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Originally Posted by Meilyne 
I am currently 425 lbs and my goal is 300 lbs. I know 300 is alot but the doctor said alot of my weight is genetic and that I will never be slim and I am fine with that.
I had a doctor once tell me that I was "too smart to be fat" which at the time pissed me off but I understand it now.
This doctor yesterday also told me that counselling will not help.
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Hi Meilyne,
You have a serious decision to make. You are of course the only one who can decide what is best for you. If I may I will talk about my experience with eating disorders and you may take what you wish from that narrative.
I have some experience with eating disorders both personally and professionally. On the personal level I have been grossly, morbidly obese at over 500 pounds. Professionally I have worked at eating disorder treatment programs both in hospitals and out patient environments.
I struggled for many years to find a solution to my eating disorder. It was only when I resolved the things which were at the root of my need to self medicate with food and other behaviors that I was able to give up those behaviors and to have an appropriate body size.
I resolved those issues through counseling and an intense desire to find recovery. I could go on about the steps I took on that journey but every persons journey is uniquely their own. If my own personal story has any value to you or others it is in the fact that it can happen and for this moment in time I am living my recovery journey.
I am at my goal weight which is under 300 pounds. Like many people who were more than 200 pounds overweight, I have some lingering consequences in my life today.
When I worked at the treatment facilities we would often get clients who had one of the various weight loss surgeries. One of the common problems was that it was possible for the morbidly obese person to continue the compulsive eating behavior and eat in an unhealthy way and even to gain weight after the initial weight loss provided by surgery.
A psychic change is required, as well as dieting or an intervention such as surgery to achieve the kind of recovery that is what I would want for myself or others.
I see people achieve this change through counseling, religion, self help groups, reading, and coaching.
May your journey bring you success and happiness.
Gene