Binge eating?

I have a question for everyone on here. I have struggled with binge/emotional eating my entire life. I am wondering if anyone else had this same struggle and decided to get gastric bypass.

Part of me feels...well, the struggle will still be there, so you'll just keep eating and stay fat. But the other part of me keeps thinking, you literally will not be able to eat as much.

I'm 5'4, 23, and weigh 300lbs. I have tried 'dieting'. I have tried exercising. I am days away (figure of speech, but it makes my point) from becoming diabetic, having a heart attack, developing DVT. I am so obese that I cannot do the simplest task without getting out of breath and my heart racing.

If you were also a binge eater and have had success with surgery, please let me know. Thanks!

I was a HUGE binge eater.  Like, sitting in my car eating fast food until I was in pain.  It makes me so sad to think of that now, 3 months post-op.  Sometimes I still crave the old food, but I don't have the desire to stuff my face. 

I've been forced to slow down, and find I actually enjoy my food when I'm not inhaling it.  It takes some getting used to.  I've eaten too fast/too much, and thrown up.  You immediately know you've done something wrong, it isn't fun and it doesn't feel good.  But you learn, there's no other option.  Taking small bites and chewing (and chewing and chewing) slowly,  choosing lean protein over breads and pastas, dipping water all day long, becomes second nature because it makes you feel truly good. 

I'm by no means a veteran of WLS, I'm a hair over 3 months out.  But I do consider myself successful so far.  My surgeon stressed the point that it's even more important for somebody our age to treat our bodies well, because we have so much longer to be in them, especially after surgery! 

I'm 23 years old, 5'10, and started out at 321 pounds in January 2013, was "pre-diabetic", had really bad PCOS, my knees hurt all the time, and I was always out of breath/sweaty.  This morning, I hit 243.4, and I feel AWESOME!  I could go on and on about how I feel like a different person already.  I'm so thankful for this tool I've been given.   I really recommend it, but only you know what you're ready for.  If you have any questions or just want to chat about it, you know where to find me! :)

Hello, I am 1 year out of surgery. I was 27 when I set out to have wls. My highest was 471 in May 2011, day of surgery May 2012 I was 415. I was a huge binge eater, I had those moments in the car inhaling fast food too. This morning I weighed 280. I am no poster child by any means. I have not had dumping syndrome or thrown up yet, I do eat the " bad food" of course not all the time but my body has been able to tolerate everything. I do occasionally binge still even with surgery, the difference is I physically can't over binge. My behavioral problems are still there and yes it makes my weight loss stall but the surgery is just a tool not a silver bullet. I love that I had surgery. It has given me the right tool to lose weight and keep it off but the emotionally part will still be there. I haven't mastered the emotional part just yet but I focus on it everyday. Sone people can't tolerate bad food like sweets n grease and it makes them sick maybe that will be you and that's even better but going into surgery thinking it will fix everything is the wrong thinking. You still have to work hard for what you want, the surgeon fixes your stomach not your mind. Best of luck