I've had success with calorie counting (lost 65lbs!), but I could only do it when I was mentally healthy. Once my depression set in, like the author I ate to f

I've had success with calorie counting (lost 65lbs!), but I could only do it when I was mentally healthy. Once my depression set in, like the author I ate to feel better because it was one of the few ways I could feel anything good at all. Not just the taste, but the anticipation was a form of hope for something better when I was hopeless. The worse I felt, the more I binged. And like the author, between the behavior and the meds I climbed to 300lbs (up from 163). I'm finally making progress on my weight again, through strength training and through being mentally healthy enough to make decent dietary choices. But when I was in the thick of it I barely had the strength to hang on, much less exercise methodically-calculated denial of my immediate desires.