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I saw Oprahs show yesterday on addition transference. How dare she act like only ppl with wls are the ones that suffer from this. I know that it happens and can happen to anyone with additive problems. There are also good things that we can replace our addictions with. so with that said I will ask this question for the day. what if any have you replaced your over eating addiction with? I have always played on line games so I didnt replace it with that.. I know I have an addictive nature.. I feel like my over eating addiction is still hiding in me and wants to come out but I fight it tooth and nail... Things I do now.. shopping... i could just shop forever.. i hated it before.. i dream of shopping. I at least dont spend a fortune although i know I have spent more than i needed to... I have clothes I never wore that i am to small for now. I think i am beginning to replace that addiction with my working out.. i am going 5 days a week and do workouts at home. I think thats a better addiction and will cost a lot less..lol.. Some how we need to find the reason for the addictive property and take care of the emotion behind it.. once we can do that will be truely be able to say we are healthier and stay that way for life.

Carla, I am right there with you! I also have an addictive quality to my personality. And, I LOVE shopping now ... I wish I had money to spend but I am almost as happy just to go try things on! And, I also think that working out is becoming addictive to me too. It is a huge luxury to me that we are spending money on this gym membership so I'm going to use it! I'm going to get my money's worth, that is for sure! I'm starting to want to tone my body and so I'm trying to work on strength training some more so I can see some definition in my body. I guess there could be worse things to be addicted to, huh?! Deanna

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Oh yeah.. OH.. i am on here all the time and the scale.. i weigh 2 times a day. When I went to vegas I freaked out the whole time cause I didnt have my scale with me.. and the minute i got home i weighed myself and went on line to see what i missed.. yes.. i am truely addicted to my scale.

and you think that's healthy? I believe that an addiction, no matter how "healthy" needs to be looked at and helped with some therapy. Nothing that you simply must do or feel badly not doing it can be healthy for you. I'm not sure I want to answer this question. I have not transferred any addictions, I was a shopper before, I'm a shopper now. I no longer feel that i need the newest and the best of everything the therapy i've gotten has helped me more then i know. ANDI

I worked hard for many years before I had WLS on my eating disorders and addiction to food. This whole process has been about walking into freedom away from all that. I know I have a weakness which leans into addiction easily, it is also in my family. My drug of choice was food. I work hard, daily, not to fall into old habits and patterns that I know are not healthy for me, no matter how much they are 'healthy lifestyle' choices generally, because for me it would not be emotionally healthy and walking/living in freedomhaving something else controlling me and my choices (other than God). This, for me, is all part of my journey.