I haven't posted in a while and I wanted to say hi to everyone and hope that everyone is doing ok. A lot has been going on with me and it has affected my weight loss. I left my husband in January of this year and of course that was stressful and the past two months I have had a toothache and the only way I could relieve the pain was eat something, even when I wasn't hungry. I have noticed a little weight gain, not enough to not fit into my clothes and size I had gotten down to, 14, but I have noticed a little bit. To top it off, I had my surgery in Dallas and I now live in West Texas and all the doctors in this area won't touch my band with a ten foot poll even for a fill so I am going to have to go back to Dallas if anything goes wrong with my band or if I need a fill. Of course I am stressed and what happens when I get stressed, I eat. I am trying to listen to my band, which most of the time I do, but sometimes I don't, which I get dissapointed in myself and am not starting to think about diets again, which never helped me in the past and won't help me now. I guess I just needed to vent to ya'll because I knew I would be understood. Thanks for listening.

Hi Belle ~ sorry you are having such a rough time. Do you still have the toothache? Are you able to get that taken care of?

I know how stress can lead to emotional eating -- been there, done that. Hang in there the best you can and try not to lose ground. You'll get through all this.

MollyMolly,

I did go to the dentist and get some medicine for the infection and pain. I have to have it taken out in a few weeks. I am trying to hang in there its just hard sometimes.

I've been having a horrid toothache lately too, I am planning to goto the dentist for it soon.

I hope things get better for you. I wish you luck in loosing weight and feeling better for you.