I'm sixteen and I weigh over 425lbs. I really need help. My sisters are encouraging but it's in my genes to be overweight and they think I wouldn't be able to get far with just exercise and dieting alone. So they suggested GBS. I would do it. I think I'm mature enough to handle it. To go through the emotions. I would need help talking to my mother about it though. I don't want this surgery to just lose weight, but to be healthy. So I have years added to my life instead of them being taken away. I'm always severally depressed because of my weight and I think it would help me with my treatment if I were to lose the weight. Does anyone have any helpfull ways of talking to my mother or how to go about getting everything done in order for me to be approved for the surgery?