I weigh 288 pounds. I have tried many diets in the past and have lost weight, but I always gain it back to get back to the 290 area. not sure why my body seems to like that number. I know I hate it. I don't stop eating when I am full, especially when i made something or bought something that tastes great or that i hadn't had in a while. i sometimes wait about fifteen minutes and even though i am not hungry, i go back for more. i feel like i am asking myself so many questions.... how is the lap band surgery going to change this? how is the lap band going to not make me eat junk food or sweets as a meal instead of a wise protein choice? i can't seem to do that now. I lost 83 pounds in 7 months on weight watchers a few years ago and i used most of my 33 points each day on junkie food or bad choices, but i still lost weight because i kept to my points. but of course gained it all back. what is the answer to not over eating? i have read some posts from bandsters that found themselves a few years later back to the weight that they were before the surgery. what is the likelihood of this happening? skinny people just don't get what we go through everyday. why do we live to eat instead of eat to live? i am just sick of having to deal with this issue, how did we find ourselves in this situation? life is hard enough without having to worry about your weight. why do some people have this connection with food and others don't? maybe i should go into this like a recovery addict does- ONE DAY AT A TIME.