I caught the tail end of a cable show on obesity tonight. I think I have seen a little of it before. This poor young man had obviously lost a ton of weight with his lap band. He had gone into his docs office and requested that ALL Fluid be removed because he wanted to eat again. The doctor reluctantly agreed & said "You will be hungry."

The next scene they show him a short time later at a restaurant ordering the Thanksgiving dinner. He ate it and got sick. Then he proceeded to order 3 milkshakes, 2 pieces of pie & a brownie. He claimed it was 'everything he imagined it would be.'

He left the diner describing feelings of guilt, anger, & general depression. In general I hate TV shows like this because they are so dramatic but it hit a chord with me. It was quite obvious that this poor man had not come to terms with deep psychological issues and food addictions and my heart just went out to him.

I had to turn it off. I don't know the name of the show but it came at an opportune time. I just had my dinner and a Weight Watchers ice cream bar for desert and it went down soooo easy. I was seriously considering another one simply for the fact that it went down easy, when I happened upon that channel.

I had to ask myself which was more important, progress and being healty or 5 minutes alone with a frozen fudge bar? And what really was I trying to suplicate with that second bar? I think that show was divine intervention but I'd still like to know the name of it.

I didn't have the second bar. I went and got a cup of hot tea and was fine. I think angels were around me at just the right time. Anytime I win a battle with food I am happy. Tonight I'm very happy.

I think I saw that and want to say it was an episode of a show called 'What's Eating You' on E!. (I'm pretty sure the season's over for now; they talk about all sorts of eating disorders.) He had a lot of other emotional problems and his family was NOT supportive of his band whatsoever. There is another bander on this forum named Mona who was also on that show...she's doing a lot better now from what I hear!

The show was on MTV and it is called...True Life...I hate my body...He was from a greek family. Yes his family was not supoortive. He was going to have a body lift. It was a good show and a repeat. The show also had other bariatric patients.

Thanks. It was emotional, moving and disturbing. But sometimes when we watch things like that we learn a little about ourselves. I sure did. I wish all participants on that show the best of luck.