Are any of you binge eaters/food addicts???

I am and it's really derailing me. Because of my binging I had gained 10 pounds. Then my band got way, way too tight so my surgeon emptied it. Now I'm up 30 pounds. My band is slowly being refilled and I've started therapy for my food addiction. My wedding ring won't fit me, my clothes don't fit and my self esteem is in the toilet right now.

To a certain extent, I think we all are, or we wouldn't have gotten obese. I have said before that my "go-to guy" in times of stress, anger, depression, whatever, always was, still is and always will be food. Ten years out from surgery and I still have yet to conquer that personal demon.

So no . . . . you're not alone.

I am struggling also. Start over each and every day it seems. Its the carbs....demon carbs.  I'm up 40 lbs...trying to get back on track.  You are not alone.

i was doing real well on my weight loss until june when a blockage happened.  since then i have recieved one fill about a month ago.  ive gained 30 pounds back and am so depressed about it.  i am hoping to get more fluid on wednesday.  i am a binge eater also and the weather here has been so hot and i cannt walk at night due to humidity and heat.  

How about mall walking? Is there one near you?

I am an addict.  Food is my drug of choice.  I struggle all day everyday with the choices I make.  Should I eat that or what will I eat later.  I seem to obsess about food all of the time.  It's hard to make good choices 100% of the time.  I say you are making steps to correct the problem and you shouldn't be so hard on your self.

Some of the things I do to try to help myself to stay on track. At work there is a lot of free snack foods laying around.  I bring fruit and almonds with me.  I sit the fruit on my desk.  Every time I feel an urge to snack on something I stuff grapes in my mouth.  Grapes and apples usually make me full pretty quick.  So if I eat a couple grapes I can't eat cookies or chips.  And this is what I have been doing lately and it's been working.  If I do partake in the candy I grab the hard candy and steer clear of the chocolate...since my weakness is chocolate.  I also drink and drink lots of water.   

Lunch and dinner is protein rich and very low in carbs...and this keeps the pounds in check.  I also exercise my butt off.

I am in the same boat as you.  I had the band placed in 2009 and went down to 146 from 212.  I am now back up to 174. I have moved 3 times in the past 3 years from Las Vegas to Carson City NV, then to Fort Lauderdale and then to NY.  In this time my stomach prolapsed the band and I had it surgically repaired.  I never had my band filled back to restriction as it it very difficult to find a MD that will work with another docs work.  I am also having trouble finding work.  My point is that we have issues in our lives that we use food to soothe.  Once our bands are back to restriction we will begin to lose again, and our therapy will help us deal with the food soothing ( which our we and our surgeons should have made sure was dealt with prior to having the band placed ) we will be back on track. Don't look back, focus on learning new, healthy habits.  We can do this, The weight came off in the beginning of our journey, it will come off again.  It's a difficult journey but we are so worth it!!!!

Do you all do therapy? 

Have any of you done therapy and combined that with Overeater's Anonymous or done just one or the other? 

I'm considering adding OA to my therapy. 

Over the weekend I read a really good eye opening book by Debbie Danowski called Locked up for eating too much: The diary of a food addict in rehab. 

I rejoined IS about 10 weeks before my surgery.

I rejoined Weight  WATCHERS about 6  weeks after my surgery.

I used both programs, along with musical band support group to lose 130 pounds in about 18 months

Those programs focus me and help me maintain my loss within 10 pounds.

That should have said  Overeater Anonymous.