How did you deal with compulsive overeating??

Before my surgery I didn't realize I was a compulsive overeater. Now I am two wks out and all I think about it food. At one wk I was on reg foods. My mouth waters all of the time like I am looking at a huge steak. I can eat 2-5 oz of food in 10 min depends on what I am eating and what type of consistancy it is. Wait it gets worse....I wait for the full feeling to go away and then I eat again. Or sometimes I will drink right after I am done eating so I can eat more. I am only two wks out and I am already sabotoging this. My doc thinks I am doing fine.. I have lost 15 or so pounds since my surgery on 8/8. He said that if I feel comfortable eating and it stays down so be it. My question for you is how do you overcome your desire to compulsivly eat. I plan on going to an OA meeting, I just wanted some input from people on how they overcame this problem. People say that after surgery for a couple of wks you don't even want to eat....Well let's just say I am not in that statistic. I would just like some advise or ideas of what to do to stop thinking about food and wanting to eat all the time... I want to eat b/c I have to not b/c I want to. Eat to live not live to eat!!! Anyone got any ideas???

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