I was a flight medic in the air force and was deployed for over a year.  I gained a bunch of weight during my deployment.  I found that when the emotional toll of what I was dealing with everyday finally caught up with me I completely shut down emotionally.  I also found that the only thing that made me feel anything was eating food.  I convinced myself that one more big meal would finally make me feel whole and that one more meal turned into forty big meals.  I am... Full Bio