I still get the urge to eat large amounts of food, eat crappy food etc. Does the desire for these ever go away? I am working my butt off trying to make this work and have done ok, but I struggle every day to keep away from what I really want. I have also had somethings that hurt more than once because I can't seem to stay away from them. Any advice?

Some days are a tiny bit of struggle. Most days are free of the Beast of Compulsive Overeating.

Oh please, let it be the same for me!

Yeah, I want that to be me too! I'm really not craving anything in particular, I'm just tired of the Beast-of-Hunger-Hell gnawing away at my stomach. :biggrin:

Well guys I am not to hungry. I know everyone want's to throw paper balls at me LOL. But I was at one point I was freaking starving but now more than 90 days out I am alrite. I am still losing I have lost 48-52 pounds so far (it fluxuates from day to day LOL stupid scale) I am losing hella inches though I have lost about a good 30 inches from my waist and 25 inches of other areas of my body so a total of 55 inches of my flabby a$$ in 90 days I am fine with but anyway back to the issue at hand I am not this perfect person that has been following band rules to a T but I do plan my meals during the week only cause I am at work all day and I am answering phones and filling prescriptions all day not alot of time to fantasize about food. But all hell here comes the weekend and I pig out. Damn sure not as bad as I ever did before I was banded but it's looks like alot to me now. Like last night I back a cake I ate 2 med size pieces. And I was like oh my god what have I done LOL. Then I said apples wait a min ... before you would eaten half of that cake one night and the other half the next night easy ... then on day 3 you would've been like dang where'd that cake go. But anyway it is all in the mind. I was like "head hunger" before I was banded and when I was first banded. Like these people are crazy LOL and now I see that it does exist. Some days I just crave my a$$ off others I think out how much of a pig I really was and all the food I just ate and ate and it makes me sick to my stomach to remember those moments and that shoos my a$$ away from the fridge immediately. Or when I cant help to contain the inner food addict in my I pop a 100 calorie snack or something that won't ruin my whole entire day. But I hope this helps. And protein, protein, and more protein. This is the only thing helping me so far cause I dont have a 100 percent restriction and I am on fill #3 ... 4th fill coming May 19th! SO I am praying, hoping, and wishing! Cause if I had the right restriction man I would so be on the ball! But lots of love sorry if I rambled a bit but I thought I told ya Apples is backkkkkkkk!

I don't know if it will ever go away, I still get the desire, sometimes it is purely emotional, but I have really good restriction and it stops me dead in my tracks.

I think this is something that comes with a long time.

I used to be addicted to sodas. I stopped about three years ago now, and at first it was so difficult. I don't even know how I did it, but I did stop. Even months after I would still crave them, but I did not give in. I have to say, I did really good with that addiction. As of today however, I don't even think about them. Someone could drink a 32 oz. in front of me and I don't even blink.

I believe the same will be true, but just have to give it some time. Plenty of time...

I am still struggling with the NO SODA thing. I am almost 12 weeks and it does still bother me.