With a BMI of 37 (height 5' 1", weight 198) at my yearly checkup, the doctor asked me to consider bariatric surgery. I was originally excited about the prospect of rediscovering a thinner me, but the implications and complications of surgery have left me wanting to achieve the same thing a more natural way.

The thought of surgery and all that would follow should keep me motivated.

With a BMI of 37 (height 5' 1", weight 198) at my yearly checkup, the doctor asked me to consider bariatric surgery. I was originally excited about the prospect of rediscovering a thinner me, but the implications and complications of surgery have left me wanting to achieve the same thing a more natural way.

The thought of surgery and all that would follow should keep me motivated.