Rob_SoCal

I am three years post band, and have lost 200 pounds. I have gone thru the same feelings at times, but for different reasons. The first year can be trying and you deal with a range of emotions. One day at a time, you have to trust the system and keep focusing on the positive gains to date. As is the old cliche saying, pretty soon the bad days are not as bad, and the good days begin to accumulate more often. This food stress is a big deal and is hard ot break old patterns. When I went thru it I focused on work, exercise, and doing something positive for myself every day and would build on that. Good luck.

This is an interesting phenomena I have experienced. I have lost 200 pounds yet when I see pictures of myself in a recent triathlon, I was all upset. To me I still look big, but to everyone else I look skinny and in shape. The irony, I look back and I think that I viewed myself smaller than I really was at my heaviest (and I NEVER wanted pictures taken), and now I view myself as larger than I really am. A lot of changes, and it may take a few years, but your eyes, mind and heart will adjust.