I rarely post to the forum and a dissenting opinion is not an easy post, but I am going to go out on a limb and disagree, at least with the majority of those who have replied.

I do think most of us are addicted to food. By definition, addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (alcohol, cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (eating) that can be pleasurable but the continued use of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities, such as work or relationships, or HEALTH.

Being morbidly obese impacted my relationships, my job and most certainly my health. I'd bet my next paycheck if answering honestly, most would answer the same.

Food is meant to fuel our bodies, and eating because we don't want to or can't face emotions or because we are lonely, bored, etc. is an unhealthy and addictive behavior.

Do WLS patients transfer the addiction? I don't know, but I can tell you one year post op I still struggle with managing emotional eating (we can still eat the wrong foods, even if in smaller portions). Now when I get stressed, I go work out. It's good for me, but if used to avoid emotion, it is a type of transfer.

None of us became morbidly obese by making healthy choices and we most certainly did not use food as only fuel for our bodies. As such the logical conclusion is we are/were addicted to food. Each of us has our own demons to face and overcome if we will maintain our weight loss well into our futures.

I wish you the very best!!!
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I agree ++++

I have friends who how have had WLS and have new cross additions, 2 have cross addicted to alcohol and 1 to shopping,