Hi everyone. I am a 48 year old Fat Chick who has struggled with weight seriously since I was in my 30's. I was 150 lbs at age 30 and after many diets including Optifast - I am now at 299 lbs. However - I learned to use food as my "tranquilizer" when I was around 8 or 9 years old. I was just very active - and practiced horrible dieting to stay skinny. Long story as you can imagine.
At this size, I think I need to have food removed as an optional drug of choice for me to lose weight. My dilemma is that I also know that my weight is a psychological issue, and I have been trying to practice teachings by Geneen Roth (eat what you want, whenever you want - but without distraction, etc.) I feel like getting surgery might be the ultimate betrayal of my body. The other side of that argument is by not doing this, it's one more way of keeping me stuck here, fat, but "safe".
I came here looking to see what other women faced and experienced. Thanks for listening.