I have found this site whilst looking for slimming world recipes and having read a few posts think I might get some help or inspiration, after having a gastric band fitted two years ago I lost 4 stone and got down to 18 stone and felt really positive, then it all went downhill I missed the social aspect of eating even at home with my husband by then I could only eat a couple of mouthfulls of food before I was ill but then 20 minutes later I would be starving again and then I would eat all my dinner which by this time had gone cold and everyone else had finished their meal, going out for a meal was a nightmare even thinking about it could cause me to block up and I took to just drinking a couple of bottles of wine so swapping one addiction for another, eventually I returned to the hospital and had the band defilled as I still hadnt lost any more weight, and I so missed fruit and chicken and stir fried veg, none of which I couldnt eat, with the band I could eat crap like a Mcdonalds breakfast or chocolate all the rubbish that I cant stand. So now I have put 2 stone back on and I am really desperate, I am going to follow the slimming world plan and hope I can stick to it but after years of trying everything and gastric surgery I am just so scared of being fat and unhealthy forever. I am beginning to think its not a diet I need but a good councellor, I now realise that my mind is the biggest obstacle that I have in ever being successful.