I am considering surgery and I need as much positve as well as negative information I

can get. I am 5'4" and 240#. I have been on most diets. I am trying Atkins at the present time. I have spent so much of my adult life weighing my food, measuring my portions, counting calories, obsessive exercising, the whole nine yards and like most people have not kept the weight off. my metabolism is as slow as a snail, perhaps slower. If I go on a "diet", i am obsessed with food, if I am given the opportunity to eat small amounts of food, I have no problem. My husband broke the scale because it ruled my life. I am on medication for OCD and this helps, but it has helped so good for my other issues, that it also took away my compulsion about food. needless to say I am bigger now. I taught nutrition for 18 years and i have my Master's Degree in Nutrition. Do you think I know what healthy foods are? You bet. Could I live at the weight I am now? Yes, if there was a guarantee that I could stay this way. However I think I am on a slippery slope and I think that I may need this surgery to put some stops on acquiring other health/weight related problems. My mom and dad are both obese and my genes are bad. What would you do? Please tell me experiences that are of all kinds. Do you still feel obsessed with weighing and measuring food? I would love to hear anything that you think would help me to make a decision. I have read the board of questions, I have prayed and prayed. HELP! Cindy

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