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Mental urge to eat even when not hungry?
AngeleyesJo
Posts: 191 Member
I know I shouldn't be hungry as I just ate but my brain seems to urge me to eat like its telling me I'm hungry but I can't be?
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You'll get over it eventually just keep yourself busy/distracted its just boredom i think manifesting self1
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Ghrellin and leptin are a little slow. They'll catch up to reality soon.3
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Can't it be? Are you eating enough? If you aren't eating enough, eat more, but if you are eating enough, just distract yourself. It's very normal.0
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I'm this way but it's because I eat to relieve boredom plus food tastes good. I try to find something else to do. Chewing gum helps.9
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AngeleyesJo wrote: »I know I shouldn't be hungry as I just ate but my brain seems to urge me to eat like its telling me I'm hungry but I can't be?
You may need to tweak your macros to find foods that satiate you more. Please change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »
You may need to tweak your macros to find foods that satiate you more. Please change your Diary Sharing settings to Public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
Should be public now although not everyday is filled in properly0 -
Currently drinking hot tea because dinner is in the oven and making me want it now. Having our Thanksgiving today because my daughter's family was sick. I drink flavored hot tea every single night before bed too. It really helps alot. No calories, no sugar.4
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AngeleyesJo wrote: »
Should be public now although not everyday is filled in properly
Nope, not public yet. Are you sure you hit Save?0 -
If I feel like that after I ate & it won't go away with distraction, I have a small snack, Like today I had half turkey sandwich with 2oz of turkey 1 TBL lite mayo & 3 cups of water, I'm full0
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Drink a small glass of water, or have a cup of tea - no sugar/milk. I was like that in the beginning too. Sometimes still do it when I'm stressed. Boredom/stress make you eat even when you are not hungry. It's hard to fight in the beginning, but once you find your "coping" mechanism, it will get easier.2
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kshama2001 wrote: »
Nope, not public yet. Are you sure you hit Save?
Should be now have a look0 -
I usually have a dill pickle if I want something sweet. Here's a quote from Steve Gullo (Thin tips) "I'm not going to let a cookie tell me what to do."
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The thing that hit me first was that you're woefully low in protein fat, especially fat. Your body may be screaming at you to feed it because you are low on these 2 very important macros.
But you said not everyday is filled out properly.. Maybe start by logging every single thing you eat and drink, this way you'll know for certain what things you need to tweak. It's hard to give accurate advice with an inaccurate diary.2 -
Yes. I have dealt with this and I found that I was thirsty instead of hungry. Also, food may be a habit. If you are used to always eating at certain times you may want to eat at that time out of habit.0
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Christine_72 wrote: »The thing that hit me first was that you're woefully low in protein fat, especially fat. Your body may be screaming at you to feed it because you are low on these 2 very important macros.
But you said not everyday is filled out properly.. Maybe start by logging every single thing you eat and drink, this way you'll know for certain what things you need to tweak. It's hard to give accurate advice with an inaccurate diary.
I'm actually trying to increase protein at the moment and fat too0 -
You might find the Beck diet solution helpful - it's a cognitive approach to dealing with the thought patterns that lead to overeating:
http://www.beckdietsolution.com/weight-loss-and-maintenance
I personally find boredom and anxiety both make me want to reach for food to comfort me. The concept behind the cognitive approach is: learn to identify the thought patterns that lead to this behavior, and use rational self talk to respond to them.2 -
One of the things that helped me is having an eating schedule, specifically when I'm at work, the weekends I'm not terrible with snacking. So my work days go something like this:
9am-10am Breakfast
1030 - snack
12-1 lunch
3 - snack
5-630 dinner
Knowing that ill have those snacks really helps, also bringing stuff from home helps me stay away from the vending machines.
And yes, I did to the extreme of setting fitbit alarms at 1030 and 3, so I remember to go get water and eat a snack.1 -
Lol I dunno... I always wanna eat even when I'm not hungry, unless I'm just stuffed.0
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annette_15 wrote: »Lol I dunno... I always wanna eat even when I'm not hungry, unless I'm just stuffed.
If i offered you a delicious dessert when your stuffed youd want it to
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JaydedMiss wrote: »
Lol of course... but honestly its hard for me to get stuffed, so at that point I'm sure I would have already had dessert lmao1
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