Head Hunger!! UGH
I am suffering from Head Hunger!! I know I am not hungry but I am constantly looking for something to eat. This has been going on for a week and I am tired of it. I find myself GRAZING!!! Does anyone have suggestions on how to control this. I had surgery over 18 months ago and have done great... but this last week i have had a hard time being in CONTROL of my eating.
I want to get this under control before I spiral out of control. What have you done it the past or present to control this?
Thank you for your advise
Picking up a new hobby or getting interested in exercise may help?
When I quit smoking years ago, I took up knitting. It really helped a lot.
Except for when I wanted to stab people in the eye with the knitting needle...but that's a whole 'nother problem. 
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some days my body needs more food.. I would eat more... then I would scale back the next few days. That way - I don't mind not eating when I got too busy or not very hungry... This is the way my "skinny" GF doing all the time..
When I snack - I make sure it is food that would benefit me - i.e. nuts. cheese, fruits (with whipped cream) etc...
I "allow" myself to do that as long as the snacks willnot make me sick (i.e. give me too much gas- carbs , or RH - low Blood sugar)
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Head hunger is in the head, so the solution is best in the head - - get your mind busy on something, distract with really salient things b/c mindless activities will create that "devil's playground" thing. I've even isolated myself away from the kitchen or went outside when I didn't trust myself to be in contact with food....
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I am battling this, too. I can't keep crackers of any kind in the house, because I want to nosh on them all day. I would grab a handful of goldfish anytime I went into the kitchen. I'm making a conscious effort to only keep substantial healthy snacks for my children, like cheese sticks and apples, so it's nothing I can "pick" at, and if I want to just graze all day, at least it has nutritional value.
But yes. Head hunger constantly.
