I am a 45 year old happily married business owners with 3 kids. I'm not bitter, nor have I ever been sexually abused. And yes I'm FAT (445lbs) to be exact. I had my psychic evaluation and he said I binge eat. Never thought about binge eating. I eat when my family gets together. I eat until I feel that after thanksgiving warmth hits my brain. I never one time thought it was weird or wrong to feel that. Now during my pre-surgery time I am constantly aware of stopping before I feel this feeling. My family Dr. Has urged me to examine the emotional cause of why I eat. Just want the surgery to be as successful as it can be. And I for the love of Jehovah don't want to be one of those people who gain all the weight back.

I eat as a distraction from my feelings. I have not had a bad childhood and only one traumatic event in my adulthood - I was already massively overweight then so I guess that doesn’t matter so much. But as I have not been able to process my emotions properly as a child, this has transcended into adulthood and manifested into a massive belly with an obsession with food and fizzy drinks.
It’s amazing how little things in childhood and the development stages can effect our mental and physical health later on down the life.

Lol. I think as long as you're aware of what you're eating and pre-portioning your meals. Taking them with you ahead of time and pre- packing your gym bag so you know you have to go to the gym. I think you will be just fine. As long as you know the nutrition content of exactly what your eating so slider foods don't sneak up on you. You should be fine. I don't think there's anything wrong with you at all.


Now also keep in mind that emotional eating comes in various degrees too. It doesn't have to be an all the time thing where you would even notice it. It could be something as minor as being stressed out one month so you gravitate more towards doughnuts or something vs eggs. (Just an example) it could be something on and off so you may not be aware.

In my case i never thought of myself as an emotional eater at all. I literally was over weight because unhealthy food tasted better at the time than salad so i was making poor choices. But post op even i had a stressful month where i slipped and slowly started making poor choices again. Got myself back on track, but i guess what i'm trying to say is it doesn't have to be a constant noticeable or even traumatic event that does cause that.