with my surgeon and I should be having my surgery in mid April. I want to be able to walk down the isle and feel freaking fabulous about myself. I want to have that first family photo taken and proudly hang it in my home! I am so thankful for this forum and all of you who bravely post your adventures into WLS!

Edited March 11, 201412 yr by Zuzu_Petals

I have tried every new fad diet out there. I would do great for a month or so but always fell back into old habits. I lost 50lbs in 2011 and shortly after got pregnant with baby #2 and gained close to 80lbs during my pregnancy. I dropped some of the weight but I am the biggest I have ever been in my life. My fiancé wants to set a wedding date and has been begging me to have family photos done. I have never considered WLS until the day my fiancé was being silly trying to make me laugh after I had a bad day and he put on my pajama pants and they could have fit 2 or 3 of him in them. I almost threw up and I just broke down and the tears just fell down my cheeks. He felt so bad and it was not his intension to upset me. Later that night I made the decision to have WLS and spoke to him about it the next day and he said he would hold my hand and stand by me no matter what. So next week I have my first appointment with my surgeon and I should be having my surgery in mid April. I want to be able to walk down the isle and feel freaking fabulous about myself. I want to have that first family photo taken and proudly hang it in my home! I am so thankful for this forum and all of you who bravely post your adventures into WLS!

Good luck to you Zuzu_Petals! What an awesome fiance you have! I'm scheduled for mid-april too! See you on the loser's bench

My final straw was... buying YET another pair of jeans.

I love wearing jeans when I am a normal weight and this was quite recent, about a year ago when I was very successful with the lapband reaching a normal BMI. But, the band failed mechanically and I had to have it removed. Within one year I regained all the weight and am obese again

Every time I bought a new pair if jeans as I went up the sizes I would say "This is ENOUGH. I am not going up another size" but, slowly but surely I did, with no sign if stopping.

One day I put on some fairly recently bought jeans and, YET AGAIN, they had become too tight only a month or so after buying them. This was my breaking point... the straw that broke my camel's back... the jeans that tipped me over the edge... I looked at myself and I just knew that I couldn't fight it any more

So, so sick and tired of being obese. And it feels 100 times worse because I know what it's like to feel normal when I was a healthy weight with the gastric band.

I'm now awaiting a date for a gastric sleeve. Going through checks with psychologist, dietician, endocrinologist, and any other ologist they tell me to... just ask me, I'll be there!

I have just been given a possible date in April, but am not going to start believing it until it is definitely confirmed after all my preop assessments are complete. Hmmmm, probably won't believe if until I'm in the operation room being given the anaesthetic. Although I'll probably be so scared by that point that I will be worried that I'll run away screaming! So, on that basis I probably won't be able to believe it until after the operation.

So, I am very much looking forward to joining the losers' bench with @@green*eyed*girl and @ in April. Here's wishing good luck to both of you

Edited March 20, 201412 yr by Band2Sleever

I would say mine was riding in airplanes. I travel a lot for work and it was so uncomfortable to be in a flight at over 300lbs. The seatbelt barely fastened. I was just plain old tired. It seems like a small thing now but it really hit me during a flight to AK when I was actually booking a flight based on getting a window seat because I was more comfortable there.

My aha moment was when I saw a picture of myself, and I could not believe that I am this fat. It hurt me because I actually thought that I took the picture at a good angle but I was wrong all angles are round. not kidding, quite depressing.

Great thread! I have many of the same reasons as everyone else. People really treat fat people differently. I notice when people greet my thin friends and can't even look at me. Not everyone is like this but I find myself staying at home more and more. I went to the movies today with my kids, sat down in the chair and realized how large I really am again. It's like I don't know the size of my body and I'm surprised by it often. I couldn't even put my drink in the cup holders on the seat because my body was in the way. I went to a Cub Scout meeting with my youngest child earlier this week and sat in a seat that wobbled and was only large enough for half my rear. I didn't move very much for fear I'd break the chair In front of 200 people. I'm the size of 2.5 adults. Bigger than a NFL player.....actually I weight about the same as a Linebacker that's 6'7" tall. I have so many reasons for having surgery. I've been obese my entire adult life. I was an obese child when children weren't obese. I lose weight and gain it all back plus more. So many diets and so much exercise. I'm hungry, that's all there is to it! I love food. I'm so scared to have surgery because I can't imagine myself being a thin person. I don't want to draw that much attention to myself. I read all the success stories and get excited and nervous because I might be one of those stories in a year. I'm scared it won't work. I'm scared that I will lose it all and gain it all right back. If I don't have surgery I will die....possibly before my kids are grown. I want to have sex with my husband. I can't do that right now. Im just too fat and uncomfortable. I'm an alien in my own body. I want to clip my own toenails and tie my shoes without having to do it super fast or in steps because I can't reach my feet and breathe at the same time. I want to be able to buy clothing in the 0-18 size people section! I want to wash myself without having to resort to extra "tools" to reach certain areas. I want to fit into an airplane seat and a toilet seat and a regular old chair! I want to be able to go down water slides with my kids and go on rides at amusement parks. I want people to see me and not my body. I recently went for a job interview and was sure I'd be rejected because of my weight. Surprisingly I got the job! I want to walk without having to stop and catch my breath all the time. I want to take my dogs for a walk. There are so many reasons why I'm doing this. Too many to list I suppose. :-) I can't wait for my transformation!