I saw my therapist for a really long time (9 years 1978-87, then not for 9 years 87-96, then 9 years again 1996-2005) and in that period gained 145 pounds (another person? :-) I think, as my therapy was successful, that I gained weight in order to "come out" in the world and do therapy well. The better I got, the more I gained weight. Since 2006 I've been actively working at losing and improving my health but it hasn't been easy or just dropped off. Of course there are other reasons I gained weight and my age (60) has some to do with not losing it quickly, etc. but I think therapy definitely had to do with the whole thing, was interrelated as swimmergirl says.

One thing about therapy though; even when it is "successful" one doesn't ride off into the sunset and live happily ever after, problem free. Life goes on and just because one is better able to deal with things when they come up, there are problems and challenges and habitual ways of dealing with them! I still get bored and discouraged and am dishonest (not "noticing" when I decide to eat something that isn't in my best interests, "forgetting" about pieces of candy or other small items that still count but which I wish didn't; immature, self-defeating, wishful thinking :-)