illiniscott
In my 30's, I gained the majority of my weight through overeating ( I am a compulsive overeater). As we compulsive overeaters know, for a variety of reasons. I was working management jobs that kept me at work 12-14 hours a day so obviously the last thing on my mind was to come home and cook a piece of chicken and some broccoli..lol But, in retrospect, I really wish I would have, as I probably would not be in this situation that I am in now. I heard an interesting stat the other day from my surgeon, and following that from other sources, that 90-95% of severly obese patients are more likely to fail at traditional weight loss attempts, including medically supervised diets. The reason being is that a person, such as myself, are so far beyond the recover point that this is why it won't work. Even my surgeon commented that "you sure do know how to lose weight." Losing the weight was never the issue for me, but there was always a point in the weight loss, usually 100-115 lbs., that something would change in me and slowly I would gain the weight back and then some.
