I am in Deep Mourning!!!

It has finally come to me after all of the wonderful responses I received from my last post. I am in deep mourning. I have loss my best friend. FOOD. It never dawned on me before that I abused food the way I did. I never realized how much I depended on food until now. I find that as soon as I am stressed good or bad I am ready to reach for something to shove in my mouth. So I had to find something else. It is still hard no matter how much I try and divert my attention to something else,but at least it is a start. I bought the Gazelle Elite by Tony Little and now when I am stressed good or bad I HOP on Tony and ride into the sunset. I just wanted to say thank you all so much for your kind words and heartfelt emails. I know this is just the begining for me and that things will get better. I am slowly but surely learning the meaning "Patience is a Virtue". Adrienne

Adrienne...I have a Gazelle too. I am an emotional eater and shove food in my mouth all the time....there is something about Blue Bell ice cream that makes my problems go away. I am pre-op and two weeks to go before the big day. Presently I hang clothes on my Gazelle, I have started to think about other things to depend on besides food. If you have any suggestions, I would love to here them. Thanks, Daisy

I can sooooo relate. I cried for weeks after my surgery.... Just seeing a burger king commercial would set me off. I was a food LOVER. It does get easier and better... and I can now honestly say "NO FOOD TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING THIN FEELS" Joy surgery date 6/12/03 262/171/135

I was so glad to see the two posts about emotional eating. I could eat this computer if you covered it in chocolate. I am a very emotional eater. I was told that after the surgery it wasn't so bad, especially if you had started to lose already. I was told that fact alone helped to cope with the emotional eating. I'm glad to know I'm not alone! I think this surgery is a last thing we can do. I've tried everything else in the world. Nothing else works. I go to the seminar on January 6 and hope I can get things going and schedule soon.