So hunger is partially affected by a hormone called leptin, the "satiating" hormone. When we reach satiety, leptin raises the flag to stop. In overweight/obese individuals, the signal often doesn't come until you've overeaten, so yes, most of us here, including myself, know exactly what you're talking about. Obesity isn't about a lack of willpower; it's about a broken brain.
There are significant chances if you ate yourself to the point of obesity, you have an eating disorder, and surgery is only a temporary fix, as you well know. You have to fix your issues around food. Write down every morsel that passes your lips for a week. It will help you identify what you can cut out. Adding sugar syrup to cold brew, eating bread and butter with dinner, snacking as you cook, choosing sweetened drinks over water, and other little bits and bobs really add up. And you would be shocked what you can live without. I used to think there would never be a time in my life where I didn't have soda every day. That sounds crazy now. If you're a woman who weighs 160 lbs. and you're of average height, I promise there's something in your diet you can give up and weigh less for it; even if you think you can't, I believe in you.
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