Just came from my first "therapy session" to help with emotional eating! As long as I have to wait 6 months for insurance to approve - I might as well get as many tools and resources I can to be successful! :-)

absolutely! that attitude will take you a long way. I had a *year* long detour due to a high WBC and resulting tests/problems - but I used that time to watch forums and learn as much as I could to be prepared.

Curbing your emotional eating and finding other ways to cope with emotion will serve you very well post-op. One of the biggest struggles for me in the early months was figuring out how to process emotion without turning to food once it was no longer an option. It was a real challenge and I definitely could have benefited from some counseling I think.

I hope this is helpful for you. I had two straight therapists try to talk me out of my surgery, and you have to make sure this does not occur. You absolutely need to get the emotional eating addressed, but only go with a therapist that will support your underlying decision and work within those confines. If you end up changing your mind in the next six months, it should come from you and only you. Good luck.

I hope this is helpful for you. I had two straight therapists try to talk me out of my surgery, and you have to make sure this does not occur. You absolutely need to get the emotional eating addressed, but only go with a therapist that will support your underlying decision and work within those confines. If you end up changing your mind in the next six months, it should come from you and only you. Good luck.

Thank you. I'm lucky that the program I go to has Surgeons, Nutritionists, Psychiatrist, Psychologist and Physiologist all part of the Team. I get everything all under the same roof - all with the same goal.