I agree with Kira...the surgery can fix that body but it can't fix the brain. Depression is a physical state that has to be addressed in counseling and possibly with medication. I get that when you are locked in a body that seems to be fighting you doing those things that make you healthy, it's like carrying a weight around your neck that weighs done your very soul. You are NOT alone! Even if you are embarassed or too tired to get out and socialize you are not alone...you have us!
I was in counseling for "why I eat" for a year before my actual surgery date...found that I was using food as a coping mechanism to cover for my abuse history. If I hadn't done all the work I did on that subject, i would have had surgery and then went right back to where I was...depressed, miserable and fat.
I did everything I could to make this surgery work...I worked HARD to get my insurance to pay for it, I worked hard to do exactly what my surgeon wanted me to do...I exercise, eat well, continue to do my counseling so I DON"T throw this chance away at better health, a better life!
Be prepared to literally and figuatively WORK YOUR BUTT OFF! You, my friend...like all of us, deserve it! Deserve that best life has to offer....get off the couch, go for a walk...then call a counselor, a surgeon and see where the path outside your door could lead!!
Angela