If I weren't _________ I would be ____________.

[jenniferhenry35]

beth almost a yr out wls, ihad bonion feet surgery and i became adicted to pain meds ,but glad to say my family prayed for me, and currently i,m fine..

[jenniferhenry35]

if i weren't eating sugar/i'd be ??

[jenniferhenry35]

i love ya beth and you look great... lol

[jayhere40]

You are so right, I never use to drink as much as I do now, After my bypass! and am putting on weight again to. Not happy about that. but its good to here its not just happening to me. And am sorry for saying that. but before I found your site I thought it was something I was going wrong, Well we cart all be wrong, right!! its only bin 4 years since my surgery and Iv had lots of health problems that I didn't have before.

[Sunnedae]

Thank you for the thought provoking vid!

Years ago I was on Phen-fen and wasn't hungry ever. Suddenly it was *very* important that I was never home. I would call everyone I knew just to get out of the house and away from the fridge.

I'm currently pre-op and think it will be interesting to see how I cope this time around. I'm married now, so it's not like I can just disappear everyday at will...definitely questions worth considering :)

[meltingmamamelted]

Yikes! I can see that... I know some people that can't stop moving - being at home and not doing anything makes them crazy.

[Danallydcol]

i think that my transfer is Coffee!

[meltingmamamelted]

Hee-hee. Me too.

[mombot76]

One mo. out-g. sleeve. Good question & am still searching. Like the U2 video shot on Freemont St. in Vegas, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Stay at home Mom for 30 yrs, now w/grandboys to help raise. Putting so much else before my desires led to the weight gain in the first place. Avoiding its return once lost will be the next adventure.

[meltingmamamelted]

Isn't it wild how many of us end up MO due to THAT same reason?

[mombot76]

@meltingmamamelted Maybe its a bizarre vanity? I thought I was doing the 'right thing' to serve my family & denounce my inner voice. I didn't do drugs (since college;), philander or other 'risky' behaviors, but Boy O' Boy could I cook & eat. My family is pretty po'd that the path to the stove is so less worn.

[meltingmamamelted]

Understood. I no longer enjoy cooking. In fact, if I did not have kids - I'd go out.

[SinKittyVixen]

I agree. Shopping. I love shopping. But, I also dont have the money. But when I do.. I do shop too much.

[ButterflyInTheMaking]

oh lord now i'm scared! i'm pre op and have no idea how to cope with the food addiction...

[meltingmamamelted]

Think about it now -- what do you LOVE to do?

[tatikanyph]

i replaced eating with smoking and then smoking with eating again!!! and anow i have regained 10 pounds and don't know what to do i'm desperated!

[beinghope]

YEP!

[LiLtinee]

I replaced eating with drinking coffee. What?!? You don't NEED caffeine to stay alive??? lol I'm hopelessly addicted. I also work a full-time and a part-time job. Not much time to do anything else. But I do read in my "spare" time, too (with a cup of coffee in my hand). Can't watch Carnie's show unless I sub to the Game Show channel! Dang!

Dena

[misskrispy]

This was a great show. I really liked watching the trailer. Who knew that Carnie was funny? I think I will watch it. You are so fun to watch. I really like your pace and how you speak. You are very good at this. I will watch more often! :)

[Journey2betrhealth]

Great video! I'm still a food addict. I don't dump but at the moment it is manageable. I fear gaining it back.

Donna:)

[MissJanieHere]

this is a great video!!!

people don't get the food addict thing...they don't believe its real.. but those of us who are, totally get it.

great great response video and I am interested in watching that show now. I had never even heard of it since i hardly watch tv anymore.

as you know, i run now and yt and facebook... i replaced it...

[gastricRose]

If I was not cleaning , working, baking, cooking, I would be EATTING... and more eatting!!!!  thank God for working and cooking for others...for me its a great thing...love ya..love rosemary

[cabernetqueen]

I just wanted to say -- the "cat burglar " look works for you! tee hee

[meltingmamamelted]

LMAO! Haircut today - so I should be back to myself later. ;)

[lilvoyce]

I haven't lost any weight in a year. I haven't done anything crazy, or been addicted to anything other than carbs. If I weren't eating so many carbs, I would be dealing with the last little bit of pain that is keeping me from really being happy. I am "ALMOST" content. What is stopping me? Thanks.

[sjsmommie]

I am only a few weeks out but right now I scrapbook, sew, excersise, instead of eating things I shouldn't, drinking, shopping well I shop a little but only when I have the money and its usually on my 4 angels :) I am trying hard not take advantage of my "TOOL" but I don't want to take up drinking or drugs or things of addicting behavoir. I'm hoping that I will do my best to keep on track that is why I scrapbook and do crafty things!!! Jennie

[saphre1964]

i have picked up crocheting and knitting!!!

i also spend so much time going to the pool, takes 3 hrs out of my day between travel and the time in class...

i could so spend $, but the budget always stops that....

i've been clean since i was 22 yrs old, so i crossed to a food addiction 10 yrs later (thinking it was more acceptable, ha, joke was on me)...

12 stepping is good, therapy is good, prayer and meditation is good...volunteering is good, youtube is good....

[meltingmamamelted]

My daughter has started making jewelry - sometimes I am glad I have ZERO patience or hand/eye skills. Because. I know what would happen.

[JustSlcinoz]

I'm still trying to figure out coping and I'm not always choosing good things...oh my..good thought provoking talk! Thanks Beth... I'm fearing i'm a crazy one....

[meltingmamamelted]

Me either. And look around. :)

[JustSlcinoz]

I think I'm dealing with many addictions..ugh.... makes ya think. Thanks for that.... Shannon

[meltingmamamelted]

I think most of us ARE in some way.

[jillmbooth]

If I wasn't shopping i would be having a nervous breakdown. I have spent WAY too much money since my surgery. I also bake and have become obsessed with cooking blogs. Addictive personality? Me? YES.

[meltingmamamelted]

...but you note that a lot of us do/are?

[divataunia]

HAHA...."Press You Luck."  NO MORE WHAMMIES!

[meltingmamamelted]

That is it!!

[susy2u]

Great vlog. Myself I am & have a addictive personality. Always have, & always will. Id say if i weren't eating I still be thinking about eating...still today 3 post op. Shopping =yes Coffee = yes Computer =yes Pills =no Eating/food =yes Except now today I pick better foods. I still cannot have the shit food in my site or all still eat it. Not the same amounts but it still controls my thoughts at times. I go crazy if my safe foods are not in the house for me to pick. CrAzY=YES u get it! :)

[meltingmamamelted]

I get it 1000000%.

[MelissaFoster1977]

I pull the ostrich move.. stick my head in the sand. I have no answers.

[ItalianHeat7]

I'd love to see Carnie's new show. I enjoy your video's .. you make me smile ;) thanks!

[valerieEswenson]

i already have so many addictive behaviors. i love the internet. i spend so much time on youtube, facebook, twitter but i try to read as much as possible. last year i read 15 & i want to finish writing my own. i have always called my hobbies distractions. it's something i enjoy doing, but it takes my mind off of bad things.

don't worry, i'm crazy & i'm ok with admitting it.

i'm still pre-op but i want to try to keep myself away from snacking. i hope i can find the time to work out more.

[tinacrook]

If I werent "eating" I'd be "watching tv"....and I weren't doing THAT I'd be doing what I used to do I guess. Riding horses, being outside all the time....I used to LIVE on a horse, but since babies and weight and and and...well I just don't ride anymore and its one of the things I'm looking forward to do again post surgery...