lbellemore

Here's a thought for you. Yesterday, I read cover-to-cover a book on Food Addiction. I makes sense of quite a bit of what you're telling me about yourself. It did for me. You may want to pick it up and just give it a quick read. It's called "Food Addiction/The Body Knows," and it's by Kay Sheppard. I got it on Amazon for around $10. I've always known I was addicted, but somehow the explanations she provides in the book make sense of it all for me. Here's my direct email if you'd like to keep in touch (lbellemore@comcast.net). Take care! Lisa

I was beginning to think it was just me, but I think there's a lot that they don't tell you. I have endocrine and blood sugar issues, and these cause my overreating. The band doesn't address these, which is, I'm sure, why I'm continuing to eat all the same foods I used to (food addiction), and NONE of the good! Have you considered having the band removed?

I'm new to the forum, but wanted to add my two cents. I've been feeling very depressed over the past few months because my band just isn't doing what I thought it would do. I got banded at the end of March and have had three fills. To date, I've lost only 23 pounds, 10 of which I've gained back already. The initial loss may be attributed solely to my actively dieting after the surgery and exercising. Once I stopped doing this, I began gaining everything back. I must admit I've been very naive in thinking that the band would "halt" my hunger. I'm just as hungry now as I was before, and the only thing the band does for me is cause pain when I eat too fast. Once I slow things down, I'm still able to get just as much food in as before, just at a slower pace. My ability to sense fullness quicker has not changed. Basically, my doctor says that I have to "watch what I eat" and exercise -- two things that I was unable to accomplish for decades prior to my surgery. How many of us would have resorted to surgery if we'd been able to do those things on our own?? It seems a bit ironic. I guess I shouldn't have believed the commercials that said that the band would "tame my hunger." Anyway, I was on the border of being a candidate for the surgery (too small at 5' 2" and 200 pounds), and was told that most people who get the surgery are aiming to be my size now (14). I probably shouldn't have done the surgery, since I paid out of pocket ($15K) and really am the same size that I was when I started. I'm beginning to think I should have it removed.