donna-u
I think I have used food for alot of comforting in my life. Raising my children I wasn't so bad until they got a little older. My husband was a control freak and I think my eating was out of control by the time I was 24 or so. I still could loose pretty easy off and on 145 was a good weight for me I always thought I could carry that well. By the time we divorced I bloomed to 170lbs and he was always teasing me. I then married an Italian sweet nice guy that love I mean loved food. So I ate along with him to a wopping 190lbs. I was in my early 40's and it would not come off like it use to and going without eating made me dizzy and sick. They didn't give out diet pills so readily as they did in the 60's so what a bummer. I tried hypnosis. Joined a gym lots of things Optifast that worked really well only they didn't have a class on how to prepare food after you were off the protein drink so I went back up slowly. Atkins worked ever so slowly because of all the meds I was on Prednisone, waterpills. But I lost and gained it back each time bigger than I started until I just sorta' resolved the fact that I was heavy and happy. When I had to have a big back surg in 20007 the surgeon said I should get a lap band. My insurance didn't cover it then. When I found out this year it did I checked into it. Because I had hernia surg on my esophagas I wasn't eligible for the lab band but I did for the gastric by pass. I went to a lot of classes and Dr.s , dietician, cardiologists. All said it would be best to have it done and between my blood pressure being so high and all the meds I was on. I also have asthma, sleep apnea. Honestly, my asthma is already better after almost 2 months and I only take 3 meds and no prednisone. I got off of it before I had surgery. And thats it for me. I have had days of depression since surgery but I think it because I have to find something else to do but think of bad food choices and habits and go for a walk or play the piano when I feel like that or get on the computer and type my heart out. I am doing better.
