hungry! (but not)

I also just started myfitnesspal, but have been a Weight Watcher for many years. They suggest drinking some water, going for a walk, reading a book and just plain getting your mind off of food. Now I know how easy that sounds, it really isn't. I usually try a small porton of chocolate. That usually stops the craving for whatever....but everybody is different. I have also heard eating a piece of fruit or something with some fiber in it works. I think you wll need to find what works better for you. There are some low calorie bites of food that would fix the urge to eat and not damage all of the good you have done for the day. Hope this helps, Chris

I was experiencing a lot of hunger later in the day at work and sabotaged all my weight loss efforts with lots of junk food that sits around the office. But then I saw my dietitian, and I read a book called the Snack Factor. Both my dietitian and the Snack Factor book advocate eating 6 small "meals" a day instead of 3 larger ones. I have found that I am really not very hungry at all on a small amount of food if I eat every 2 to 2-1/2 hours. Even if my snack is just a handful of nuts, or a small apple and a piece of string cheese, I end up eating much less during lunch and dinner and I don't feel hungry.