Unsure in TO

Thank you so much for all the words of encouragement and support, and letting me know that others have experienced similar childhoods and ended up with eating issues because of it. I will continue to do research, ask questions and find a seminar that I can attend so I can make an educated decision about what I want to do. I am so glad I found this board! Best wishes and positive thoughts to everyone!

Greetings from Toronto, I found this site while looking for information on LB surgery. In the past I always refused to even consider any kind of weight loss surgery because my mother was constantly urging me to get surgery. I have come to terms with the fact that I have an eating disorder and that yo-yo diets have only made things worse for me. At 16, I weighed 145 lbs and thought I should weigh 110 lbs, even though I am 5'9". Now I weigh 396 lbs and just walking a few steps is a challenge, and stairs exhaust me. I realize so much of my eating disorder comes from childhood and having parents try to keep me from eating - even healthy food - because I was a little chubby, while trying to get my brother to eat more because he was overweight. I have started to see a counsellor and dietician and I am no longer just wishing that I would lose weight "some day"... but I want to take my life into my own hands and be healthy and happy for me. I am curious if anyone here had or has a compulsive overeating disorder and how the LB surgery worked for them. Good luck and best wishes to everyone.