want to eat, not hungry

Try having some 10 calorie Jello. It fills my hunger and helps me to maintain my appetite.

All the time. I tend to eat out of boredom or out of habit while watching TV. If I'm not hungry but really want to eat, I'll pour a glass of water or chew a piece of gum. It keeps my mouth busy and stops me from grabbing the thin mint cookies.

Yes I do this all the time. Try chewing some gum, eating an apple or orange or try some carrot sticks. I hope this helps. I also eat popcorn when I feel like this because I can eat alot of it,for not many calories, it fulfills my need for munching because its crunchy . I hope this helps

This is where like 90% of my eating comes from

ALL THE TIME! Food is a form of addiction for me. It's not neccessarily about boredom, hunger, habit. It's just there. All of that other stuff are contributing factors, but it's an entire experience for me... Just like hard drug addicts like/need the way a drug feels. Not just the high, but the experience. The taste of the pill when its chewed, the smell of the smoke, the power when the needle enters their arm... (can you tell I've done some drug counseling?) It's like that with food for me. I like the way it feels. Different textures, flavors. Maybe Freud was right. Maybe it's just an oral fixation of some sort. I don't know.

Society made a PC term for it. They call us foodies. But, I've had to turn that "appreciation" of food into something positive. It helps that because I can try new things and appreciate a broad range of foods, I am able to expand my menu choices. Things my husband would never consider, I can find potential.

Now, I'm not saying I don't eat just because... stress, boredom, anger, relief, celebration, elation, and probably last of all, hunger. There's a reson I started out 125 lbs. overweight. But I am trying to find alternatives to my old stand-bys. Rather than deal with stress by eating a quarter of a bought sheet cake throughout the day, I doon't buy the stupid thing to start with. I buy a piece of one. Several of our grocery stores have pieces of their bakery cakes that maybe didn't sell over the last coupleof days. They cut them into pieces, drastically reduce the price, and I get to endulge a little. Litterally have my cake and eat it, too! I have had to learn to savor my foods. Which had led me to enjoying the experience even more. Like I had developed a tolerance for my drug and needed more and more to get the same feeling. Now that I went through my "detox," I am in rehab. :-)

ALL THE TIME! Food is a form of addiction for me. It's not neccessarily about boredom, hunger, habit. It's just there. All of that other stuff are contributing factors, but it's an entire experience for me... Just like hard drug addicts like/need the way a drug feels. Not just the high, but the experience. The taste of the pill when its chewed, the smell of the smoke, the power when the needle enters their arm... (can you tell I've done some drug counseling?) It's like that with food for me. I like the way it feels. Different textures, flavors. Maybe Freud was right. Maybe it's just an oral fixation of some sort. I don't know.

Society made a PC term for it. They call us foodies. But, I've had to turn that "appreciation" of food into something positive. It helps that because I can try new things and appreciate a broad range of foods, I am able to expand my menu choices. Things my husband would never consider, I can find potential.

Now, I'm not saying I don't eat just because... stress, boredom, anger, relief, celebration, elation, and probably last of all, hunger. There's a reson I started out 125 lbs. overweight. But I am trying to find alternatives to my old stand-bys. Rather than deal with stress by eating a quarter of a bought sheet cake throughout the day, I doon't buy the stupid thing to start with. I buy a piece of one. Several of our grocery stores have pieces of their bakery cakes that maybe didn't sell over the last coupleof days. They cut them into pieces, drastically reduce the price, and I get to endulge a little. Litterally have my cake and eat it, too! I have had to learn to savor my foods. Which had led me to enjoying the experience even more. Like I had developed a tolerance for my drug and needed more and more to get the same feeling. Now that I went through my "detox," I am in rehab. :-)

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I chew on whole carrots or stalks of celery. It cures boredom eating because it's actually pretty tough for me to eat those raw and plain, but it helps with the act of wanting to eat, and they are not full of calories. Also, try drinking a glass of water.