What were your eating habits before surgery?

Definitely both, for me.  I'd eat to capacity, and then as soon as I wasn't feeling stuffed anymore I'd be looking for something else to munch on.  I was never hungry, because I never let myself get that empty.  Sweet tooth, oh boy....

....and as I've learned in the last couple of years, a total sugar addict.   I don't think I'd have been any better off with RNY though.  My aunt's had WLS twice (the first was the old "stomach stapling" so you know how that turned out... the second was RnY) and both times, she's gained every bit of the weight back.  She occasionally dumps on things like ice cream, but still grazes constantly on sugary crap that she has no business having.

No matter what surgery you have, you HAVE to understand that other than the first couple of months, you still have to do the work yourself.... the physical alteration just makes it so much more possible for you to do it. :)

I ate sugar, sugar and sugar all day long! cookies, ice cream, cupe cakes, candies, never drank water and that's how I got to 265 pounds.

My eating habits were such that one doctor told me he had no idea why I was overweight. :-(

I had a very low appetite, and sometimes didn't feel inclined to eat until mid-afternoon. I tracked my calories for awhile for a doctor, and my calories on some days didn't reach 600 or 700. You might think "So, why have surgery?"

Because the surgery triggers a change in your body, in your brain even. So your body learns to work within those caloric ranges. Or so I was told. That and I didn't maintain that level of caloric intake. Eventually my body said I had to eat, and then I'd eat like a normal human being... or more.

When I was younger, I liked my sweets, but in the last 10 years or so I've lost a taste for really sweet things. Not to say I didn't like dessert, but if given the choice between a slice of apple pie and a triple layer death by chocolate torte... I'd take the pie. I like pasta and bread... those were my downfalls.

I actually had one doctor say I was lying when I told them what I ate, and what I didn't eat. Yeah, that was encouraging. Thanks.

So, now, I have no problem with eating small meals. I have to tell myself to eat most of the time, and I'm fine with protein shakes. My doctor now said my loss may be slower because I was already functioning at a low caloric rate, but I'm not unhappy with my rate of loss.