Deidra

I know exactly what you are talking about and I am too wondering about this. I am reading a book i found on this topic (just started) and i guess i will see what I learn and I will share whatever information I get from it. But this is my miserable existence also, and I cant bear it anymore. Sometimes I wonder if I should go to overeaters anonymous but I cant make myself. The thought of doing a 12 step program like im a drunk or a junkie does not sit well with me. But I have a couple of months (four) to figure out how to manage my self destructive eating habits before presenting to my insurance. I need this surgery I feel like it will help me to not eat as much and give me time to change my bad habit of overeating

Well please share whatever information you find. I can't really bring my-self to going to a O.A either, lol. I will be going to see a specialist in eating disorders as soon as I can get an appointment (i am going to call tomorrow) and I guess I will update this thread with any information I find out. (:

So first off I want to say Hi. I am a new member here and I have just recently started looking into getting a band. I am 24 years old 5'5 and 287lbs. I have struggled with weight issues my entire life it seems, and always end up on the loosing end. I first started weight watchers when I was 14 and I started at 167lbs and got down to 124lbs. That by far was the smallest I had ever been in my life. After having my child (he is now 4..turning 5 this September ) my weight went way out of control. So now I am to the breaking point and after re-trying WW and failing miserably I have decided to look up and research other options.

My question is, can food addiction and eating disorders cause me to fail at lap band as well. I know I read several posts before I decided to post, but I am fairly sure I have a eating disorder by overeating. So I was wondering on the posts where people are saying they are not full, is it because they really arn't full, or is it because they have a eating addition as well? I eat when I know I should be full, by my brain just tells me I'm not. So i was just curious if anyone else has ever had to deal with a problem like mine and seen a specialist on eating disorders before having lap band surgery?

I hope I made sense in this thread and didn't do a whole lot of rambling!

Thanks for reading,

Deidra