I thought this story was very interesting, and am DYING to know if MO people have the same kind of brain function reaction to the foods we eat as drug addicts. I have always said that food was my drug of choice, and for me it is definitely a sedative-type of reaction.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/health/03addi.html?pagewanted=1&th

It would be swell if these drug addiction scientists could spare some time to look at the MO population and do some studies on us as well, in this kind of context. I also wonder if some of their drug addiction solutions are inspired by drugs like Meridia.

I like the idea of blocking the pleasure pathways that eliminate the "high" feeling - I wonder what other senses of pleasure get affected, though...

Anyway, an interesting article, I thought...

Thanks Bright, for your kind words.

I will definitely be working on the sugar sensitivity theory and am awaiting delivery of the new book!

You're right, at least I'm trying to pull myself together from a position which is a lot lighter than I was this time last year......although it has now been exactly 1 year and 5 days since I had my band put in!

Anyway, the only way onwards is forwards (did i really say that?!) so I'll just have to keep scraping myself up off the floor and keep going!

Thanks to all for your support - I shouldn't have stayed away so long!

S.

Leatha, you're telling my story. I wonder how many of us struggle with depression, either as a precursor to or as a result of overeating and obesity.

Nancy

Sarah, hang in there. And though I know it is difficult, please don't berate yourself if you do overeat. In my experience, guilt for overeating only leads to more overeating. I have learned to be patient with myself. I am trying to establish healthy eating habits after 25 years of turning to food for all the wrong reasons. I know it is not going to happen overnight. After a year of being banded, I have lost some weight - not as much as others - and I'm getting better. But I have a long way to go and in the grand spectrum of things, a year really isn't that much time. To borrow a phrase from AA, progress, not perfection, is what we are seeking.

Nancy

For me, it was the depression first. I never ate a lot at any one meal. But it seemed I was continually eating (grazing). It certainly wasn't wise foods either. First, it seemed like the sweets craze. Then, the last several years, it's been more salty foods. Eating definitely was a way to avoid having to deal with problems. I thought it was a nonjudmental, always available, comforting, never too tired for me "friend".

Oh, yeah, that's my dogs!!! And they always offer to eat my leftovers so I don't overdo now.

My surgeon's only presurgical requirement was to be on a low glycemic diet. You can find a list of those foods on the internet. I just thought it was to help shrink my liver before surgery. It didn't register about the sugar content until I just now read this. Thanks for this article, Donali. And thanks, Bright, for your info. about artificial sweetners.

Sarah, I'm wishing clear skys and rainbows for you!

Thanks Nancy and Marie (and everyone else) for listening, and for your kind words.......

I'm definitely going to try and psych myself up for some 'progress' and try to get busy with other non-food related things.....

Thanks again,

Sarah

When I did atkins I remember the 21 days it took not to crave the sugar. (BTW) It never really happend. I was ready to jump someone for a begal which I found out s probalby that my body wanted sugar. I love sweet things but I have never really been a depressed person. I am an extreem extrovert however. Hummm maybe this book is for me?:cry

Rica, bagels were on the "no-no" high glycemic list. Our bands are certainly teaching us some wise things!

Haven't even thought of begals since the banding... to worried about getting them down.

Yeah, Rica, me too!