I'm 18 years old. I've been overweight since I was little. I've come to the conclusion that I am obsessed with food. Any diet I've tried (and believe me, I've tried them all) I would give in and cheat. I'd fail miserably every time. I couldn't be in front of food without having any. If someone were to ask me if anyone wanted "seconds" I'd be the only one to say yeah. At a buffet I'd go up three or four times. Anyway.. 2weeks ago I started my liquid diet (pre op diet). And let me tell you how proud I am of myself. I did not cheat once.I had a "last supper" three days before the liquid diet started. But since then I've lost a few pounds and only stuck to what the doctor told me. Last week I was at a labor day party. There was sooo much food and I didn't even touch it! I was so happy and proud of myself because I didn't see where this self control came from. But to be honest, I was just in the kitchen and I was sooo tempted to get a bag of chips. And I even went to eat slices of cheese. I had the knife in my hand and I was ready to give in. But it instantly hit me that my surgery is on tuesday!! I've been waiting for this for 5years. I couldn't bring myself to screw this up. So I put away the chips and the cheese and got a jello instead.

YEAH!

Great Job Keep doing that and Good Luck to you on your happy Tuesday!!!

Awesome job! I too was/am obsessed with food. You will continue to learn how to have more self control. For me it's a constant battle but it's so much easier with the band. I finally feel like I have a tool to help me and I will be successful this time. I've lost 40 lbs(20 pre and 20 since surgery) and I know I will never see those 40 lbs again. I now have hope. Good for you! Keep it up. It will be so worth.

I read somewhere a quote that said "dont give in to something you want today that will compromise something you want for the future" and I always think about yay when I want to cheat or overeat. I want to be healthy and skinny more than I want that second helping or that cookie. :-)

Thank you both very much!! Baileyrose there's another quote I love "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels!" When was your surgery?

Yep that's a good one too... My surgery was august 2nd.