Head Hungry?

 I have been struggling with Head Hungry the past week and I don't know where it is coming from.  So Ive kind of been snacking and I'm packing, moving and bought a house... Maybe some of it is that I'm stressed and nervous about buying a house for the first time.  BUTTTTTTTT, I don't want to make excuses for myself.

However I did exercise 2x's today Treadmill this morning and walked another mile with the dog this evening.  Any suggestion on how to get out of this mind set all of a sudden???

 Feel and Deal.

Stop and analyze how you are really feeling.  See the post I just wrote.

But seriously -- identify your emotions and deal with those.  Are you feeling deprived?  Are you trying to satisfy a desire for something else with food?  Are you feeling lonely?  Go out and hang out somewhere.  Are you feeling stressed because of the homebuying process?  Do something to burn off that stress - relax in a bubble bath, work out extra hard, go do something completely mindless that you enjoy (NOT FOOD!, LOL).

Focus yourself on reality.  When you find yourself wanting to eat or graze, look at your journal?  What would eating do to that plan.  How long would you have to work out to burn off those extra calories?  Delaing with those cold hard facts can sometimes break whatever craving I am feeling.

 Thanks! 

I hate head hunger. For me, I call it "food thoughts" or "the monkey talking." I can just say that the *only* thing that really works has been to think of it as a symptom of my disease (compulsive overeating), and not as some real *feeling* I have to do anything about. As for why I have food thoughts, I have them because I have (ab)used food to manage my life in ways it's not designed to do. So I kind of default to having those thoughts under stress. If I eat, I won't be able to figure out what I'm trying to manage because I'll be too busy (and distracted) by feeling guilty. If I sit with the desire to overeat, and don't act on it, I can usually pinpoint the true source of my discomfort and deal with *that.*

 Thanks Happy966!