Two years today I had the VSG... 223 pounds lost.

((HUGS)) You, my dear, are pretty freaking amazing too. Yes, it never does truly end... at least not if I want to continue to be successful at this whole WLS thing :) xoxo

See..... your not fixed.....

if you would "take out the hubs" for food !!!!

I love TX..... to visit.... I'm just not country enough..... but I do have pick-up trucks and Harley's...... but no dog....

Grouchy....... yah sometimes.....

Old fart........ ouch !!!....... getting to be my dad......

frisco

Well, I wouldn't JUST do it for food... ;)

Nah, I'll keep him, he's kinda cool sometimes.

Oh, honey. I'm in Austin. There's not much country about it, thank gawd. I'm SO a city girl.

you are awesome.

I have question about therapy.  I like the idea of it, but there are few to none specialising in food addiction, emotional eating, and the underlying problems.  how do you even seek out such a thing?  I'ld like to get a therapist, but really i have no interest in educating them on what it's like to be fat, how miserable life is socially, etc etc.  seems like a waste of my time and an effort that wouldnt return much.

what kind of tools does one learn in therapy?  what are sessions like?   is it just 'talking about your problems'?

Google your city and "eating disorder therapist" - or check your insurance company and call those on your list to see if they deal with eating issues. Most do. It's really not about the food. For me, it was about my childhood and a horrible father's voice in my head telling me things about how horrible I was :) He's pretty much gone now.

It's different for each person. You basically talk through your stuff with guidance and advice, they give you exercise to do (like mothering yourself through negative self talk, etc). It sounds easy and silly, but it helps tremendously.

I know that you weren't asking me, BUT.... I was thinking the same thing when I wanted to see someone "How do you even seek out such a thing?".... I asked the doctor at my weight management clinic. So, maybe your NUT, Surgeon, or someone at the office could refer you to someone that their office works with?

My shrink has talked about tools for dealing with stress, assertive communication, meditation, mindfulness, and then there are other times when I just talk. She helps me to work through things!

I may have already told you this before, but YOU, my dear, are my weight loss model.

I don't think I've asked you this yet- how often do you exercise, and what kind of exercise do you do?

I LOVED weight training. I miss it. The first 9 months I did 2 days of weight training per week and 30 minutes of cardio fives times per week. Then my neck **** happened.

Then I got depressed. Now, I'm dealing with a back.

These days, I just go for a walk a couple of times per week. It is what it is.

Fricken Terrifc!!!  You go girl!!!