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Mine is not very original: go back to the basics and lose the remaining pregnancy weight.  I'm carrying 15 pounds of it still (which is considered pretty good but the pants are pretty tight!).  Once that's gone, I want to focus on losing any of the 25 pounds I regained before the pregancy.

Kimberlee

yes, you will beat this. glad to be meeting you at the next support group!

I wasn't afraid at all until the very day before surgery. Then, I was afraid that I might be one of the unlucky 1-2% who either die or have some severe complication. I was so scared that the thought of leaving the hotel that I had checked into and cancelling at the last minute crossed my mind. Instead, I decided to just "sleep on it" and decide the morning of surgery, which was the next morning. I woke up feeling just fine and prepared. I knew full well why I had chosen the surgery and went in with hope in my heart!

Great question!  Thanks for asking it and giving some examples.  After the weight was gone I would say I definitely replaced food with shopping; I became quite the shopaholic with so many new clothing options to choose from.  Luckily I got that and my credit cards back under control; phew.  Since I often joke that my "vice" is coffee, I think I would have to say that over the last couple of years, I have replaced grazing with coffee.  Instead of nibbling at my desk off and on at work, I would pound down the cofee - regular or decaf.  Now that I'm a stay-at-home mom, I find that I still want to hit the coffee pot - decaf -  so that must still be my vice. 

If only I could say I replaced food with exercise, ahhhh!  But I know many of our members have done just that and I'm deeply proud of them, seriously.

Kimberlee

Exercise for me has definitely replaced my food addiction.  I wake up at 4:15 am everyday to exercise.  I start out by doing a 45 min cardio then a 20 min turbo abs workout one morning, then the next morning, I'd start out by doing a 40 min turbo sculpt then a 20 min turbo abs workout.  I cannot imagine going a day without doing my exercise routine.  I am somewhat addicted to it now.  And I actually feel tired and fatigued when I skip.

The other thing that I think may have replaced my food addiction is shopping.  Not so much as exercise though but I think I may have become a shop-a-holic.