Control freak
Bummer, i spent a long time working at discerning the difference between mouth hunger, emotional hunger, and stomach hunger. I struggle with it on occasion. When i get the munchies i came to realize that 90% of the time it is emotional hunger and i start asking myself, what is going on that i need to deal with, what is missing, what do i need to deal with, what is making me angry (a secondary emotion to frustration, pain or hurt, and /or fear /anxiety)?
Often acknowledging the emotional issue is enough to calm the need to put something in my mouth.
The 10% that is mouth hunger i deal with in delay mode. I put it off till 2 hours from now, tonight, tomorrow. I tell myself, my mouth i will give you that .......sometime in the future. It works...also i ask myself "how will this feel on my stomach 10, 20, 30, 60 minutes from now.
If i go through the above, and i realize it my be true stomach hunger or i will allow myself a little or half then repeat the above before eating more.
Again, it took me a long while to learn this and on occasion i just say WTH and eat anyway. Hope some of this is helpful.
Blessings
Thanks for your kind words of wisdom. That's a great idea to wait it out... I hate to backslide .. And I know this emotional food.. Eating with no thought to hunger or nutritional need. And that's what got me into the fx I was in before. I just have always had a love of food. I was incredibly happy when I had no cravings after surgery. Wish that would have lasted.. Have you been able to keep your weight where w you wanted it to be? Blessings. to you for sharing your time and advice.
