What can I do about the fact that I've returned to old eating habits?!

I know I could write a novel but I will try to be brief. I am 15 months post-op. I started at 303. I got down to 217 at my lowest which was about 6 months ago. Today I weighed 245. I am so beyond depressed about this. Every time I see another successful post-op, I just go further into depression. I thought this surgery would change my life. I thought I would FINALLY have control over this problem and I don't. I feel like such a failure I can hardly stand myself. I thought I understood that the surgery was a tool, that I still had to be in control of me, yet here I am. I believe I know a very good part of the reason for my not succeeding -- I had absolutely ZERO follow-up care. I saw my surgeon at 8 weeks post-op and have not seen him since. I had no dietary consultation, no nutritional consultation. I have had no follow-up labs or monitoring of any kind. No support group. OK, so, fine, that may be why it happened. I had trouble feeling a true "OK, you are done, stop eating" kind of fullness once I got about 4 months post-op and this caused me to consistently eat past full which, I believe, must have caused me to stretch my pouch but -- oh my gosh -- WHAT DO I DO NOW?! Is there any help for me?! I am so upset. Please, please, can anyone help me?

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