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I am three years post band, and have lost 200 pounds. I have gone thru the same feelings at times, but for different reasons. The first year can be trying and you deal with a range of emotions. One day at a time, you have to trust the system and keep focusing on the positive gains to date. As is the old cliche saying, pretty soon the bad days are not as bad, and the good days begin to accumulate more often. This food stress is a big deal and is hard ot break old patterns. When I went thru it I focused on work, exercise, and doing something positive for myself every day and would build on that. Good luck.

our bodies are feeling defenseless food used to be our weapon and now we are open, and our minds will make us feel so different. I'm that way still after 15 weeks post band. Its a weekly thing, one week is good, one week is bad and all we can do is muddle through it. Don't sabatoge the work we have done, its so easy to fall back into those easy eating habits we don't even realize it. You are NOT ALONE.

i feel the same way as you, i stil don't get an answer to myself on what to do. i'm upset at my friends, my parents, myself, and i feel like everything is too much, but i try to do intensive sport when this kind of feeling come to me, but still not working for me. if you find an issue, tell me!

Hang in there. It will be worth it...just take it one minute at a time!

You figured out the trick to making people not feel the need to stop you and talk. Wave and then remove eye contact. I don't think most people will think you are a witch. I believe they will quickly get that you are trying to exercise and now is not the time. I had a lady try that with me last week when I walked past her. I responded quickly as I passed and before she could say anything else I told her to "have a nice day" and kept moving. I didn't think for a second she considered me rude, and if she did. Oh well, I need this time for me. I spend the rest of my time taking care of and worrying about other people. I have found a lot of heavy people get that way because they don't think about themselves or take care of themselves. That thinking has gotten me nowhere so it is time to change it. Congrats to you on working out when you hurt. I have major back issues too and every lb that comes off makes it easier to deal with!