Fighting some serious head hunger today.

elifusa

I'm not hungry physically at all, I know this I just ate lunch like 2.5 hours ago..but I've been fighting my head all day long. I haven't had this problem so much in the past, I am thinking it's because I am getting so close to my goal weight prior to surgery and I've got a lot of pressure to make in on a certain date that I'm getting nervous...and most of you know what that means...eating!

Just....say.......no....

Thaeda

I am familiar with eating away anxiety. My suggestion? "Play the tape through to the end".... when I want to eat to quell anxiety, usually I am only thinking about how good the food wil taste and how soothing it would be to eat. Here is what helps me to keep from diving in to food: I think about how I will feel AFTER I have eaten... guilty, disappointed... the scale will reflect my choice to eat when I was not hungry.....and then I will be even MORE anxious--- so instead of solving my problem, I will have made it worse. It helps me to breathe and focus on being present-- I know that sounds all hippy-dippy and maybe a little goofy, but it works. Anxiety is about what I am afraid WILL happen and is at its strongest when I am not in the PRESENT. I "ground" myself-- feel my feet on the floor... feel my posterior in my seat.... feel my breath coming in and out.... and usually after a minute or two of this, my anxiety is much lower (and so is the desire to eat). The key for me is to go through this process BEFORE my anxiety gets too high-- there is a "point of no return" for me-- and I need to practice being present before I get to that place of no return. Hope that helps!

Mangopickle

Prayer works for me. I only get head hunger when I am stressed. That is my key to turn to God not food. Food makes everything worse, food will not rescue me from the situation, food does not relieve my anxiety or give me the solution to my problem. God says "Why are you stressing over a date when this is your permanent lifestyle?". God says "Why are you keeping score instead of being proud of your hard work?" God says "Why are you thinking about food when you aren't hungry? Why don't you take a hot bath, read a great book or give yourself a manicure?" Those are God's exact words to me 3 months ago. I listened to God and I made my goal. Mostly cause I quit looking at my goal as an end unto itself. Weight loss is a permanent lifestyle, you aren't "Cured" when you make your goal wt. you wake up the next day and every day until you die watching your intake...OR...6 months later you are back where you started.