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It's all in your head. Ask the Dr office about support groups. Maybe go back to whoever you went to for the pysch evaluation and start getting some help. There is no physical reason for you to be eating that way so to beat it you need to attack your mental issues with food. You aren't alone and there is help out there that will allow you to beat this. Stop feeling ashamed, take control and address the real issues.

Just remember that different people can tolerate different food. I've had no problems at all with Raw carrots and celery but I know that isn't the experience that most have. Try small amounts of all sorts of different things and see how your body reacts.

Outside of my immediate family I didn't tell anyone. To the outside world it's just another diet like the ones I've been on for years only this time it's working. No one has questioned it these past 6 months.

I love the attitude Veronica. Too many people give up after an experience like that. That's not you. You're going to do it again and again until you kick it's butt! Keep it up!

You could always crush up some ice and eat that. You need to get your water in anyway. That way you get your mouth involved without adding calories.

Dense high protein foods are the key. Chicken breast, lean ground beef and turkey, heavier fish like swordfish. Those are the foods that keep you full and they are also what you are supposed to eat first.

It's a common side effect of rapid weight loss.

My sister in law had gastric bypass surgery 4 years ago. She had her first child at the age of 37 6 weeks ago. Her pregnancy and delivery were absolutely normal. It would have been a lot more difficult at the 290 pounds she had been at for the previous decade. Who knows if she would have been able to even conceive at that weight? Now she is a healthy and happy mother and enjoying her new life. She got that surgery to live a life she felt she couldn't have at the weight she was and has no regrets. Whatever you do you need to do it for yourself. Do what is right for you. There is no harm in waiting 6 months and trying to lose the weight without surgery if you feel you want to try it that way. The surgeons will still be there if it doesn't work out. If on the other hand you've been down that road before and feel that the diet alone won't work then do the surgery. Just make sure it's your decision and no one elses since you are the one who has to live with it. Good luck

Cutting your life short because of food is even sadder. There are a lot of other activities in life that you will be able to do to make up for it. Go climb a mountain or ride a bike or run a 5k race. How about keeping up with the kids or wearing the clothes your friends look so go in? There is just so much more to life than eating. You just need to find it.

Hunger never stopped for me. I was able to satisfy it easily but I was hungry just like I was before the surgery. My doctor told me it varies from person to person

That was cool. Thanks for sharing. It makes me want to go and grab some mini-peppers and puffed rice cereal.