"Life is too Short not to eat Good Food ..."

I LIKE that !! My overeating years - I never really FELT hunger - my question for myself was COULD I eat ?  (when I wanted to munch which was pretty much from wake-up to passing out ... a few times post op i really FELT hunger and was shocked ( and RAN not walked to the nearest food source lol) .

I still have a big problem with grazing and emotional eating .  I know if I could only substitute SOMETHING ( wine worked for a short while ... but  proved too caloric and embarrassing) maybe I could get out of this nasty habit of feeling like I can INGEST away whatever Im feeling ( including boredom and low grade frustration) Any suggestions guys ?  I try to exercise daily .. I really do ...hot showers , bubble bath jacuzzis ....ginger and herb tea ...and gardening these are my current viable alternatives to grazing .  Oh and maybe shopping and posting on the internet :) ( including for guys )  What are your go-to soul-soothing excess food substitutes ? 

I think we (society) are looking for an answer, something to blame and some formula to stop this disease in its tracks but I think it's looking at people case by case. What works for one, may or may not work for another... and may work for a time but may not after awhile, so many factors... genetics, lifestyle, health status, medications, environment, zipcode, social status, job, I think I read a list of 88 variables once. We are unique snowflakes. Which is why when some blow hard (usually in the comment section of some news article on obesity) says something assine like "all you need to do is push away from the table and get off the couch" my claws come out... gosh if it were that easy. I don't mean to be a downer... it is doable for sure despite all the factors... but it's finding what works for YOU.

A good read: http://www.drsharma.ca/there-is-no-universal-causal-theory-o f-obesity.html  

I do know of quite a few people who are naturally thin.   Their metabolisms seem to just work better than most (my husband included)..and they can just eat volumes of crap food day after day and never gain a pound.   The way I look at it, is that I have an unlucky metabolism and need to watch what I eat.   It's not fair but it's the truth.... like it's not fair for children to be born with diabetes and yet they have to live their lives on a diabetic diet.   Maybe we all get lucky in other ways, like intelligence, or family, or artistic talent.