I had surgery on Jan 10th your energy will get better as far as your emotions that will change also. My family has been very supportive especially my sister that had this done 5 years ago, she's doing great. She was a size 5x and now she weighs 116. She is my mentor and she lives in fl and I'm in Nashville. Always always talk to whoever, there is no silly question. Good luck, by the way I'm a Latina also and we love food right but you can do this Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App