What do YOU do when you feel hungry (but know you're not)?

Here are my reasons:

Most of the time: I am thirsty/dehydrated

sometimes: I am tipsy (oooh alcohol makes me eat)

and other times:

because I need more food lol!

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Porridge is a good filler,... make it with water and then a slight taste of milk )

I noticed you said you don't normally eat breakfast and I know that the first time I tried this I was working on the whole breakfast is the most important meal of the day assumption and the problem for me was eating breakfast jump started my hunger and made the day a challenge.
This time around I am doing the simple calories in versus calories burned and I don't eat until later in the morning and then just a yogurt or something which means lunch isn't a long wait and I have plenty of calories left for a nice dinner and treat in the evening if I want.

I LOVE not needing to force myself to eat breakfast each morning. Even though I feen my family.

I rarely get hungry between decent meals if I keep busy. I've eaten a full meal and I'm hungry too soon, it's usually boredom. I notice that when I'm at work, I could eat a thousand calories worth of junk all too easily - but if I eat the same breakfast, lunch and dinner on my day off, which I usually use to run errands and see friends, I don't get hungry.

Cardio and abs workouts usually makes me feel less like eating. When I get hungry and I know I shouldn't be, I get on Facebook for a distraction, walk up and down the stairs at work when I have a few minutes, or go to MFP or other websites for both a distraction and inspiration. (That's actually why I'm on here now.) Water is a good one, too; I keep a 3-cup bottle of water at my desk and chug between customers if I don't have time to do stairs or invest in other distractions.

Quick side note: as others have mentioned, your diary isn't open, so I can't determine if your hunger has to do with your calorie limits (and really, only you could do that anyway). I will tell you that when I started on MFP, the website recommended someone my height (5'2") should only be eating 1200 calories. I stopped losing weight and I was hungry all the time anyway. This website can only give you a best guess; I know this sounds counter-intuitive to losing weight, but if your stomach is growling, it may be because you're not eating enough.

I find that I am an emotional eater. Check how your feeling, are you anxious, feeling down, bored?

being hungry and thinking you are hungry are two different things. If you just ate and still feel hungry then wait a bit and go do something that will be a distraction. if you still feel hungry in 30 minutes than get some veggies or an apple with a bit of protein.
I tend to think I am hungry if I am bored so I go for a walk, I work on a sewing or knitting project, or I start a new book on my kindle for at least 30 minutes.

go for a walk

blast some music and dance

drink water - 2-4 cups to be exact

get motivated : watch inspirational stories of weight loss

shop for clothing.. online and in your closet (if you have smaller sized clothing)

I don't understand how someone can feel hungry but not be hungry... totally baffles me. I'm either hungry or not.

I suspect that reading lots of other signals as hunger signals is really common with people who tend to gain weight. I know being tired is one thing I can read as hunger, and it makes sense, as raising the blood sugar makes you feel more energetic. That has actually stopped mostly, since I changed my diet, but I still get the stress thing infrequently. Had one day when work was stressful and yet there was enough waiting around for things that I wasn't too busy to think about it where I felt like eating constantly, despite meals that were not meaningfully different than otherwise. At the end of the day when I had a chance to do a brief workout that helped with the stress, I immediately stopped feeling hungry at all, even though it was closer to dinner and I'd burnt calories yet not done anything vigorous enough to kill real hunger. Part of this is just my mind's associations--for years if I was stressed at work I'd grab something to eat (there's always food around) or especially if I came back to the office at 5 after a stressful day I'd have a snack to make the rest of the evening at work bearable. Stop doing that and at first the mind misses it, independent of real hunger, and yet it gets sometimes perceived as hunger or a desire to eat.

Okay, so I'm not that healthy and I'm here to lose weight. Weight loss is the primary goal for me and health is secondary. That might be a crappy attitude, but I'm being honest. That being said, I am a total breakfast hater. I feel like as soon as I eat a fair amount 200-300 calories, that starts the feeding frenzy all day. Usually, I drink a ton of water and coffee ( I love coffee) and eat maybe a yogurt for breakfast and that does me until noon. I get up around 6am.

When I eat a larger breakfast I feel hungrier all day. It's like I broke the seal or something. I'm also taking that garcinia cambogia stuff and I'm pretty sure it is suppressing my appetite. I stopped taking it for a week and was totally off my diet that week. That could be a mental thing, but I'm willing to pay the $20 a bottle to fool myself if that is what it takes.

I know I won't continue to take it forever so eventually I'll have to learn to manage a healthier alternative. Its helpful to see what healthier people are doing.

When I eat a larger breakfast I feel hungrier all day. It's like I broke the seal or something.

I'm the exact same way when it comes to eating breakfast! That's why I tend to make a latte, cappuccino or coffee at home and have 2-3 cups of that for breakfast. If I eat a "real breakfast meal" I will end up eating 2-3k of food for the day! On the weekends I'll add a boiled egg to that or one waffle from Trader Joe's frozen waffles (130 cal). Then, I'll eat a later lunch OR dinner. Definitely walk more, too.