kitty4u2
have had a weight problem since i was 11yrs. of age. began as a way to hide; now it is an addiction---compulsive, with no rhyme or reason. bingeing, a foodaholic! all of this is still true; just physically impossible to do. i had weighed 320lbs. at my largest. i just knew i was going to die!!! 
i was to have had laproscopic rny; instead i had open (cut down to my bellybutton) because of an unknown severly enlarged liver. b4 surgery, i was a total wreck---could barely walk with a cane, trouble breathing, hi bp, diabetes -- etc. after surgery, gradually i regained my life. i remember especially, the first time that i was able to walk (without a cane) into my own backyard. i got there and i was breathing normally. i felt so empowered!!!
i still had a long way to go; i still do. it's a neverending battle with an addiction. i do my best--that's all i can do. i've come a long way--check out my berore & afters on my page. i now want to lose 60 more lbs. 
i have belief & faith in myself. do you know that i quit smoking (25yrs.) cold-turkey. it wasn't easy -- it was no fun, but i did it---in1/1/2000. BUT it was a total "walk in the park' compared to the food issues!!! can anybody out there relate to this? 
at any rate, i'm much better than i was---physically. mentally---now that's another thing!!! 
hope i find some friends out there......let me know you're interested.
