I saw the psychologist today. Not good. He recommended that I postpone because I am a stress eater. He said I need to find another coping strategy or he fears failure in the future.

I am scheduled for aug 26. I don't really want to postpone. I want to start feeling better.

Please any recommendations.

Find an activity you love and replace eating with it. I can't even get my protein/liquid requirements in 11 weeks out so mass eating isn't an issue for me. Hopefully it won't be for you either.

I've replaced my nervous eating with kickboxing. It's a great thing!

Find another psychologist. I'm gonna take some liberties here and guess that most of we sleevers are stress eaters (and sad eaters, and happy eaters, and bored eaters -- you name it!). Stress eating doesn't get any better by continuing to eat, oh and stressing over the eating!

I'm not going to lie. I'm am obsessed with every calorie I put in my mouth that can be stressful. I think you should get a second opinion though. If they say the same thing then maybe they are right. If the new one signs off then make a mental note, have the surgery then pay attention to everything you eat and why. I am a stress eater too. But post surgery, I will be darned if I eat any extra calories because I had major surgery and I don't want to fail. Hopefully I won't fall back into the pattern later. Good luck!