An UNBELIEVABLE appetite!

Oh goodness yall! Its all bad. Im hungry...ALL THE TIME! It was a bad day for me. We had a training at work were they provided MINI MUFFINS. OK. I love carbs. I had two of those in the coarse of 3 hours. Then its lunch...a buffet were I did really good. Had a small peice of fish and a small salad. THEN they bring out the cookies. I have one of those. I feel like I can snack all day. Its a random appetite, urge to eat. Came out of now where! Any one dealing with this. How do you cope. I try to work out a good hour to compensate but, these are just bad habbits comming back!

OMG!!! I can TOTALLY relate! I snack all day. I am really trying to curb it and stick to better choices. I know I tend to eat out of boredom and stress. Every time I've been off work I've managed to lose weight. But of course gain it back when I return. Work is a dangerous place when you are trying to lose weight. Those damn mini muffins; I bought some today! We are going to have to just focus on cutting down the random snaking and really wonder why am I eating this? I know, easier said than done, but it can be done.

Wow, thats the same with me. While Im at work is the worst. I will snack on anything..Then there is the dreaded vending machine! its so evil! Im going to try to up my protien shakes and when I get hungry fill up on some raw veggies. We will see how it goes!

It's the CARBS!  They set up a viscious cycle.  The protein stays in the pouch longer and helps curb the hunger longer.  Also, those carbs crave more carbs!  Try getting them totaslly out of your diet.  You'll start to feel more in control again after a couple of days.

Is is getting close to "that time of the month"? My appetitite always picks up just before I get my monthly visitor. I get more cravings then also. It passes, just go with the flow, ha, ha.

LOL. How did you know! Should be here any day now!

 Girl the snack is out of control here to... So what I have started doing is stashing Jerky in my desk drawer.. So if I snack at least its protein.....     Its amazing how I can still be so "hungry" !!! Weekends are better cause I can get back into a healthy routine.... 

I snack a lot too! I havent been on the forum in awhile, but I just got the feeling that Im doing something wrong!!! But then I see this posting and all the responses, so I guess we're all "normal"!

I just posted about ALL the crap I am doing wrong and should have mentioned snacking...  It's a problem.  I too am about to have my monthly visitor.  Can I suggest something CRAZY?  Try eating the most sugary chocoately thing you can and PRAY it makes you sick.  It may eliminate those sugar/carb cravings.

Anyone else struggling with protions?  I just realized I am eating an entire cup and should be eating 1/2 a cup.

My issue with eating is weekends when my family wants to have junk food... Grrr it's so hard not to grab a chip when passing through the kitchen.  I should ban it all from the house.

I'm recomminting to following the rules...  I think I am going to seek support from some type of overeaters group as well to help me understand WHY I feel the need to eat...

Surgery changed my life, but I think we're to the point that it's up to us again!

I LOVE IT! I don't think you're CRAZY at all suggesting to eat the most sugary chocolaty thing when you have a craving like that. Let me add to it. DO IT ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
I did it and boy did I get SICK. You will quickly get over that desire. I have found I can satisfy a craving just by having a bite of it and I'm done.
I am amazed at how little it takes to feel satisfied.

I am lucky though, for the last year I have lived by myself. I think it would be very difficult to be feeding an entire family and not want to pick at what their having. My 19 year old (brat) daughter just moved back home last week and I noticed how hard it was to adjust my eating with hers. I definitely tried to eat more than usual and got sick. I cannot have dessert after a meal like her (she shouldn't be either, I'm working on that). Maybe one bite of a cookie, but that is all.

Good Luck!