This was me as I was gaining all those pounds that got me to be, at my high, 287 lbs. I was carb addicted and eating compulsively to push down anger/sadness/ more anger......I could not stop eating..and when I did finish all the pasta that I had cooked, then I'd go eat a pint of ice cream.....it all would just lay in my stomach and I could not sleep as it layed there. Some nights it came back up on me because I have a hyetal hernia....I hated myself and everything I was doing to myself.....and yet I could not stop. It was a nasty vicious cycle.

Please know that I desperately wanted to stop....I tried for 15 yrs to get a handle on my compulsive eating with very little to no success. It took alot of years in therapy before I got to a place where I had looked my demon in the eye and killed him off. This was my time for success.

Some people just cannot stop eating.....for those that do get bypass surgery and don't deal with their issues, I fear that they won't have long term success. This makes me very sad for them. Its not just about low carb and is about an emotional component too.