Hi - Thanks for posting this. I appreciate your honesty. I think it is not easy to share when we fail, especially in a public forum where others are looking to us for "perfection." I am a gastric bypass patient and some of the tools that I use include some of those that you listed - exercise, reading, taking a walk. I also "phone a friend." Getting involved in a great conversation can take my focus and attention off the food. I also might do an arts and crafts project or some other hobby that I enjoy -- again, it is about redirecting my attention, just like we do with our children. Thanks again fro your post. I, too, would like to learn about the meditation.
Thank you both for your comments. I'll write my next SharePost on the tools I use: Meditation. It's terrific in so many ways!
With regard to diet pills, I will take something over-the-counter from a vitamin retailer on a rare occassion. That said, I cannot in good conscious advocate using them or recommend any products. I prefer more healthdul approaches to controlling my hunger, such as eating solid foods -- protein, lightly cooked or raw veggies and raw fruit are excellent beacuse they maintain satiety for a long time -- and drinking a lot of water. If you are interested in reading more, I write about this in my sharepost on "Weight-Loss Surgery for Dummies." Sorry about the title - it is the name of the book not something that I made up 
Unfortuantly I am a product of RNY surgery 6 years. I lost 110 lbs within a year. Thinking I will never gain weight again. Well I was wrong now after gaining almost all of it back. Carbs are the easiest foods that my stomach can digest. I still get full but my stomach has gotten bigger now and I'm always hungary. AAAHHHH!! I hate it!!!
I am so very sorry to hear this, LonelyOne. Can you tolerate foods other than carbs? If so, maybe you might considered trying the eating approach outlined in the the book "pouch rules for dummies." You do not need to buy the book. Everything you need to know is written in my article and in the PDF that I link to from my article.
I have found that when I do not follow the puch rules, my weight goes up. When I follow them, my weight goes down. According to the author(s) you can lose all the weight you have regained because your pouch still works. You just need to relearn how to use it -- it is a tool that was designed to be used in a specific way.
I really do wish you well. Let me know if I can help.
Hi LonelyOne - Here is a link to the Sharepost and from there you can access the PDF. Good luck! http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/276918/139125/bariatric-tools MBL
Thank you for being honest about your binge. I had weight loss surgery recently and I felt like a failure because I binged on some pizza and then I tried to make myself vomit it up. Well, I swallowed my pride and contacted my surgeon's office... I sent an email explaining about my food cravings at night and feeling hungry, and I confessed what I did. Well, the ding bat replies to me and tells me that when she gets hungry that she eats 6 grapes.
Yeah, right... I'm telling this person that I am binging and she is telling me to eat six grapes. She must have had me confused with an anorexic not a binge eater.
Thanks for your support. It helps!
Thank you for writing Carol Z. I am sorry that your surgeon's office was not helpful. Are you familiar with Overeaters Annonymous (OA)? I was very helpful to me in dealing with my emotional issues surrounding food and binge eating. You can read about it in my Sharepost here: http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/276918/134947/tools-anonnymous I know a number of people who have had weight loss surgery and find it helps to attend OA. Good luck! MBL
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Although I have not had weight-loss surgery, I can relate to alot of what you write here. I, too, am an emotional eater. I eat if I am mad, bored, depressed. I am wondering how you use meditation for this? Can you explain please? Thanks!
Karen, I wanted to get back to you with the links to the articles on meditation. I did a series of three shareposts. You may start with this one, and it will link to the other, and so on: http://www.healthcentral.com/obesity/c/276918/144267/mindfulness
I hope this is helpful!
MBL