My final straw was a long time building up-I was plump at 5'5 and around 200 pounds in college. During college I lost my mom at 53 due to a heart attack. She was almost 300 pounds and 5'3. I decided to try to get back into shape-made it to 160 pounds, gained it all back and then some a year after my wedding due to foot surgery (prevented me from walking too far for about a year. I am now quite unhappy with my 280 pound frame. I see pictures of myself and I don't recognize me. I was diagnosed with PCOS and I am doing this weight loss surgery because I want to be able to have children and and someday be around to be a grandmother, (my mom wasn't around to see that happen). I am 31 years old and just about to be put on the surgical waiting list (wait is about a month)