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Awww... thank you Charlie!  I am just trying, for the first time, to be honest with myself.  It isnt easy!  This is the hardest thing I have had to do...including quiting smoking!  I am here for you also...I just have no answers right now. Hugs, Trudi

I'm on a book binge right now as I am 18 months out and working on learning how to maintain.  I've bought two books you might look into as both deal with the head not the stomach. The Beck Diet Solution:  How to Train your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person Winning After Losing The first is by s cognitive behavioral therapist.  This is a very successful therapy that addresses changing the way you think in order to change your actions.  The second is by a woman who had wls.  It also seems to be based on cognitive behavioral therapy. I am a nerd, so I often turn to books for self-help, but you might prefer to find someone to work with you. It is an never ending battle (and I too love food). Good luck, Sally

Trudi, I am sorry you feel depressed.  I know just how you feel!  I have an eating disorder.  I have been obsessed with food since I was just a kid!  I was never overweight until after having my two babies.  I gained over 100 pounds and tried to lose it over 3 years.  I finally turned to WLS.  I am still to this day struggling.  My surgery was 05/27/02 and I was 249 the day of the surgery.  I got down to 119 and now I am 156.  I think about food the minute I wake up.  After breakfast, I think about lunch and so on.  You are not alone.  I don't know why I am addicted to food, but I am.  I just started to pray and ask God to take it away.  I know He will too if I just ask! 

Anyhow, feel free to vent anytime. Lorri