| I was a behavioral eater. And overcoming it is a matter of changing behaviors. Pre-op, I would come home and eat. I wasn't hungry, but I was getting ready to sit down and watch tv, and that's what you do when you watch tv. Then I would make dinner and eat. I still wasn't hungry, but it was early evening and that's when you eat dinner. As I was cooking dinner, I would eat because when you have pieces leftover on the cutting board, that's what you do.
MO sees two primary types of eaters: emotional eaters, and behavioral eaters. I don't do any emotional eating at all. When my emotions are up, I avoid food. It gets in the way.
I think in some ways it's a blessing to be a behavioral eater. Like I said - you just change behaviors. But when you're an emotional eater, you can't just turn off your emotions, you have to create new outlets. I know I would have a much easier time training myself to turn the light off when I leave a room, than not crying when something makes me sad. (I've done both myself, and I've worked in behavioral management, and although somewhat removed, I continue to work in a field that at it's core is built on changing behaviors. I know which is harder to produce results) ;)
__________________
-175 pounds
Banded March 1, 2006
| 
Linear Mode
