Heavy adjustments; Rapid weight loss brings psychological changes.(Business Lives)

Byline: SAMANTHA MARSHALL

Since gastric bypass surgery and several body-contouring operations helped Tracy Gannon drop to 150 pounds from 426 pounds, she has been fantasizing about the possibilities of a new life, despite her marriage of 15 years. The physical difference is so extreme that when her kids look at her wedding photos, they ask, "Who is that woman with Daddy?''

Her internal changes are just as striking. Ms. Gannon is going out socially more often and getting her nursing degree so she can stand on her own two feet.

"No one prepared me