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

Wow, Adrienne, that is a wonderful realization. It is an interesting thought, that you are mourning for your friend, food. It makes sense, though. Do you know when you first started your dependency on food? I am thinking about having the adjustable band surgery. Do you know anything about that? You take care...I will look for your post again soon! Vena

Adrienne - This is *exactly* how I felt when I was going to quit smoking. It was traumatic for me, but after I gave it over to God (the hardest thing I ever did), He filled that void for me. I just pray I will be able to do the same when I get my surgery! Dina